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2003-05-16 North Africa

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-05-16 08:07 pm|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11146 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 So there are 100000 Kafir soldiers occupying the Muslim land of Iraq, and the best these Holy Warrriors can do is blow up a synagogue or a residential complex? You'd think they would try to earn their 72 virgins

Posted by Paul Moloney 2003-05-16 20:38:52|| 2003-05-16 20:38:52|| Front Page Top

#2 Al-Qaeda can't hit the big allied targets so they are going for the soft underbelly of - anyone - to stay in the media - or die politically. Now with a few soft hits, they will start pissing off everyone who sympathizes with them or tries to buy them off. Maybe in a terrible way, this will hasten their downfall. We'll see.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-05-16 21:05:05|| 2003-05-16 21:05:05|| Front Page Top

#3 Looks like they've been denied the marquee targets and are hitting anything they can. Reminds me of the IRA "trashcan and mailbox bombing offensive" of a few years back. Sounds like they're panicking. "Hey! We're still a force in the Middle East! Really! We are! PAY ATTENTION TO ME!!!"

Posted by tu3031 2003-05-16 22:05:35|| 2003-05-16 22:05:35|| Front Page Top

#4 The attacks in Riyahd and Casablanca are good news on two fronts.

1. The attacks are in Riyahd and Casablanca because the terororists don't have the capacity to do so in NY and London.

2. The social and economic impact of ongoing terrorist attacks will force Arab governments to get serious about the root causes of the problem.

Posted by Phil B 2003-05-16 22:17:34|| 2003-05-16 22:17:34|| Front Page Top

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