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mopaul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-04 05:54 AM Original message |
Is there really such a group called Al Qaeda? |
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stellanoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-04 06:04 AM Response to Original message |
1. It's a total boggart. . . |
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moof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-04 06:18 AM Response to Original message |
2. What mopaul said, moof will bet life and limb on it. |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-04 09:11 AM Response to Reply #2 |
16. moof smart. |
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teryang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-04 06:31 AM Response to Original message |
3. "cowboys, dressing up like indians..." |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-04 06:34 AM Response to Original message |
4. There probably is or was, yes |
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oblivious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-04 06:35 AM Response to Original message |
5. Ah, thank you. Finally someone willing to come out and say it. |
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oblivious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-04 07:44 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. While I'm on the topic, here's a few links. |
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sweetness (43 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-04 07:39 AM Response to Reply #9 |
52. Great links! |
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radwriter0555 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-04 08:50 AM Response to Reply #5 |
56. FBI: Just 200 hard-core Al-Qaeda (Your smoking gun) |
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swinney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-04 12:02 PM Response to Reply #56 |
69. 200 Hard Core per FBI |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-04 06:48 AM Response to Original message |
6. I believe it exists..... |
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Jim Warren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-04 06:51 AM Response to Original message |
7. Used to be |
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klyon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-04 08:54 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. is that used cars? |
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stickdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-04 11:32 PM Response to Reply #14 |
36. Nope. That guy's 100% American capitalist ... |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-04 09:49 AM Response to Reply #36 |
64. Letterman: |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-04 06:54 AM Response to Original message |
8. The US has never seriously looked at the roots of terrorism |
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libhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-04 12:55 AM Response to Reply #8 |
42. But strangely enough - |
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mopaul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-04 06:45 AM Response to Reply #42 |
48. I forget how many moros indians died but it was almost all of them |
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libhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-04 05:32 PM Response to Reply #48 |
74. yuppers |
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MikeG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-04 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
10. Sure. I've seen all their videos. They need to lose the beards. |
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playahata1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-04 08:03 AM Response to Original message |
11. Same here. |
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Vitruvius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-04 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
12. The CIA helped set up Al Qaeda back in the '80s to terrorize the Soviets |
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tinanator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-04 08:14 AM Response to Original message |
13. Im your boogie man, that's what I am |
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Nlighten1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-04 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
15. Al Qaeda exists ONLY in the minds of the people who... |
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Dont Hurt Me (90 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-04 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
17. Some of you |
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NecessaryOnslaught (691 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-04 11:32 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. So you're the guy |
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Dont Hurt Me (90 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-04 12:53 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. To deny |
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NecessaryOnslaught (691 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-04 01:26 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Where is this proof you speak of? |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-04 08:54 AM Response to Reply #26 |
58. The posters proof is Chimpy told him so. And Chimpy would never lie |
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libhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-04 11:57 PM Response to Reply #25 |
38. Uh Huh |
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qwertyMike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-04 09:03 AM Response to Reply #38 |
60. I often wondered about that |
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HFishbine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-04 07:28 AM Response to Reply #25 |
50. Haven't we learned a lesson about "Almost everyone agrees..." |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-04 09:05 AM Response to Reply #25 |
61. Bin Laden??? No trial, no evidence, no proof. Innocent until....... |
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radwriter0555 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-04 08:48 AM Response to Reply #21 |
55. Even the FBI has said that they've found no proof that AQ perped 9.11, AND |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-04 09:35 PM Response to Reply #17 |
29. mmm |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-04 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
18. Existence of al-Qaeda keeps our fears focused outside our borders |
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libhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-04 12:06 AM Response to Reply #18 |
41. Agreed, but still - |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-04 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
19. I think it's more a state of mind that any number of groups . . . |
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teryang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-04 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
20. Global research has a good article |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-04 10:35 PM Response to Reply #20 |
34. Isn't globalresearch... |
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stickdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-04 11:42 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. You are so obvious. |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-04 05:57 AM Response to Reply #37 |
44. Eh? |
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stickdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-04 11:42 AM Response to Reply #44 |
66. So because Globalresearch is suspicious of |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-04 02:21 PM Response to Reply #66 |
73. not particularly |
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Astarho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-04 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
22. Does make you wonder |
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libhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-04 01:10 AM Response to Reply #22 |
43. Well- |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-04 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
23. the Jihadists were created by the CIA in the 1980's |
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NecessaryOnslaught (691 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-04 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
24. "This was an idea that had literally never occurred to him." |
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oblivious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-04 09:27 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Yes, so orwellian. And throw in a bit of Hans Christian Anderson |
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oblivious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-04 09:34 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. See the original in Gutenberg. |
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mopaul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-04 06:40 AM Response to Reply #28 |
46. Ach! du lieber Augustin!....i've never read the original, thanks..n/t |
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Mike Niendorff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-04 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
30. well, that's what we're told. |
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Jose Diablo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-04 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
31. Another enemy manufactured by the MIC |
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sallydallas124 (234 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-04 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
32. You mean to tell me |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-04 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
33. Richard Clarke says there is a group called Al Qaeda and |
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mopaul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-04 06:43 AM Response to Reply #33 |
47. good points |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-04 11:52 AM Response to Reply #47 |
67. I agree. |
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NecessaryOnslaught (691 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-04 12:27 PM Response to Reply #33 |
72. Richard Clarke was also fired for allowing Israel.. |
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stickdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-04 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
35. Yes and no. |
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Liberal Classic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-04 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
39. No you're wrong. |
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not systems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-04 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
40. I think it is a mental construct. |
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robbedvoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-04 06:27 AM Response to Original message |
45. John O'Neil seemed to have thought so and paid for it. Richard Clarke |
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oblivious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-04 07:03 AM Response to Reply #45 |
49. Be careful attributing anything to this group Abu Hafs al-Masri |
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robbedvoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-04 07:31 AM Response to Reply #49 |
51. But Al Quaeda itself doesn't exist - according to this thread |
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oblivious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-04 07:44 AM Response to Reply #51 |
54. True. (eom) |
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PATRICK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-04 07:43 AM Response to Original message |
53. the actual groupings |
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tinanator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-04 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
57. once CIA |
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Minstrel Boy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-04 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
59. It's every bit as real as its affiliate, the Carlyle Group. |
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vetwife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-04 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
62. Why do we just see them on the jungle gym? |
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harrison (916 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-04 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
63. Well, thank you for having the guts to say it. I think we are being |
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DoYouEverWonder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-04 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
65. Everybody has to grow up sooner or later |
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AntiCoup2K4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-04 12:14 PM Response to Reply #65 |
71. Great analogy |
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Oddman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-04 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
68. al Qaeda is not just a terrorist group anymore |
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9215 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-04 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
70. Yes, but not as it's popularly percieved. |
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bywho4who (294 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-04 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
75. Ya |
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