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2020-11-18 Terror Networks

After Israel said to kill al-Qaeda No. 2, questions over terror group’s future

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Posted by trailing wife 2020-11-18 03:37|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top
File under: al-Qaeda

#1 Yes but islam's hordes are many.

Posted by Woodrow 2020-11-18 07:07|| 2020-11-18 07:07|| Front Page Top

#2 There were about 44 Islamists present at the August 1988 founding of Al Qaeda at Khost, Afghanistan. The cache of documents later found in Bosnia revealed most of their names. Some enterprising writer might have fun matching names with deaths and location of deaths. I wonder how many are still alive?

Posted by b 2020-11-18 08:07|| 2020-11-18 08:07|| Front Page Top

#3 "Questions Over Terror Group's Future":

The future is 'Cloudy, with a chance of hard rain.'

Posted by Sheba Protector of the Hohlraums47 2020-11-18 09:06|| 2020-11-18 09:06|| Front Page Top

#4 Yea, well, over the years we killed 500% of Hamas leadership - and they are still going strong.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-11-18 09:26|| 2020-11-18 09:26|| Front Page Top

#5 If AQ ever stopped existing, the excuse for US wars in countries around the world would disappear. So they will never not be a threat. Doesn't matter how many #2 and #3 men we kill. Hell, we killed Osama bin Laden himself a decade ago and nothing changed.

Posted by Jaiger Sleath7993 2020-11-18 11:17|| 2020-11-18 11:17|| Front Page Top

#6 /\ Exactly correct. The Klingon method of political assassination (whack-a-mole) is a loser.
"Winning" or victory requires the vanquishing and ruin of cities and entire tribes.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-11-18 11:22|| 2020-11-18 11:22|| Front Page Top

#7 And the discipline to walk away from the rubble and leave behind the warning that if they tried anything like it again we'd be back for round two.

Posted by gorb 2020-11-18 14:30|| 2020-11-18 14:30|| Front Page Top

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