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Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part II (1615), Book III, Ch. 36.
“As for catching Osama, it's irrelevant. Things are going swimmingly in Afghanistan.”
Responding to assertions about problems with Osama bin Laden and Afghanistan on Hannity & Colmes (24 August 2006) - video http://movies.crooksandliars.com/H-C-Coulter-crie.mov <br class="br">2006
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