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Officials, documents detail the big fish besides bin Laden
AP ^ | 12-18-01 | JOHN J. LUMPKIN

Posted on 12/18/2001 1:25:54 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

Edited on 04/13/2004 2:39:13 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

WASHINGTON (AP) -- It is the blackest of blacklists: names of the top al-Qaida terrorist leaders that the United States wants dead or captured.

Some are almost universally known -- there's Osama bin Laden, of course, and his top deputy, Ayman al-Zawahri. Others are publicly identified among the FBI's most wanted terrorists, or in other U.N. or U.S. government lists and documents, but few details are provided.


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1 posted on 12/18/2001 1:25:54 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: blam
Watch for these names....I just heard on Fox the US thinks it has 3 big fish on one of the ships...
2 posted on 12/18/2001 1:34:39 PM PST by Dog
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To: Dog
I saw this also. I was wondering why three. Good idea about the 'big fish.' We'll see.
3 posted on 12/18/2001 1:39:00 PM PST by blam
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Trying to keep these guys names straight makes my head hurt. Can't we please hammer'em all 6 feet under? Thanks. I feel better already.
4 posted on 12/18/2001 2:14:31 PM PST by Tunehead54
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To: Dog
Watch for these names....I just heard on Fox the US thinks it has 3 big fish on one of the ships...

Are you sure they are legal size? Maybe we should throw them overboard till they are trophy sized.

5 posted on 12/18/2001 2:35:45 PM PST by Paleo Conservative
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To: Paleo Conservative
No,no,no.That would be catch and release. We need to avoid that in this case. I suggest we use them as chum.;)
6 posted on 12/18/2001 2:41:31 PM PST by porte des morts
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