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...Union produced three tons of weaponized smallpox during the Cold War, and “it is impossible to rule out that quantities of this or other deliberately manufactured pathogens...may have found their ways into the possession of terrorists such as [Osama] bin Laden and [Abu Musab] al Zarqawi,” Frist said...
Mystery has always surrounded Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi, the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq and the country's deadliest terrorist. But the latest puzzler is whether he's still in the picture. After an initial report on an Islamic website asked Muslims to "pray for the recovery of our Sheik Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi from an injury he suffered for the sake of God," reports flew rapidly, many contradictory: he had been wounded by gunfire in the lungs, or shrapnel hit his stomach and legs; he was hurt in a clash with U.S. forces a month ago and spotted...
...would al-Zarqawi's demise do much to quell the rampaging insurgency? "When you start taking out large numbers of their experienced leadership, you significantly damage the effectiveness of the organization," says House Intelligence Committee chairman Peter Hoekstra. A Western diplomat in Baghdad says al-Zarqawi's death would be a "very important thing" and would hurt funding and recruiting, especially for the "high-end suicide bombings" usually attributed to non-Iraqis. But others point out that the foreign fighters al-Zarqawi is said to command seem to represent only a small percentage of the rebels in Iraq. The bulk...
...Union produced three tons of weaponized smallpox during the Cold War, and “it is impossible to rule out that quantities of this or other deliberately manufactured pathogens...may have found their ways into the possession of terrorists such as [Osama] bin Laden and [Abu Musab] al Zarqawi,” Frist said...
...other words, the Sunnis coming in to the political process may shun Zarqawi, but they appear to accept Baathist-led guerrilla fighters killing U.S. soldiers as part of the Sunni mainstream. Fears of full-blown sectarian warfare between Shiites and Sunnis, meanwhile, have prompted urgent mediation efforts by, among others, the firebrand Shiite maverick Moqtada Sadr. Sadr appears to be using the opportunity to regain political traction against rivals in organizations such as the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, which is the most influential party in the ruling coalition of prime minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari. But Sadr...