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...target. An ex-Taliban commander fond of flamboyant turbans, firearms and having his own way in the largely lawless region of Waziristan, Mohammed was wanted on both sides of the nearby border with Afghanistan?by U.S. forces and the Pakistani army?for aiding and giving refuge to fighters from Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda...
...Qaeda, for its part, appears to have evolved its approach to dealing with the House of Saud. For years, the movement refrained from mounting attacks inside the Kingdom, and Osama bin Laden's public statements advocated a reforming of the Royal Family - ousting those allied with the U.S. and empowering those more sympathetic to al-Qaeda's worldview - rather than ousting them altogether, a prospect that even alarms substantial sections of the clerical hierarchy. But that approach appeared to change last May, when al-Qaeda launched its current campaign of terror inside the Kingdom. Today that campaign targets...
...individuals but also an expression of America's legal and moral position in Iraq. Americans are riding roughshod over international laws designed to prevent such abuses. They put their prisoners of war outside the reach of all law, even U.S. justice. Meanwhile, the hatred that is so necessary for Osama bin Laden to reach his goal of a global holy war is radiating directly from Iraq. From bin Laden's viewpoint, the Iraq war must already be a greater success than the 9/11 attacks. Leendert D. De Rust Durbanville, South Africa...
With tradecraft like that, it is little wonder the CIA "never once even tried to infiltrate" al-Qaeda, according to Bamford. He says agents working at the CIA's vaunted Alec station, the shop inside the agency responsible for tracking and killing Osama bin Laden, seemed more interested in flying to Afghanistan and Paris to meet with various Afghan warlords who promised to provide details of bin Laden's whereabouts in exchange for bags full of cash. Bamford asserts that the CIA's Afghan assets never came through with very much on the Saudi terrorist, but the CIA kept them...
...While my Honda Civic hybrid is eco-friendly, that was a secondary concern for me. Every stop at the gas pump now feels like an al-Qaeda fund raiser, but with my hybrid, I'm using only my fair share of U.S. gas production. I'm not lining Osama bin Laden's pockets anymore. MATTHEW MCINTOSH Gretna...