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To: steve harris who wrote (262937)	12/2/2005 11:19:07 AM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1574439

RE:"can you imagine PAYING for the NYTimes???" Only if you needed toilet paper.

To: steve harris who wrote (262937)	12/2/2005 3:51:35 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574439

"Sweet!" Majority says Wal-Mart bad for America: poll today.reuters.com

To: steve harris who wrote (262937)	12/3/2005 6:25:43 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Respond to of 1574439

Told you so.... Follow-up to my post #262934: Belgium says France endangered terror raid By Dan Bilefsky International Herald Tribune FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2005 PARIS In a dispute that security officials say illustrates the difficulties of creating a united European front against terrorism, Belgian officials on Friday accused France of endangering an anti-terror operation by disclosing that a suicide bomber in Iraq was a Belgian woman. The Belgian authorities said French anti-terrorism officials had nearly foiled a lengthy investigation into an Al Qaeda terrorism network operating in Brussels by revealing the identity of Muriel Degauque - a former baker's assistant turned Islamic suicide bomber - before Belgian anti-terrorist police officers closed in on her cell. They said the French leak had forced the Belgian officers to speed up planned dawn raids that this week resulted in the detainment of 14 suspects, 5 of whom were charged Thursday with involvement in a terrorist network that sent volunteers to Iraq. The network had included Degauque, a 38-year-old Belgian from the old industrial town of Charleroi, who blew herself up in Baghdad on Nov. 9. "We are very concerned that French officials revealed the name of the Belgian suicide bomber before the Belgian police had made any arrests," said Annaik Devoghel, spokeswoman for Laurette Onkelinx, the Belgian justice minister. "This could have compromised an investigation that took months of work." Belgium has yet to confirm who was behind the leak, but Belgian officials said all the evidence pointed to Jean-Louis Bruguière, a French anti-terror judge who has been closely involved in the investigation. A Belgian official close to the case, who declined to give his name because of the diplomatic sensitivities of the dispute, said, "How can we trust French officials when they have loose lips?" Bruguière was unavailable for comment, despite repeated attempts Friday to reach him. Officials from the Paris tribunal overseeing the French capital's judges declined to comment. Onkelinx, who was attending a two-day meeting of justice ministers in Brussels, told reporters on Thursday that she had raised her concerns to the French Ministry of Internal Affairs. On Friday, the French Ministry of Justice declined to comment. Belgian officials said Degauque had become radicalized after marrying a Belgian of Moroccan origin, who helped convert her to Islam. After the marriage, she changed her name to Myriam, wore a veil and became devoutly religious. She joined a terrorist cell linked to Al Qaeda before traveling to Iraq, where she targeted a U.S. military convoy south of Baghdad. Police officers said a Belgian passport had been found on her body, along with papers which showed she had entered Iraq via Syria. Her husband was killed in Iraq in a separate incident, the police said. iht.com