New Alert: Al-Queda is in Iraq! Did you know that?
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Yes I did.  Did you know that Osama was responsible for 9/11 and not Saddam?  Did you know that Bush has failed to bring Osama to justice?\n\nBush is the Commander-In-Chief of the military.  Therefore Bush is directly responsible for the failure to bring Osama to justice.
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Excellent question!!\n\nPeople do not understand how this terrorism things works. Mainly those on the left, the reason is because it is a religious issue. People on the Left in this country do not put religion before there own personal pleasures so they have a hard time understanding those who are religious. \n\nWe are fighting a very very dangerous enemy in radical Islam. When terror attacks happen around the world, the media is quick to say that it is not related to Al Queda so it is OK. It is not OK. Terror attacks all over the world are connected by one thing; Islam. Look at Sudan. The Muslim government oppressed indigenous and Christan's in western Sudan which has led to the fighting in the Darfur region.  \n\nIslam is a major threat to the rest of the world. And it all ends with the fall of Tehran. Yes Iraq was a stepping stone to Iran. Just look, we have bases on the east and west of Iran. If we do decide to attack Iran we will not have to bargain with neighbors to launch an attack, we have the best angles to the high value targets from Iraq and Afghanistan.
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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-scramble9nov09,0,6350531.story\n\nThat. It's actually a very mixed bag, right now, so expecting Iraq to be able to respond as quick as we can, amidst their still incomplete reorganization would be far fetched.
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Yahoo News:\n\nhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060620/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_060620155839
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It's been very under the radar but a Taliban like movement is happening in Somalia right now.  These Taliban like radical Muslims have taken over 1/2 of Somalia and turned it into radical Muslim state that is looking a lot like Afghanistan (before 9/11) and that means a serious terrorist training ground.  So that's why the US military is in the Horn because Somalia might turn into the next Al Qaeda training site and that would be much worse than Iraq.
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We are slowly learning things that the administration has been hiding concerning things like U.S. servicemen being killed by Iraqi police.\n\n\nThis is in keeping with making all useful information "classified" then demanding of the opposition "What's your plan?"\n\nLike blindfolding you then telling you to identify the color of the car that just drove by.
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do you really think we would be in iraq if 9/11 hadnt happened ?after the islamic jihadists 30th attack on america , we finally responded. dont confuse the issue . the terrorists are the jihadists.
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that's the law in Iraq right now.\n\n:>peace
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"If I was in yo' shoes, I would be...uh..."\n"Leaving!  What a good idea!!"\n"Whoaaaah!"\n\n(à la "Animal House")\n\nAll seriousness aside, does anyone think we'd give up that toehold in Iraq now, especially since we pulled out of Saudi not too long ago?  How better could we lord it over on Iran and Syria than by having bases right next door?
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Well, if the first one was 9/11, then they're way overdue.  911 days after 9/11/2001 was 3/10/2004.  Nothing of note involving Al Queda happend on that date that I can find.\n\nThe next dates in that cycle are:\n\n9/7/2006\n3/6/2009\n9/3/2011\n\nJust have to wait and see...
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Have you heard of Iraq?\n\nWesterners are still trying to enforce their will on Arabs.\n\nLittle has changed.\n\nlove and blessings Don
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Hi Conrad!\n\nCan you remember the last time you didnt see some news about new Islamic war or terror somewhere in the daily news?
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Actually you are correct indeed. Al-Zarqawi's whereabout have been known for over 5 months now...... I do not think that is coincidence AT ALL.
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What you see in the Iraq news, is not what you get. The news business demands startling headlines, to attract eyeballs. It's business, as the eyeballs are rented to advertisers to pay for it all. But the reality of the news is less startling, and consists of trends. These are the current trends in Iraq.\n\nAfter three years, the Sunni Arabs, who long dominated Iraq, most recently under the leadership of Saddam Hussein, are giving up. It took so long because of a quirk in Arab culture, one that encourages the support of lost causes. The term "cut your losses and move on" is not as popular in the Arab world as it is in the West. But even the slow learners in the Sunni Arab community had to finally confront some unfavorable trends. Chief among these was;\n\nThe Kurds and Shia Arabs have formed a national police force and army that is far more powerful than anything the Sunni Arab community can muster. Over the last year, Sunni Arabs realized that the police and army were in control of more and more Sunni Arab towns. This was a trend that could not be ignored. Added to that was the number of Kurds and Shia Arabs who had lost kin to Sunni Arab terror over the last three decades. Many of these people want revenge, and they all have guns. Many, especially those that belong to the police, or militias, are taking their revenge. The Sunni Arabs want protection, for they cannot muster enough guns to defend themselves. Now the Sunni Arabs want the Americans to stay, at least until there's some assurance that the Kurd and Shia Arab vengeance attacks have died down.\n\nThe alliance with al Qaeda was a disaster. These Islamic terrorists were obsessed with causing a civil war in Iraq, and they insisted on doing this by killing lots of Shia Arabs. The Sunni Arabs didn't want to kill lots of Shia Arabs, they wanted to rule them all once more. But that raised another contentious issue. While some Sunni Arabs were in favor of an Islam Republic, which al Qaeda insisted on, most Sunni Arabs wanted a more secular Sunni Arab dominated government. This dispute was never resolved, as the split between al Qaeda and the Sunni Arab community widened. At the moment, al Qaeda is not welcome in most Sunni Arab areas. That's "come near this place and we'll kill you" not welcome. This after al Qaeda tried to terrorize the Sunni Arab tribal leaders into compliance. Killing Sunni Arab tribal chiefs didn't work.\n\nYou can't kill enough Americans to scare them into leaving. Saddam, and most Iraqis, were convinced that, because of Vietnam (where 55,000 American died) and Somalia (where 18 died in 1993), the United States would withdraw if you killed enough of them. While that is sometimes true, it's good to remember that over a million Vietnamese died during the 1960s, and that 1993 battle in Mogadishu left over 500 Somalis dead as well. Moreover, this, "the Americans have no stomach for a fight" is nothing new. It's why Japan attacked in 1941, believing that if they beat up the Americans bad enough, the faint hearted Yankees would just go away. Hitler also believed the Americans would not fight. After three years, the Iraqi Sunni Arabs have discovered that the Americans can certainly fight, and the Yankees have also found ways to do it that involve extraordinarily low American casualties. This story has not really gotten the attention it deserves, but the Sunni Arabs have noticed. They have noticed that if you attack the Americans, chances are you will die, and the Americans will just keep on keeping on. It used to be that the Sunni Arabs could take heart from the occasional attack where they killed a few Americans. But no longer. Everyone knows the trend, and doesn't want to be another victim of it. Last month 32 Americans were killed in combat. The last time it was that low was in February 2004. Back then, the Sunni Arab tribes and al Qaeda had joined forces. Both of them had plenty of weapon
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There is no such thing as a "civilian Al Queda". Anyone who proudly identifies themself as a member of an organization whose mission is to take over the world with brute force and terror, is an enemy of all humans. If I thought I had Bin Laden in the crosshairs of a Hellfire missile, I would launch. It would be nice to capture him alive, but dead is good, too.
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Our guys stood & still stand between it. Not so much an Iraqi civil war as a muslim civil war between sunnis & shites that al queada wanted to start all around US troops so we'd take the casualties & they could twist everyone onto the common foe/invader. Look at plans like Sen. Biden's which rips us out of there & encourages (literally) Iraq to break up into enthnic states. Then ask yourself what would happen with kurddish populations in Turkey, Syria, Jordan; what would happen with Arab countries assistance to the Sunni state dominated by al Queada; Iranian & Hammas support to the Shia state. It all makes for regional civil war (not to mention $200 oil) which we'll just have to go back & settle at a higher price. No offense to the honorable gentleman or whomever may agree with him, but how can a serious leader actually come up with such a retarded idea & propose it as the policy of the US - you don't like the war so your solution is to surrender & come home for six months before you have to go back & get even more of our guys killed then if you'd stayed & won? What the hell?
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who did it? well it wasnt the butler in the hallway wilh a candlestick. how many different arab leaders are there in U.A.E.?i wouldnt know.however, it had to be a terrorist group of the arab world. look at the names listed they were all arabic.as for the official story, what we read and saw on the tube was as official as it gets.information concerning this tragic day possibly was edited just to be on the safe side. what i mean is that the story probably had more to it than what was said ,but with the turmoil in the world today, the increasing price of oil and fingers pointed at everyone, why say anything to start trouble? personally i dont think our country is the most advanced in defense or technology.our computers are made up of japans experts and as far as i know our defense systems are made with the same technology. i think there a a few small nations in the world that have come a long way as we have but secrets must be kept.hopefully im wrong but,i have read and surfed the web,i had found many items of interest that are questionable.im not a trouble maker and i think any information gotten will be sufficient enough to sustain my curiosity. i served during vietnam and i enlisted and would do it again. this country is my home and i was proud to serve.