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news.com.au - 1/7/2009
Al-Qaeda 'praying for Obama win' | News.com.au Top stories
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Mr Howard's stinging attack against the popular Democrat, who formally launched his bid for the Democratic candidacy overnight, also appears to commit Australian troops to staying in Iraq well into 2008. Only days after saying Australia's alliance with the US was about more than his personal ...
jamestown.org - 1/7/2009
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— jamestown.org — Al-Qaeda's Palestinian Inroads When al-Qaeda invited journalists and the people at large to direct questions by internet... to al-Qaeda's second-in-command, Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri, one of the most frequent questions was: “Why does al-Qaeda not launch ... (more) Al-Qaeda

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TPM Election Central — ... that the the reason the Bush Administration isn't letting Barack Obama stay in the Blair House is that they are hosting former Australian Prime Minister John Howard, and will be giving him the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Fun fact about Howard: He is a staunch Iraq War supporter who said in early 2007 that if he were in al-Qaeda he would be praying as much as possible for an Obama victory and for the Democrats in general. ...

Out with the old, in with the new
Daily Kos — ... Later, they scheduled former Australian PM John Howard for a two-day visit. Yes, the same John Howard who said a victory for Obama would be a victory for Islamic Terrorists. ...

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