Wow! We did not really think that those in the Bush administration would have really planned a covert operation to eliminate members of Al Qaeda. Had they succeeded, would they really have used 'right wing death squads' (similar to those in South America some years ago...and/or was it Central America?) to liquidate the likes of Osama? The use of the 'death squad' term would seem accurate, as any such liquidations would have been - by definition - extrajudicial. Would they have used snipers/sharpshooters to take out individual members and other terrorists? And when exactly did this plan (plot?) start to hatch? What if they had succeeded? Would a full-out jihad be in full-swing against the US at this time? Apart from the 'what if' speculations, we find this case to be intriguing. One more thing (or two), is 'the operation' truly deactivated (as says Mr. Panetta), or do we have the possibility of some rogue active elements still 'out there' pursuing Mr. bin Laden and his compatriates? And, were Chinese nationals really given access to interrogate Gitmo detainees?
WHO to stop counting swine flu cases
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/17/who-swine-flu-counting.html
Swine flu so widespread, WHO stops counting
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31962005/ns/health-swine_flu/
Fight for swine flu vaccine could get ugly
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31944668/ns/health-swine_flu/
H1N1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H1N1
Mathematical Model Shows Why Defeating Insurgent Groups Like Taliban Is So Difficult
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090716123316.htm
Taliban
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban
Police tear-gas Iran protesters during prayer
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31960928/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/
Iranians Stage Largest Protest in Weeks
http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=8109898&page=1
Iran’s Rafsanjani Calls for Protestors’s Release
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8155795.stm
Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafsanjani
Iran appoints MIT grad as nuclear chief
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31959578/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/
Ali Akbar Salehi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Akbar_Salehi
Did Advisor Put Bush Above the Law? (MSNBC – Countdown)
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/17/who-swine-flu-counting.html
Swine flu so widespread, WHO stops counting
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31962005/ns/health-swine_flu/
Fight for swine flu vaccine could get ugly
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31944668/ns/health-swine_flu/
H1N1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H1N1
Mathematical Model Shows Why Defeating Insurgent Groups Like Taliban Is So Difficult
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090716123316.htm
Taliban
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban
Police tear-gas Iran protesters during prayer
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31960928/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/
Iranians Stage Largest Protest in Weeks
http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=8109898&page=1
Iran’s Rafsanjani Calls for Protestors’s Release
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8155795.stm
Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafsanjani
Iran appoints MIT grad as nuclear chief
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31959578/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/
Ali Akbar Salehi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Akbar_Salehi
Did Advisor Put Bush Above the Law? (MSNBC – Countdown)
Michigan unemployment tops 15%
http://money.cnn.com/2009/07/17/news/economy/state_unemployment_report/index.htm?cnn=yes
Unemployment Tops 10% in 15 States, D.C.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/07/17/national/main5168409.shtml
Mexico beefs up 'drug war' forces
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8155402.stm
Did U.S. allow Chinese agents at Gitmo?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31962209/ns/politics-cq_politics/
Rio Tinto 'concerned' about staff
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8155147.stm
Recession's grip eases in 23 cities
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31910726/ns/us_news-the_elkhart_project/
HIV travel ban may be lifted
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31910664/ns/health-aids/
Shuttle foam sparks new NASA worries
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31941668/ns/technology_and_science-space/
Space Shuttle Endeavor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Endeavor
Apple blocks rival smart phones
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8155795.stm
Wikipedia painting row escalates
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8156268.stm
Solar Power: New SunCatcher Power System Ready For Commercial Production In 2010
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090709205950.htm
How do you build a wind farm out at sea?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8151222.stm
Low carbon way 'to reshape lives'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8150919.stm
Retailers miss plastic bag target
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8155057.stm
Coroner: Jackson autopsy results in two weeks
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31952585/ns/entertainment-music/
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