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2004-06-27 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

9/11 commission links al-Qaeda with Iran

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Posted by Dan Darling 2004-06-27 12:27:45 AM|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 So I guess that means we have a green light for the first Iran War, right?

... Why are those crickets chirping?

Posted by beer_me 2004-06-27 2:05:02 AM|| 2004-06-27 2:05:02 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 [Off-topic or abusive comments deleted]

Posted by Bootlicker TROLL 2004-06-27 2:06:59 AM|| 2004-06-27 2:06:59 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Wow, thanks Mullalicker. I was confused, but now I know who the real enemy is.

Posted by beer_me 2004-06-27 2:13:09 AM|| 2004-06-27 2:13:09 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Oh come on Fred. Why did you delete Bootlicker? I thought his website was kind of funny.

By the way, I clicked over to one of your sponsors, Islamic Jewellery World. Do you, or anyone else, know what the significance of "786" is? It's on a couple of their items, but there's no explaination. Is it the foundation year of Islam or something?

I assume it's not a good luck charm for blackjack.

Posted by beer_me 2004-06-27 3:26:23 AM|| 2004-06-27 3:26:23 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 beer_me,
http://forums.gawaher.com/index.php?showtopic=5295
The innovation of writing '786' replacing 'Bismillaah al-Rahmaan al-Raheem' ("In The Name of Allah, The Most Gracious, The Most Merciful") has been adopted for a long time and the majority of the Ummah is still indulged in it inadvertently.

Personally, I prefer the number 19.

Posted by Rev. Farakan 2004-06-27 4:11:50 AM|| 2004-06-27 4:11:50 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Thanks Rev. Interesting thread you posted there. The moderator got a bit snippy when answering the question. He wasn't too pleased to see the reduction of the Quran or anything Islamic. My favorite quote:

"It is a conspiracy against the Holy Book of Allaah."

Always with the conspiracy. I had no idea the word of God was so easily corrupted.

Also interesting was the injuntion against nicknames. It's pretty funny that the moderator who describes nicknames as a sin calls himself "the_rocky_tract". I guess there's nothing in the Quran about hypocrites.

Posted by beer_me 2004-06-27 4:37:31 AM|| 2004-06-27 4:37:31 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 What an injuction against nicknames?
Surely.
I have no nick, only a nom-de-blogguerrie.

Posted by abu abu to you 2004-06-27 10:30:41 AM|| 2004-06-27 10:30:41 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 ... Why are those crickets chirping?
They are talking about Alaska Paul the Terrible and the shotgun massacre.

Posted by Shipman 2004-06-27 1:15:56 PM|| 2004-06-27 1:15:56 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 They say "7,8,6"
I say "5,4,3,2,1,0" BLAMMO

Posted by meeps 2004-06-27 2:00:03 PM|| 2004-06-27 2:00:03 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Leading sentence tells all. WaPo now refers to "no operational ties between al-Qaeda and Iraq. Last week it was "no connection found," Iran-al-Qaeda is old hat.

Posted by Capt America 2004-06-27 2:21:00 PM|| [http://captamerica.blogspot.com/] 2004-06-27 2:21:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 At first I thought you were right, Capt America, and the Comission was coming on strong in regards to Iran. Then I re-read the article and realized that the comission is just pulling that old bait-and-switch routine. They're not really saying that Iran is in league with al Qaida, they're only using those "unconfirmed" ties to contrast the "lack" of Iraq-al Qaida ties.

For instance:

"Iran. Al-Qaida, the commission determined, might even have played a âyet unknown roleâ in aiding Hezbollah...[with the Khobar bombings]."

That sound like plausable deniability from the Comission to me. If some unfavored President were to use that as an excuse to attack Iran, you'd see some backpedaling real quick like. I can hear the cries of "faulty intelligence" and "[blank] lied, people died" even now.

Again:

"In relation to Iran, commission investigators said intelligence âshowed far greater potential for collaboration between Hezbollah and al-Qaida than many had previously thought.â"

Potential, huh? Not proved. No reason for war. Move along. Nothing to see here.

Posted by beer_me 2004-06-27 4:19:25 PM|| 2004-06-27 4:19:25 PM|| Front Page Top

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