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Duppers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-01-07 07:23 AM
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Yemen's Truce with al Qaeda
Source: The Weekly Standard

Yemeni President Saleh says openly that he has a truce with al Qaeda. However, it's more than a truce; it's a mutual support pact. That pact is long standing, mutually beneficial, and responsible for much of the carnage around the world, including the deaths of U.S. soldiers in Iraq.

Read more: http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/014/290rbfed.asp



Where's the bushies' 'if they're not with us, they're against us' stance?

It seems we always ignore the lower Arabian Peninsula, including the bushies' good friends, the Saudi Royals who left so much happen.
Dubai is making a little effort to curb money laundering there: http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/07/10/31/10163923.html


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...of J.Temperance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-01-07 07:58 AM
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1. Yeah instead of dealing with Saudi, Yemen, the UAE, Pakistan etc
The Doofus invades Iraq which had NOTHING to do with either September 11th nor Al-Qaeda.

Meanwhile his little pals in Saudi Arabia, Yemen, the UAE, Pakistan are left alone to harbor, fund, train and foster Al-Qaeda.

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