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http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/11/12/wput12.xmlPrivately, EU diplomats said Mr Putin was playing the al-Qa'eda card for all it was worth, seeing it as a useful way to create a sense of common purpose with the West and heighten the strategic value of Russia.