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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (49477)	12/6/2005 12:05:40 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Respond to of 50167

Osama may have travelled to US in 1978 WASHINGTON: Terror mastermind Osama bin Laden may have visited the United States as a young man, long before declaring jihad against America and its allies, the New Yorker magazine reported on Sunday. The weekly, in its December 13 edition set to hit US newsstands on Monday, reported that according a long-time acquaintance from his native Saudi Arabia, bin Laden made at least one trip to the United States, in about 1978, with his wife and oldest son, who needed medical treatment. The friend Khaled Batarfi, a Saudi journalist who lived down the street from bin Laden in the 1970’s, told the magazine that one aspect of his trip that made a strong impression on bin Laden was the curious stares by airline passengers at his wife, an observant Muslim who was dressed in a draping gown and full head covering - attire unfamiliar to many Americans at the time. Some passengers even went so far as to snap pictures Batarfi told the New Yorker, adding that when bin Laden returned to Jedda, Saudi Arabia, he told people that the experience was like “being in a show.” The visit took place before he traveled to Afghanistan to participate in violent jihad, and about ten years before he founded Al Qaeda. Spokesmen at several government agencies, including the CIA and the FBI, told the New Yorker they had no knowledge of a visit by bin Laden to the United States, while a State Department official said its consular section had no record of having issued a visa to bin Laden, although it no longer keeps complete data from that time.

To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (49477)	12/6/2005 7:57:58 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

This Day in history... Irish Free State established 1921: The British government and Irish leaders Arthur Griffith, Michael Collins, and others signed the Anglo-Irish Treaty, establishing the Irish Free State as an independent member of the British Commonwealth this day in 1921. 1992: The Babri Masjid (“Mosque of Babur”) in Ayodhya was destroyed by Hindu fundamentalists, leading to Hindu-Muslim riots throughout India. 1973: Gerald R. Ford was sworn in as vice president of the United States, succeeding Spiro T. Agnew, who had resigned. 1917: Finland declared itself independent of Russia, following the Bolshevik Revolution. 1534: Sebastián de Belalcázar, under the authority of Francisco Pizarro, occupied the Indian city of Quito in what is now Ecuador. 1421: King Henry VI of England was born in Windsor, Berkshire.