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To: geode00 who wrote (170518)	9/5/2005 2:14:37 PM
From: geode00	Respond to of 281500

Al Qaeda seizes a town in Iraq...gee. Hasn't Bush won that war against a third world country yet? =======Insurgents Seize Key Town in Iraq Al Qaeda in Iraq's Black Banner Flying From Rooftops By Ellen Knickmeyer Washington Post Foreign Service Monday, September 5, 2005; 1:03 PM BAGHDAD, Sept. 5 -- Abu Musab Zarqawi's foreign-led Al Qaeda in Iraq took open control of a key western town at the Syrian border, deploying its guerrilla fighters in the streets and flying Zarqawi's black banner from rooftops, tribal leaders and other residents in the city and surrounding villages said. A sign newly posted at the entrance of Qaim declared, "Welcome to the Islamic Kingdom of Qaim." A statement posted in mosques described Qaim as an "Islamic kingdom liberated from the occupation."... washingtonpost.com