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12-27-2007, 10:01 PM

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How's al-Qaeda doing?

How's al-Qaeda doing? You decide

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US deficit-spending on defense and homeland security continues to increase, with spending in Iraq alone now approaching US$12 billion per month.

Polls in 2007 showed that 26% of US Muslims under 30 years of age believe that suicide attacks are sometimes necessary in defense of Islam.

Eighteen of the 19 US presidential candidates support maintaining the status quo in US foreign policy toward the Muslim world, especially regarding Saudi Arabia and Israel.

Both US parties and most US media are attacking and trying to limit or end the rendition program run by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), which has captured numerous senior al-Qaeda leaders

US Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell said in July that al-Qaeda had successfully regrouped and was capable of attacking in the United States.

The US-led coalitions in Iraq and Afghanistan continued to shrink in 2007, with, for example, South Korea and Japan withdrawing from Afghanistan, and Poland and Australia announcing they would withdraw their combat forces from Iraq in 2008.

Nowhere is there any good news in this bit. A somber, but telling opinion indeed.

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12-28-2007, 06:10 PM	#2
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	More news from The Central Government of China. You really need to come up with a new source for your news. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

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12-28-2007, 06:19 PM

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How's al-Qaeda doing?

Stuck in old Lodi again

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12-29-2007, 12:04 AM	#4
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	acually merc I'm lookin around and trying many different sources. Too many are obviously biased one way or the other leaving the reader with skewed info. The search continues... __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

12-29-2007, 09:52 AM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Well hell, classicman, just ask UG... he knows everything. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-29-2007, 10:11 AM	#6
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Just don't require that he read a link. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

12-29-2007, 11:32 AM	#7
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	lol - you KNOW what l meant. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

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12-30-2007, 05:28 AM

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How's al-Qaeda doing?

They'll be quoting "the terminator" but reacting with far less predictability than Schwartzenegger. Yep, they'll be back alright.

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12-30-2007, 07:23 AM	#9
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Are you mocking UG intentionally? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

12-30-2007, 09:28 AM	#10
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Welcome to the Cellar, Aretha's doctor. I suspect you're right. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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01-02-2008, 02:00 AM

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Aretha's doctor

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Welcome to the Cellar, Aretha's doctor.

Thank you very much Bruce!

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Are you mocking UG intentionally?

Sorry. I don't understand. What does it mean, "UG"

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01-02-2008, 03:50 PM	#12
regular.joe Старый сержант Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NC, dreaming of large Russian women. Posts: 1,464	UG is short for Urbane Gorilla. One of the characters here. We are all characters here. UG's a cool dude. __________________ Birth, wealth, and position are valueless during wartime. Man is only judged by his character --Soldier's Testament. Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature. - Marcus Aurelius.

01-23-2008, 02:24 PM	#13
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Ahmadinejad to make landmark visit to Iraq: ministry Hey maybe he can get to experience one of those great IED's he has been shipping to Iraq! That would be a blast! http://www.reuters.com/article/world...rpc=22&sp=true __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

01-23-2008, 03:40 PM	#14
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Are there still U.S. troops in Iraq? I haven't seen squat on the tv, nor heard any complaining from the candidates. Boy it was all the rage a few months ago. What happened?....or didn't? __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

01-23-2008, 03:46 PM	#15
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	HA! I will be pissed off if they use any US troops to guard that azzhole when he goes to Iraq. If the US was smart they would all go into garrison and stay there when he comes to town. Not a single US troop in the city on any protection missions. We own the Airport and he will have to fly in there. Then someone can show him where the phone is so he can call a cab. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

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