Iraqi sheik offers to take the fight against al-Qaeda to Afghanistan
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.... 'Al Qaeda is an ideology,' Sheik Ahmad said. 'We can defeat them inside Iraq and we can defeat them in any country.' The tribal leader arrived in Washington last week. All of his meetings, including an audience with President Bush, have been closed to the public, in part because the Anbari sheiks, while likely to win future electoral contests, are not themselves part of Iraq's elected government. ....