U.N.: Al Qaeda sanctions failing

UN reports that Georgie's war on terrorism isn't going well. Chilean Ambassador Munoz, who heads the UN committee, said that, along with a relatively low number of arrests of al Qaeda and Taliban associates, was "clearly a disappointing result. In his State of the Union BoyKing bragged " In four short months, our nation has comforted the victims, begun to rebuild New York and the Pentagon, rallied a great coalition, captured, arrested, and rid the world of thousands of terrorists, destroyed Afghanistan's terrorist training camps, saved a people from starvation, and freed a country from brutal oppression.

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A lack of international cooperation and resolve is holding back efforts to stem the flow of money, arms and supporters to al Qaeda, a U.N. report has warned.

As a result the terror network blamed for the September 11 attacks on the United States is continuing to grow, with Iraq in particular becoming a "fertile ground", the report said.

The report, released Monday, was compiled by a special Security Council committee established to monitor international sanctions against al Qaeda.

Particularly worrisome for U.S.-led forces in Iraq, the committee said that country had become "readily accessible to al Qaeda followers anxious to take up the battle against the coalition forces."

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in Iraq? Or something to that effect?
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As a result the terror network blamed for the September 11 attacks on the United States is continuing to grow, with Iraq in particular becoming a "fertile ground", the report said.

Particularly worrisome for U.S.-led forces in Iraq, the committee said that country had become "readily accessible to al Qaeda followers anxious to take up the battle against the coalition forces."
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Oh ya, here's that article:
No proof of Al Qaeda in Iraq: US General
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1000356.htm
Seems the title was a bit off on this one.

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The top US commander in Iraq says the military is yet to formally link Al Qaeda to the anti-coalition insurgency in the country.

Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez made the admission after three separate attacks in Iraq in the last 24 hours which left eleven foreign personnel dead.

General Sanchez says while it is believed Al Qaeda is at least partly responsible for training and funding, and even possibly carrying out the attacks, there is no specific evidence.

"We still have not conclusively established an Al Qaeda operative in the country," he said.

"We firmly believe that there are links, both financial and training and ideological, that are present but we still haven't made that final connection."

I could have gotten that wrong.

freeing the slaves.