Unfortunately most americans are blinded by the spin and the news reports funneled through by the white house to achieve their means and to indoctrinate the masses. You, unlike most americans know there is something behind the news you hear every day. But then again, you might be Canadian and you already are thinking on the global scale.
yeah, you're right. i did some "research" last night and discovered some photos that indicate Al Qaeda might not be what we thought they were. in fact, i can share one with you..but keep hushed about it: Give me a break...the whole, "most americans are blinded" but we're smart enough to see through it is so freaking arrogant it's silly. You have no more information than the rest of us. No more information than the intelligence communities around the world. At one point it was "blame Bush or Clinton" because they didn't emphasize the threat of Al Qaeda and just how big it was. Now it's, "eh...Al Qaeda is just a group of friends who play poker and do some mean stuff to little kids on the weekends." Ridiculous.
Some followup from the BBC this morning... Burqa trap set for terror suspect Pakistani agents wearing burqas seized al-Qaeda suspect Abu Faraj al-Libbi by ambushing his motorbike in a rural town, police told the BBC. The man alleged to be a top al-Qaeda organiser was riding pillion and managed to run into a house where agents flushed him out with tear gas. He has been held at an undisclosed location since his capture at Mardan, 60km (37 miles) from Peshawar. Pakistani officials have ruled out his immediate extradition to the US. They said he would not be handed over before being exhaustively questioned by local authorities. US President George W Bush has called his capture "a critical victory in the war on terror". BBC security correspondent Gordon Corera says it is the most significant arrest since the 2003 capture of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, alleged mastermind of 9/11. Our correspondent notes that the al-Qaeda hierarchy has always been fluid and complex and reports of him being the network's number three are hard to confirm. However, there have been reports that he was involved in sending messages to al-Qaeda cells overseas with instructions to carry out attacks last year. Bike swoop Amanullah Khan, deputy superintendent of police in Mardan, told the BBC the capture on Monday was purely the work of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence service (ISI). "This was all an ISI show," he said. "We got to the place after hearing a few gunshots." He said he had recognised Libbi from photographs in newspapers. Agents, some of whom had been wearing the all-encompassing robe worn by women in conservative Islamic families, stopped the motorbike and overpowered the driver, then fired some shots when Libbi ran away. The suspect later emerged from the house where he had sought shelter unarmed and with his "hands up and head slightly bowed", the policeman said. He was frisked and only a mobile phone was found. ISI agents bundled him into a vehicle and whisked him away before police could speak to him, he added. 'Major facilitator' Pakistan has been a key ally in what the US calls its war on terrorism and has handed over more than 700 suspected al-Qaeda operatives to the US. It has stepped up military operations against al-Qaeda suspects in the region, near where Osama Bin Laden is widely believed to have been hiding. Pakistani Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said security agents had already gathered "a lot of tips" from the arrest, which meant they were "on the right track" to eventually capturing the al-Qaeda leader. Pakistan had put a reward of 20m rupees ($340,000) on the head of Libbi in August last year. He is wanted in connection with two attempts on the life of Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf in December 2003, in which 17 people died. He was regarded as the prime suspect in a number of bombings in Pakistan, including an attempt last year to kill Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz. Libbi was also alleged to have taken over Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's role in al-Qaeda after the latter's capture. In Washington, the US president said Libbi was a "major facilitator and chief planner for the al-Qaeda network". http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4516567.stm
Put a live chicken in your underwear! ...and just for you andy, what should be your new sig: "Criticize things you don't know about!"
and for those of you who don't remember the seventies, either because you were too young, or too stoned: Be courteous, kind, and forgiving Be gentle and peaceful each day Be warm and human and grateful And have a good thing to say Be thoughtful and trustful and childlike Be witty and happy and wise Be honest and love all your neighbors Be obsequious, purple and clairvoyant Be sure to stop at stop signs And drive fifty-five miles an hour Pick up hitchhikers foaming at the mouth And when you get home get a master's degree in geology Be pompous, obese, and eat cactus Be dull and boring and omnipresent Criticize things you don't know about Be oblong and have your knees removed (Ladies only) Never make love to Bigfoot (Men only) Hello, my name is Bigfoot (Everyone) Put a live chicken in your underwear Go into a closet and suck eggs
Regarding the new National Counterterrorism Report, published in U.S. News, May 9, 2005: In the analysis accompanying the report State Department officials said that while Al Queda remains dangerous, the growing threat today is from what the report calls the "global jihadist movement", an assortment of groups inspired, but not directed by, Osama bin Laden. "These groups affiliated with, or indoctrinated by, Al Queda ideology", says the report, "are now carrying out most of the terrorist attacks against U.S. and Allied targets." Anyone who has EVER thought that this war was about a single organization called "Al Queda" hasn't been paying attention.
Interesting. It's currently listed on Google News, London UK Times Online. Link is no longer working there either. Hmmmm. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-1602568,00.html Edit: They were correcting the picture. It is working now.
