“Iraq today harbors a deadly terrorist network headed by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, an associate and collaborator of Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaeda lieutenants,” Powell began, just before Zarqawi’s bearded image appeared on a large screen behind the council’s circular table.
This type of statement causes me to lament the people who do not place value on the power of words. In particular, the use of the word "harbors" is misleading in the extreme.