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September 22, 2003
Andrew's Winds of War: Sept 22/03

Welcome! Our goal is to give you one power-packed briefing of insights, news and trends from the global War on Terror that leaves you stimulated, informed, and occasionally amused every Monday & Thursday. Today's "Winds of War" is brought to you by Andrew Olmsted, and is split into an Iraq Report and this briefing on the Wider War.

TOP TOPICS

  • Winning the war against the Islamofascists is still a long-term project; The Braden Files reposts a Stratfor article by Dr. George Friedman that examines al Qaeda's goals and strategy 2 years later, and notes what the United States needs to do next to keep the pressure on.

  • A Muslim Chaplain assigned to Guantanamo has been charged with: sedition, aiding the enemy & espionage. Further details here.

  • Khalid Shaikh Mohammed has apparently told U.S. interrogators that the scope of the 9/11 plot was originally far larger, involving ten planes taking off from both coasts. While the first instinct on hearing this is to thank our lucky stars they scaled the attack back, one wonders how much of this is true and how much is bravado.

Other Topics Today Include: The EU, Russia & Iran's bomb; Too late to stop a nuclear Iran?; China's NK dilemma; Japan backing away from no-nukes tradition; The Taliban on the rise again in Afghanistan; Afghan battle reports; Syrian WMD; Is Israel preparing to ramp up the war; Israelis happy, despite all; No, Geitner - I AM your father....

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