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2005-07-24 Africa: North

Al-Qaeda's infrastructure in the Sinai surfaces anew

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Posted by Dan Darling 2005-07-24 02:15|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 convinced that in case of an attack they would receive swift aid from Israel

It doesn't help if they died in the attack.

Posted by trailing wife 2005-07-24 02:39|| 2005-07-24 02:39|| Front Page Top

#2 TW think of it as evolution in action.

Posted by gromgorru 2005-07-24 09:13|| 2005-07-24 09:13|| Front Page Top

#3 It's much easier when the ones evolving are the bad guyz, gromgorru.

Posted by trailing wife 2005-07-24 11:51|| 2005-07-24 11:51|| Front Page Top

#4 That is one reason why I oppose Israel's Gaza pullout. Until the Dead Sea region Arabs become civilized, they don't deserve anything resembling autonomy. We didn't respect Taliban authority, so why should we allow beligerent Arabs to match that depravity?

Posted by Vlad the Muslim Impaler 2005-07-24 12:31|| 2005-07-24 12:31|| Front Page Top

#5 That is one reason why I oppose Israel's Gaza pullout. Until the Dead Sea region Arabs become civilized, they don't deserve anything resembling autonomy. We didn't respect Taliban authority, so why should we allow beligerent Arabs to match that depravity?

Posted by Vlad the Muslim Impaler 2005-07-24 12:31|| 2005-07-24 12:31|| Front Page Top

#6 Could the attacks against Egypt and Britain be in retaliation for the Egyptian/British war against the Mahdi and the Dervishes in the Sudan a century ago? (Not ENTIRELY a tongue-in-cheek question; there's a lot of similarity between the enemy then and now.)

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2005-07-24 13:07|| 2005-07-24 13:07|| Front Page Top

#7 Glenmore---I would imagine that the Sundan op by the British a century ago is as good an excuse as any for the terrorists.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2005-07-24 13:18|| 2005-07-24 13:18|| Front Page Top

#8 We don't need excuses, infidel! The Prophet has spoken! Allah wants your conversion or your death!

As for Sudan in 1882, we know very well you Crusaders were there to steal our oil. And the CIA covered it up. I mean, what else is there to take from the Ummah? Give us back Andalusia and we'll leave you alone, for a little while. OK, time for prayer and head-butting at the madrassa, alms to the poor international Islamic groups, peace be with you but only if you're a Moslem, salad aluminum, jihad forever, and hero-worship.

Posted by Ahmed 2005-07-24 14:38|| 2005-07-24 14:38|| Front Page Top

#9 For the heart of Al Qaeda in Europe--look no further than Britain--for you French haters --read this: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/yorktown.htm

Posted by AgentProvacateur 2005-07-24 21:03|| 2005-07-24 21:03|| Front Page Top

#10 Such a cleverboots, that AgentProvacateur (didja notice that he uses the French spelling... almost correctly?). I wonder how it is that he missed the world situation at the time of the American Revolution, ie that Royal France was backing enemies of their enemy England on all fronts? After all, it was the French scientists who led the charge that merely living in the Americas led to the physical and mental debasement of those that moved there, and that the native species were one or another sort of monsters in comparison to their European counterparts. Such people were not helping us out of the pure spirit of friendship and admiration, Mr. Provocateur.

Posted by trailing wife 2005-07-24 22:01|| 2005-07-24 22:01|| Front Page Top

#11 ...Only by chance were there no Israelis among the fatalities in Sharm. Sinai is full of Israeli tourists...
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Actually, Sharm is a big hang out for Arab Israelis, not Jewish Israeli.

Posted by mhw 2005-07-24 22:14|| 2005-07-24 22:14|| Front Page Top

#12 Why is that, mhw?

Posted by trailing wife 2005-07-24 22:20|| 2005-07-24 22:20|| Front Page Top

#13 Facts don't change FAT Trailing wife--the French helped us and without them we'd still be saying--"Jolly Good" and have a ruling class of heirs....OK never mind I forgot about the Bushies

Posted by AgentProvocateur 2005-07-24 22:24|| 2005-07-24 22:24|| Front Page Top

#14 No, darling, facts don't change. But one's understanding of them changes as one's knowledge of the broader situation increases, hence my little disquisiton. I imagine some of our history specialists would be happy to suggest a course of reading to help you expand your knowledge; first person narratives are very helpful for getting the flavour and some of the details for specific moments in history, but their value is limited by the knowledge and understanding of the writer. For instance, the witness to the surrender of the British troops to General Washington that you referenced either didn't know or didn't care about the various moves of the chess game between France and England that had been going on (and off) since 1066 C.E. (or A.D. if you prefer), and continues, at least in the view of Jacques Chirac and his coterie, to the present day.

Oh, and I'm afraid I'm not up on the lastest youth slang, dear. What is FAT an acronym for these days?

Posted by trailing wife 2005-07-24 22:37|| 2005-07-24 22:37|| Front Page Top

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