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To: LindyBill who wrote (103453)	3/6/2005 2:03:49 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793841

Command Post command-post.org Zarqarwi Reportedly Cornered in Samarra By Alan Brain on Terrorism From the AFP via the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) : Iraqi commandos and United States soldiers have stepped up operations in Samarra, north of Baghdad, in search for top wanted militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, a senior Iraqi security official said.”We have information that Zarqawi may be hiding in Samarra or this region and this operation is aimed at checking that out,” the officer said on condition of anonymity. […] The official said 66 suspects have been arrested in the operation, which is expected to last a week with the goal of rounding up 250 wanted suspects working for seven armed groups in the area. On the ground all entrances leading to Samarra were sealed as Iraqi and US forces conducted their searches. No vehicles were allowed to circulate inside the city where most businesses, schools and government institutions were closed for a second day. The US military confirmed the operation. “Elements of the Iraqi Ministry of Interiors 1st Commando Brigade began operations to kill or capture insurgent elements in the city of Samarra this weekend,” said Major Richard Goldenberg of the 42nd Infantry Division, adding that US soldiers are providing a supporting role. He said the operation was based on Iraqi intelligence. […] One Iraqi soldier was killed and five wounded when their patrol was attacked by gunmen overnight east of Samarra, said Captain Ahmed Sadad of the Iraqi army. Four other soldiers were wounded in a roadside bomb in the Al-Duluiyah area, south of Samarra, said police and medical sources.... Italian Hostage Confirms She Was Released, not Rescued By Alan Brain on Kidnappings Updating a previous post, from the AFP via the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) : Giuliana Sgrena, the Italian journalist wounded by United States troops shortly after her month-long kidnap ordeal ended this weekend, has confirmed that she was voluntarily released by her kidnappers....

To: LindyBill who wrote (103453)	3/6/2005 2:09:20 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793841

I don't think the average SA is anymore enamored with the witch doctors who run his society than we would be I'm not at all sure about this, Bill. The average Saudi has been heavily indoctrinated by a Wahabbi educational system. Post 1979, the regime tried hard to buy off the Wahabbi radicals by giving them control of the education ministries and the vice police. Most Saudis were born after 1975, it's a very young population. Some may have thrown off the teachings of their education, but many have not, and even for those that have, remnants remain. A lot of the admiration for OBL stems from the fact that he really went and did the stuff they were all taught to do. Think of anybody you know who went through the old-fashioned Catholic education system, pre Vatican II. Did it shape his outlook on the world, his responses, his views of super-pious Catholics, even if he himself was a lapsed Catholic? Generally speaking, the answer is: you betcha.