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...most hospitable ally for al-Qaeda operatives in Iraq remains Ansar al-Islam, the militant group of Afghan-trained fighters that was based in northern Iraq before the war; hundreds of Ansar members fled to Iran after a U.S.-led assault on their base in March. Since then, says a security chief in Kurdistan named Khasraw, the Ansar fighters have returned to Iraq and established cells in Fallujah and Baghdad, with the aim to "attack U.S. interests everywhere on orders from outside, namely al-Qaeda." U.S. agencies believe that Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi, a suspected al-Qaeda operative and senior...
PROS He's funny, likable and handsome, and he has a built-in fan base (he played Pacey on Dawson's Creek...
...CLOSING BASES Since the first Gulf War, the U.S. has stationed about 5,000 troops in Saudi Arabia. Earlier this year the U.S. began pulling out, primarily to an expanded base in Qatar. Only a handful of U.S. personnel remain to wind down operations at Prince Sultan Air Base. A few hundred troops will stay to train Saudi soldiers...
Guitar Center hopes to avoid the growing pains that often plague expanding businesses. Albertson says he expects a bump in his customer base in the near future. After dropping for decades, the population of men ages 15 to 29, the chain's prime customers, is projected to rise 6% by 2010. The company is expanding its pro-audio selection and is exploring opening stores in Canada and Britain...
...important to establish base times that we can work from,” O’Callaghan said. “We have a lot of races at Franklin Park this year so it was important to get to know the course...