--the only time of our firing was at 8:12 p.m. on Saturday, not 4 a.m. on Sunday.

--there were no helicopters in the area either at the time of the engagement on Saturday or at 4 a.m. on Sunday.

--at no time in the past 5 days did a US helicopter fire any ordnance of any kind in Oruzgan province.

--at no time during this operation were shots fired from any weapons system, ground or air, at any house compound or walled structure.

--our aircraft did not engage noncombatants. We clearly identified and engaged 5 armed adult males.

1. He was always on friendly terms with the Saddam regime’s heads. Chemical Ali and vice president Izzat Ibrahim al Douri were frequent visitors to the presidential palace in Sanaa. In December 2002, weeks before the war, Salah, always on the lookout for profitable deals, put together a plan for a North Korean freighter carrying illegal Scud missiles for Iraq to secretly unload its cargo in a Yemeni port and have it transported overland to Iraq. The plan did not come off. A Spanish vessel acting on information relayed by US spy satellites intercepted the North Korean ship in the Indian Ocean before it reached Yemeni shores. It was boarded by US special forces and the missiles impounded.
And now he’s stuck with a ship load of missiles that we’ve got the serial numbers of.

2. Salah believes that providing ex-Saddam regime insiders with sanctuary adds to his credibility in his secret dealings with al Qaeda and lends him an image boost in the Arab world. At the same time, he claims to the Americans that this posture helps him maintain contacts with Osama bin Laden’s people for the purpose of gathering intelligence.
Playing both sides, a very dangerous game.

3. Salah’s overriding and constant motivation is the profit factor. Iraq’s evicted regime leaders arrive in Sanaa with bags of money, some smuggled out of Iraq, some salted away in secret Arab, Persian Gulf and European bank accounts. DEBKAfile’s intelligence sources report that in the last two months, the Iraq expatriates of Sanaa’s Little Baghdad have deposited an estimated $350 m in Yemeni banks. There is most certainly more to come. The Yemeni president has high expectations that the vast sums of Iraqi cash reposing in Syrian banks will follow the affluent Iraqi refugees and end up in Yemeni banks.
With the appropriate donations to his bank acount from the grateful affluent refugees.

"Tassawuf Dalam Al Quran" written by Dr Milwahidin;
"Islam and Terrorism" (Mark A Gibrel);
"Rahsia Menyingkap Manusia Roh Ilahi" (Nordin Ar Raniri);
"Menyoal Relevensi Sunnah Dalam Islam Moden" (Daniel W. Brown) and
"Wahdat Al-Ahdiat Dailog Ruralisme Agama" (Fatimah Osman)
"Pilihan Doa Jaljalut Menebasi Interfasi Gejolak Zaman Moden" (Mohammad Rafiat S.I);
"Ikhtisas Tajul Muluk -Mahkota Raja" (Abdul Hamid Jawhan);
"Petunjuk Membuat Ajimat dan Benda-benda Bertuah" (Abdul Hamid Jawhan);
"Fast Facts on Islam" (John Andeble);
"September 11 -Forgive Me America" (Abdul Daud Osman) and two titles that did not disclose the authors of the books, namely
"Women In Islam" and
"Manakib Qubra Volume 1".

The World Wide Web struggled to stay afloat this morning after a disastrous third-place finish in Iowa by Democrat Howard Dean’s internet-driven presidential campaign. So-called ’weblogs’ (or ’blogs’) were hardest hit, since Mr. Dean’s own Blog For America generated huge traffic numbers, but failed to propel him to victory in Iowa. "Once again, the Internet has proved to be a cash-sucking leech with no socially-redeeming value," said Dean campaign manager Joe Trippi. "Some people may see this as Howard’s failure, but he did everything he could. He blogged for more than 33,000 visitors per day. He accepted small donations through the Web. Clearly, the Internet must accept responsibility for Dean’s poor showing."

Experts say bloggers could be devastated by Dean’s Internet flop. "It’s a black eye for all of us in the so-called blogosphere," said Glenn Reynolds whose InstaPundit blog draws about 90,000 visitors per day. "If the blogosphere implodes, I don’t know what I’ll do with my spare time."