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2006-05-23 Terror Networks

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Posted by Steve 2006-05-23 10:04|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 What can you say about Al-Q?
They have killed maybe 6,000 since 2000.
The countries in the WOT have killed 100,000 arabs in our quest to wipe them out. Who has really won here? What have they achieved in the past? What are they likely to get in the future?
Provocative, No?

Posted by Omoluque Gralet4660 2006-05-23 13:16|| 2006-05-23 13:16|| Front Page Top

#2 Oh come on, if you're going to base your argument on statistics, at least use ones that haven't been repeatedly debunked.

holds up card .... 2.5 on a 10 point scale.

Posted by lotp 2006-05-23 13:58|| 2006-05-23 13:58|| Front Page Top

#3 Provocative? No. Especially since if we were trying to wipe them out, there wouldn't be any left long since.

And I think it can be said categorically that Saddam Hussein and his family have lost, those who used to benefit from them being in power have lost, and all those associated with Al Qaeda who've been captured or killed, simply because Osama bin Laden went to an open war footing a decade too soon, have lost. Of course, I'm just a little housewife -- what do I know? Perhaps the CIA open source experts have more substantiated opinions of the winners and losers thus far.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-05-23 16:34|| 2006-05-23 16:34|| Front Page Top

#4 "Provocative, No?"

No. Go amaze your coffee-shop friends.

Posted by Fordesque 2006-05-23 21:19|| 2006-05-23 21:19|| Front Page Top

#5 The salient point isn't the body count, it's whether the majority (preferably large majority) were affiliated with or sympathized with the other side.

Posted by AzCat 2006-05-23 22:15|| 2006-05-23 22:15|| Front Page Top

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