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...arrested in northern Iraq early this year, it pleaded for jihadists around the world to join in an effort to start a civil war in Iraq. With the handover of sovereignty to Iraqis approaching, the writer argued, "the only way to prolong the duration of the fight" was to foment conflict between the country's Sunni and Shi'ite populations and "bring the Shi'a into the battle." Though the letter was undated and unsigned, U.S. intelligence officials detected in its aims and bravado--the author claimed to have directed 25 suicide bombings--the imprint of Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi...
...Snotty clubs are a great way to foment tradition! Give all social space on campus to clubs that only accept the most privileged 5 percent of students...
...letter describes the plan to foment violence between Shi'ites and Sunnis as a last-ditch effort by the resistance. The author complains of various obstacles: that the U.S. won't leave Iraq "no matter how many wounds it sustains," that Iraqis offer hospitality but "will not allow you to make their homes a base for operations or a safe house," that "our enemy is growing stronger day after day, and its intelligence information increases." He laments, "By God, this is suffocation!" The writer argues that the resistance has only a limited time in which to act--until...
...Qaeda facilitator-operator," says the official. He's pegged as ranking in the top 20 of the group's hierarchy. The U.S. official continues: "He?s very high up in the al-Qaeda food chain ... He was just coming into the country, we think probably to foment trouble-but he didn?t quite get the opportunity. The Kurds got him and turned him over...
Watch the patriots foment the Revolutionary War all over again. 5:30 pm. Tickets $5; free for those in colonial attire. Old South Meeting House, 310 Washington St., Boston...