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donsu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-03-04 12:59 PM
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(bushgang) Avoiding attacking suspected terrorist mastermind (Iraq)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4431601/

With Tuesday’s attacks, Abu Musab Zarqawi, a Jordanian militant with ties to al-Qaida, is now blamed for more than 700 terrorist killings in Iraq.

But NBC News has learned that long before the war the Bush administration had several chances to wipe out his terrorist operation and perhaps kill Zarqawi himself — but never pulled the trigger.

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(3 times they could have got him but called it off at the last min.)

In June 2002,

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Four months later,

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In January 2003,

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And despite the Bush administration’s tough talk about hitting the terrorists before they strike, Zarqawi’s killing streak continues today.
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the bloody hands bushgang wants civil war in Iraq
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sadiesworld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-03-04 01:28 PM
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1. Now they can use Iraq and al-qaida in the same sentence...
with some justification. Mission Accomplished.
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donsu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-03-04 01:33 PM
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2. but is that true? Is he really connected to Laden

nt
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