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The group they are talking about is Jund al-Islam, Ansar al-Islam, or Pishtiwanani Islam la Kurdistan. The source may be objectionable, but Michael Rubin did a good summary of their evolution for the Middle East Intelligence Bulletin (www.meib.org) toward the end of last year. (If I recall, he thought the group more linked to Iran than Iraq). I think this is the same group that The New Yorker later had that article on. There is also repeated mention of the group in Radio Free Europe's Iraq Report (www.rferl.org/iraq-report). --- vnstroope@aol.com wrote: > CNN just reported links between Iraq and Al-Queda. > The link they suggest is that a group that is > affiliated with Al-Queda, > operates in Northern Iraq in the Kurdish area and > routinely travels in and > out of Iraq with Iraq's knowledge. > Amazing!!! A complete lack of contextualization on > topic. Considering the > fact that GOI has little or no control over northern > Iraq, and of course the > No-Fly zones of the US/UK. Wouldn't the US/UK have > more responsibility for > what goes on in NI than would SH?? > Your thoughts? > > > Roger Stroope > Peace is a Human Right > Austin College > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Sent via the discussion list of the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. To unsubscribe, visit http://lists.casi.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/casi-discuss To contact the list manager, email casi-discuss-admin@lists.casi.org.uk All postings are archived on CASI's website: http://www.casi.org.uk