``I want to make sure that people are aware that I've never knowingly supported any terrorist groups - past, present or future. It's simply an attempt to cast doubt again on my character and good intentions.''
the cooch is terrorist Sheik Abu Anas al-Shami
Wednesday Sept. 23, 2004, terrorist Sheik Abu Anas al-Shami, 35, was killed in a U.S. airstrike when a missile hit the car he was traveling in on Friday in the west Baghdad suburb of Abu-Ghraib.
Al-Shami was the spiritual leader of the most active insurgency group in Iraq, Tawhid and Jihad.[/quote:26ed7]