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04/13/2004:

"US pledge to arrest or kill Shia cleric"

The US military last night vowed to "kill or capture" a radical Shia cleric who led an uprising against the occupation authorities, despite warnings that it would unleash yet more violent unrest.

"The mission of US forces is to kill or capture Moqtada al-Sadr," said Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez, America's most senior general in Iraq. His threat comes despite concerted efforts by leading Iraqi politicians to negotiate a deal between the authorities and Mr Sadr, 30, whose forces in the past week have led rebellions in Baghdad and towns across southern Iraq.
www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1190776,00.html

Americans Slaughtering Civilians in Fallujah

There is no difference between America's actions here and Israel's actions.

Flashback:

Israel Says It Will Kill Hamas' Leaders
March 23, 2004
JERUSALEM – Israel will strike at more leaders of Hamas, the Israeli defense minister said Tuesday, a day after the founder of the Islamic militant group, Sheik Ahmed Yassin, was assassinated in a missile attack.
www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2004/3/23/92356.shtml

Well it looks like they've got killing on tne the brain.

Ashcroft: Gov't Blinded Itself to Enemies
By CURT ANDERSON

WASHINGTON (AP) - In a veiled swipe at the Clinton administration, Attorney General John Ashcroft testified Tuesday the nation was stunned by the Sept. 11 attacks because ``for nearly a decade our government had blinded itself to our enemies.''

Appearing before a commission investigating the worst attacks in the nation's history, Ashcroft also said he moved quickly once in office to overturn a ``failed policy'' that he said allowed American agents to capture terrorist leader Osama bin Laden but not assassinate him.

In a nationally televised appearance, Ashcroft said the government had become bound up in legal restrictions that grew steadily more restrictive. ``Even if they could have penetrated bin Laden's training camps, they would have needed a battery of lawyers'' to take action, he said dismissively.

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