Al-Qaeda 'spurred on' by Iraq war.
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| Tue, 05-25-2004 - 10:11am |
When/if the goals are met in Iraq this isn't going to reduce A-Qaeda's actions.
What strategy is there to fight the real war on terror? Is defence the only option?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3746205.stm
Al-Qaeda remains a viable and effective "network of networks" and has been galvanised by the war in Iraq, according to the London-based think tank, the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
It says that recent attacks in Spain, Turkey and Saudi Arabia show that the group has fully reconstituted itself after the loss of its base in Afghanistan.
Osama Bin Laden's network has set its sights firmly on the United States and its closest Western allies, the report says.
It would ideally like future operations to make use of weapons of mass destruction.
According to conservative intelligence estimates quoted by the IISS, the group is present in more than 60 countries and has "18,000 potential terrorists at large".
The IISS says the war in Iraq has focused the energies and resources of al-Qaeda and its followers, while diluting those of the global counter-terrorism coalition.
US forces in Iraq present al-Qaeda with what the report calls its most attractive "iconic" target outside the United States itself.
The report also addresses the broader issue of relations between Islam and the West, saying the Bush administration did not fully appreciate that the 11 September attacks were a "violent reaction to America's pre-eminence".
To win hearts and minds, the report says, the appearance of American unilateralism needs to be tempered.


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"Liberal" is the description used whenever someone's views don't fall in line with the person spitting the "L" word around.
And when the "opinion" is laced and peppered with "liberal this" and "liberal that" it sort of loses and credibility - it's merely a liberal bashing post and expresses nothing of fact or intellect.
JMHO, though.
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As for this "Why have we not captured bin laden?"
The man has no home and has built his life on "the run", he's a terrorist and he has had walls that are made from dirt in caves and underground shelters, he never stays in one place and to think we should have found him with nooooo problem is unrealitic and ridiculous. TIme will tell, that's all.
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I'm sorry, but there appears to be a typo in that comment of yours.
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"If you don't stand up for something, you'll lie down for anything." -- B
Sorry, but that was NOT a typo. We have found WMD, where have you been hiding? We found mustard gas and sarin. I would qualify that as WMD. So don't try to edit my posts. Thanks!
LOL! LOL! LOL!
20 senators?
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You mean the TRACES of Sarin they found on the roadside bomb qualify as WMD?
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"If you don't stand up for something, you'll lie down for anything." -- B
<<<So you think that WMD are the same thing as Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny? Hmmm, nice logic, but it doesn't make it so just because you say it is. >>>
And the same is true in reverse.
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"If you don't stand up for something, you'll lie down for anything." -- B
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