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2004-01-23 Terror Networks

US sees threat from al-Qaedaâs second generation

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Posted by Dan Darling 2004-01-23 12:04:40 AM|| || Front Page|| [11130 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Idiots are pissed that the US isn't cooperating with the Jihad. Fucj=k your jihad. And fucj=k mo.

Posted by Lucky 2004-1-23 1:25:53 AM|| 2004-1-23 1:25:53 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 I hope at some point soon Bush makes the final link, and declares ALL Jihadiis to be our enemies. That will present a stark choice for Islam: either disown the Jihadiis or face selective attacks from the US. Personally, since Jihadism is fairly recent to Islam, I think that there is still time for it's followers to reject it and purge their own ranks. Not much time, though, because soon the rest of the world will decide that they, too have failed to act agressively enough in the face of this culture war.

Posted by Rivrdog 2004-1-23 2:08:46 AM|| 2004-1-23 2:08:46 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Jihadism is fairly recent to Islam

No, it isn't. Mohammed himself led the first jihads, and jihad is what carried Islam into the Iberian peninsula and to India. The only new thing about jihad is the spin that it means "internal struggle"; all of the major schools of Islamic study declare jihad to mean war to spread the faith.

Posted by Robert Crawford 2004-1-23 7:03:27 AM|| [http://www.kloognome.com/] 2004-1-23 7:03:27 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Rivrdog, such a comment would convince the Islamic world that this is a crusade against them just as Bin Laden says.

Better for Phase 3 to be serious pressure on Pakistan and Saudi Arabia to cleanup their act and shut down support and madrasses; Pressure on Syria to pull a Libya; Support for democracy in Iran to overthrow the government.

Posted by ruprecht 2004-1-23 10:18:25 AM|| 2004-1-23 10:18:25 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 "â a generation younger," he said, adding that the new generation tended "to be long on radicalism compared with short on training".

Until we clean up the madrassas, they will just keep getting younger and less trained until they are just a bunch of 8 year olds throwing rocks and willing to strap on a suicide belt or carry a bomb that anyone disgruntled group/state is willing to finance.

Posted by B 2004-1-23 10:33:18 AM|| 2004-1-23 10:33:18 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 A U.S. anti-terrorism envoy said on Thursday that while two-thirds of known al Qaeda leaders had been captured or killed, a new generation of militants was the next area of concern.

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"The next group of concern would be â I would say â a generation younger," he said, adding that the new generation tended "to be long on radicalism compared with short on training".

No problem, these junior jihadis will have to be wiped out too. Since they have little training, they'll simply be a bit easier to bag.

Rivrdog, such a comment would convince the Islamic world that this is a crusade against them just as Bin Laden says.

Only if ALL Muslims are jihadis. Are they?

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-1-23 2:44:56 PM|| 2004-1-23 2:44:56 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 The only way to stop the junior jihadis is to stop their indoctrination, and to do that is to shut down the madrassas. To shut down the madrasses, the funding by fundos has to stop, and that path leads back to Saudi Arabia.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-1-23 3:27:08 PM|| 2004-1-23 3:27:08 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Al-Aska Paul - QED

Posted by Frank G 2004-1-23 9:55:53 PM|| 2004-1-23 9:55:53 PM|| Front Page Top

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