February 9, 2004

Seized Letter Makes Appeal To Al Qaeda Washington Post - The document, which was found on a compact disc and runs 17 pages, was detailed in Monday's New York Times and described at a briefing for news media here. In it, the author claims to have carried out 25 attacks and proposes more, in order to push Iraq toward civil war. Expressing frustration with the insurgency's failure to force out U.S. and allied troops, he asks for assistance from al Qaeda to accelerate the guerrillas' activities.  11:31:34 PM