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2003-09-08 Iraq

Suspicion falls on Chechens for Iraqi blasts

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Posted by Steve 2003-09-08 11:42:28 AM|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The author B Raman is additional secretary (retired), Cabinet Secretariat, government of India, and currently director, Institute for Topical Studies, Chennai; former member of the National Security Advisory Board of the government of India. He was also head of the counter-terrorism division of the Research & Analysis Wing, Indiaâs external intelligence agency, from 1988 to August 1994.

The guy's an Indian Muslim who's been writing articles critical of the War on Terror for the longest time - after all, this is Asia Times we're talking about. I guess in Muslim circles, the word "Chechen" has taken on the mystique of the word "Gurkha" among people who think martial reputations mean anything. To our guys, Chechens pretty much die like the rest - they lost many men in Afghanistan, and they will lose a bunch in Iraq, if they are in fact there.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2003-9-8 11:51:29 AM|| 2003-9-8 11:51:29 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 They also say that by teaching the US a lesson in Iraq that it will not forget, they could protect other Islamic countries from similar intervention by the United States and weaken its credibility as a superpower.
Conversely, as the United States grinds these sh$$bags into the dirt day after day, it will weaken the reputation of Al Qaida and the rest of the terror midgets, and enhance our reputation as a superpower.

Thank you for your cooperation. Here are another 10,000 body bags for you to take back to Chechnia, Pakistan, Iran, Soddy Rapia, Syria, Egypt, Jordan, Libya, Sudan, et. al.

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-9-8 12:23:12 PM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2003-9-8 12:23:12 PM|| Front Page Top

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