8 Quotes by Charles Owens

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    I don't think he's missing. He's just trying to get out of trouble. He knows he did something wrong and he's now on the run.

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    Jerry spoke with Hughes (Jr.) several times a day, usually at 2 or 3 a.m., when Hughes called him. They never met in person.

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    They are a Godsend. If not for them we'd still be in a big mess. I mean even a bigger mess that we're in right now.

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    These efforts were all part of the plan from the beginning. The intention was to preserve as much of the Iraqi infrastructure as possible so as to allow follow-on agencies to conduct reconstruction efforts.

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    Onassis told Jerry about it at a dinner in New York. People trusted Jerry because his word was his bond. It's a rare commodity now.

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    The local population knows who the bad guys are, ... So when the fear of retaliation is removed, the locals are taking coalition forces to weapons stockpiles and enemy locations. The Iraqi people don't want these people in their neighborhood, so it is not surprising that they are turning these guys in.

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