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2003-12-24 Arabia

Al-Qaeda debates on whether to kill Soddies or Merkins

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Posted by Dan Darling 2003-12-24 12:15:41 AM|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Not to belabor the obvious, but wouldn't it be safer for al-Q if they kill Soddies, as opposed to Americans?

Posted by Steve White 2003-12-24 1:48:14 AM|| 2003-12-24 1:48:14 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 So many infidels, so little time. Bizzy hands are happy hands.

Posted by .com 2003-12-24 3:05:58 AM|| 2003-12-24 3:05:58 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Those damn Merikans have developed a tendency to shoot back lately. Personally I think the AQ mutts should go after as many soddi's as possible.

But that's just me.

Posted by 4thInfVet 2003-12-24 3:33:52 AM|| 2003-12-24 3:33:52 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 "... this base and of this country [i.e. Saudi Arabia]" Would be insightful to know exactly where he was physically placed when he used "this" twice in succession.

I was gonna tear up the rhetoric in the last paragraph but not worth the effort. Are these things out strictly for our amusement or what? Looks like a lot of work. I bet a good comedy writer could easily finish off a paragraph that started with, "Did you hear the one about the testicle, the condom, and the Saudi passport?"

Posted by Glenn (not Reynolds) 2003-12-24 3:46:17 AM|| 2003-12-24 3:46:17 AM|| Front Page Top

One thing that bugs me, that I don't see mentioned here, was that in Al Qaeda's largest recent attack in Saudi Arabia, their main target was Lebanese Christian expatriates. It's like they suddenly decided they couldn't decide to discuss it in those terms. Perhaps that attack made their funders nervous, as they need the guest workers for Saudi Arabia's economy to survive?

Posted by Phil Fraering 2003-12-24 11:05:03 AM|| [http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com] 2003-12-24 11:05:03 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 When asked whether the attacks in Saudi Arabia "caused Mujahideen shares to plummet" in Saudi society, he responded ... That is an interesting stock market metaphor that I have not seen before.

"No, they would not leave us alone. As a first step, they would try to secure the oil fields, in accordance with an old plan. Sounds like AQ is aware of .com's plan.

Posted by Super Hose 2003-12-24 3:39:54 PM|| 2003-12-24 3:39:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 How wide was that strip?

Posted by Shipman 2003-12-24 4:29:25 PM|| 2003-12-24 4:29:25 PM|| Front Page Top

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