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...firebrand Shi'ite leader conducted Friday prayers at the historic mosque in Kufa, near Najaf, his first public appearance in more than six months. Predictably, his speech was laden with anti-American rhetoric, and he demanded a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. Sadr has not been seen in public since last fall; in January, U.S. officials said he had fled to Tehran. His supporters said he was still in Najaf, but keeping a low profile because of threats to his life...
...Bush explained the declassified threat in some detail at the Coast Guard Academy, saying that bin Laden had tapped Abu Musab al-Zarqawi to organize attacks on the U.S. from his base in Iraq. Bush has long maintained that the U.S. would be creating a massive staging area for al-Qaeda if it pulled out of Iraq prematurely. In his speech, Bush reported that bin Laden directed a senior aide, Hamza Rabia, to huddle with Zarqawi on al-Qaeda's other attack plans around the world that year...
...information tracked that contained in a Homeland Security bulletin made public in March 2005. Frances Townsend, the White House counterterror boss, said the information was declassified because all the players and sources associated with the information have been tracked down or killed. Asked about bin Laden's status, Townsend said, "I don't imagine he is very comfortable...
...received with little more than a shrug - as are most of the White House's claims linking Iraq to the global war on terror. From the Iraqi point of view, al-Qaeda came to their country as a direct consequence of the U.S.-led invasion. Any communication between bin Laden and Zarqawi about operations elsewhere are of no more than academic interest...
...most, some Iraqis may be tempted to speculate what might have been if Zarqawi had followed bin Laden's instructions and mounted more attacks abroad. Would it have distracted him from his murderous mission in Iraq, giving this country a breather...