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| Zarq may flee to Africa Per Major-Gen Lutes |
| 2005-08-24 |
| BRITAIN and the United States are training border guards in the Horn of Africa in the expectation that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the al-Qaeda leader in Iraq, may seek sanctuary there if forced to flee Iraq. Major-General Douglas Lute, the director of operations for US Central Command, which is responsible for Iraq and Afghanistan, said yesterday that once Iraq was stabilised, al-Zarqawi might head for the Horn of Africa to find a âsafe havenâ. He listed Yemen, Sudan, Somalia and Ethiopia as âungoverned spacesâ where al-Zarqawi might seek sanctuary to run his terrorist operations. Small US specialist teams, supported by British counterparts, are training border security guards and working with customs and immigration officials in the region, hoping that they will be ready to spot al-Zarqawi and other al-Qaeda leaders. General Lute said: âWe call this the long war, the fight against al-Qaeda and its affiliates. Even though al-Qaeda is not state-based or sponsored, its leaders still require physical sanctuary â they still need somewhere to live.â Al-Zarqawi, already being squeezed inside Iraq, would have little option but to leave once the country was politically stable and secure. âWe think he might move to the Horn of Africa. Itâs a vast space, which causes us concern,â General Lute said. He gave a warning that al-Zarqawi and other al-Qaeda âfranchisedâ groups were increasingly turning to âvirtual safe havensâ â internet websites â to plot their terrorist attacks. Sudan, second OBL home |
| Posted by:Captain America |
| #1 Zarq may flee to Africa Per Major-Gen Lutes Why should he bother when all he has to do is put on his burka and fly Damascus/Mexico city then walk across Cal/Mex line and collect food stamps, SSI in L.A. and vote. I'm partial to this burka myself. |
| Posted by: Red Dog 2005-08-24 21:09 |
