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To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (6766)	8/1/2007 9:06:03 PM
From: sandintoes	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25737

The White House’s top counter-terrorism official Frances Townsend earlier caused a stir by refusing to rule out a military incursion into remote Pakistani regions close to the border with Afghanistan. “There are no tools off the table, and we use all our instruments of national power to… deal with the problem of Ossama bin Laden and [his deputy Ayman al- Zawahiri] and Al-Qaeda”. The militants’ pamphlet, issued by a group calling itself the Mujahedin-e-Islam (Islamic holy warriors), meanwhile accused Pakistani troops of doing the bidding of the United States and leading impure lives. “Return to your homes and earn halal [pure] income for your families... instead of serving the Americans”, the pamphlet said. It warned that its suicide attackers “love death more than you love your 5,000-rupee salary, nude pictures of Indian actresses and liquor. “We know that you have become America’s slaves and are serving the infidel Musharraf and have become a traitor to your religion for food, clothes and shelter”. Michael McConnell, the US director of national intelligence, has said he believes Bin Laden is alive and sheltering in the lawless frontier zone where pro-Taliban tribal leaders hold sway. I believe Osama is there and we should do what is necessary to take him out.