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U.S. ’Intercepts’ Terrorist Correspondence-Convenient Timing and Rhetoric Suggest Gov’t Propaganda

by Open-Publishing - Saturday 8 October 2005
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International Attack-Terrorism USA

Friday October 7, 2005 1:31 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States has obtained a letter from one terrorist leader to another that discusses plans to force a U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, create an Islamic state there and then spread war to neighboring countries, Pentagon officials said.

Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman would only broadly characterize the intercepted letter, which he said was written by Osama bin Laden deputy Ayman al-Zawahri to the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.

Whitman would not say where, when or how it was obtained, or who intercepted it, but he said the Pentagon is confident it is authentic.

Whitman said the letter demonstrates ``that there is this detailed planning and intent on the part of the insurgents in Iraq to one day control that country and to really try to extend their extremism to neighboring countries. It demonstrates to me they clearly understand the importance and significance of the battle in Iraq right now.’’

In the letter al-Zawahri urges Zarqawi - who has declared war on Iraq’s Shiite Muslim majority - to avoid bombing mosques and slaughtering hostages to avoid alienating the masses, Whitman said.

He also said that al-Zawahri asked Zarqawi for some financial support.

Pentagon officials said the letter confirmed the Bush administration’s assertions about the roots of the insurgency. It was released Thursday evening after a presidential speech, designed to revive public support for the war in Iraq, in which Bush said the insurgents want to establish and spread a radical Islamic empire, beginning with Iraq.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5327910,00.html

Forum posts

  • RRRRRRight!

  • this entire administration is not to be trusted on anything ... once was too much ... and it is documented more than once that they have left the truth far behind ... i think that was in 2000.

  • They are funny, but to many Americans believe what G. W. and his gang propaganda produce.

    • I guess Georgie has called wolf too many times and Americans are finally seeing him for the fraud he is and the so called terrorist war as a fraud also. I noticed that Gov. Bloomberg of New York who is up for reelection is now using this same phony "the sky is falling" tactic in hopes that people will think he is going to save them from the boogyman....I hope New Yorkers throw the bum to the curb where he belongs.

  • Was the letter in an Arabic tongue or (American) English? Since there is evidence that Zarqawi is dead, this does rather look like a plant.