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Mo Jan 17 -

CRANK PHONE CALLS and more -

*Interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi simply smiled during the live television show when a man called to praise terrorist mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. The Iraqi leader then moved on, offering to find information about a woman's detained son and see why a student didn't get into the graduate program of his choice.*

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On a more serious note, Omar has posted some information about a "Direct Action" being taken by the Iraqi Intelligencia to reject Al-Jazeera's efforts to stir the pot.

Instead of just moaning about AL-JAZ behavior in vague generalities, there is some incisive analysis of the specifics of what the channel is said to be doing.

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