Global Warming must have gotten to Bin Laden too! Damn.
The second half of this article contains new information (at least to me) about muslim clerics who previously were aligned with al Qaeda.
List of places where Al Qaeda has gotten their posterior kicked: Afghanistan, Somalia, Lebanon, Iraq. All they have left is their audio and videotapes to try to rally the goobers of the Muslim world.
They are probably most dangerous now that they are near defeat. But that period of danger won’t last long.
The guy hiding in the cave knows he is losing this war, a dramatic change from just six months ago as it relates to Iraq.
And he’s gotten his ass kicked repeatedly in the arena he personally choose, Afghanistan.
After the massive ‘culling’ of fanatics since 9/11, whats left is a growing number of muslims that are realizing this guy doesn’t have the balls to strap on a bomb belt and lead an attack himself. That goes directly to ‘respect’ which is huge among the tribal chieftains, not just in Iraq but also Afghanistan.
He’s in the same general situation the Japanese found themselves in after mid 1943. He knows he’s lost the initiative, and is now forced to play ‘defense’.
Thats a losing gambit, as any military expert will tell you, from any era.
Muslims in general, and brothers in Al Qaeda everywhere to avoid extremism
Let’s hear it for extremism!!!
Ping
Democrats are DEEPLY SADDENED !!
When is the last time the media asked George Bush what mistakes he has made?
Factually incorrect. Al Qeda means the base. It was set up to bring together various terrorist groups and provide them training and resources. They are all part of a decentralized organization. This is just more of the usual Leftist claptrap about Iraq put out by the Unchristian Monitor to perpetuate the Democrat National Committee directed myth that Iraq and the WOT are separate wars. No they are not.
Today, Al Qaeda in Iraq possesses limited options, and is trying to buy time. But while entrapped and weakened, Al Qaeda is far from dead. Bin Laden's brief moment of self-criticism shows that, although he listens, it's difficult to keep a ship from sinking after being thrown overboard.
Huh?
Perhaps Osama is trying to move into a “statesman” phase, a la Yassir Arafat.
Global Warming must have gotten to Bin Laden too! Damn.
Osama is afraid Obama or Clinton won’t win the presidency.
We should deliver that pig-effer a thermobaric alarm clock.
Now, with al Qaeda being defeated in Iraq and the growing number of even Islamists, who are rejecting him. You know, cosmicly, it may have been better for Osama to survive. Imagine that we nailed Osama at Tora Bora. He would have become a martyr, who would have gained some sort of purity. The mistakes and brutality of his followers would not have stuck on Osama. Today, Osama is being stuck with his failures, with his brutality, with the disaster of enforcing religious laws, so ultimately he’s going to be totally discredited. No one’s going to be sorry, when he’s finally nailed.
They didn't intend to get themselves mostly wiped out by US forces?
The Sunnis and some Sunni Sheiks who once fell for the propaganda from Al Queda - that they needed to join forces to fight “the occupiers” - saw first hand in Falluja and other places in Anbar province just what Al Queda victories meant - Al Queda terrorism to “purify” their own people.
They (Iraq’s Sunnnis) could have taken the conditions in the Taliban state of Afghanistan before 2001 as a warning of the style of governance that Al Queda sought, and now they can take their own lessons learned from fighting back against Al Queda to help other Muslims defeat them.
The clerics that were “former” supporters of Osama bin Laden and now rebuke him have only one critique of Osama - his means, but not the ends he seeks - a Caliphate.
What they are disturbed about is that their common aims - achieving the Caliphate - is hurt by the public relations damage that the terrorism has caused. They much prefer the Saudi royal’s methods - purchasing subversion in the west.
I emailed the Washington (Com)Post ombudsman yesterday asking her when that paper would begin to report the good news coming out of Iraq. She said she asked their war editor, they are waiting until after the October numbers are in, they would have a report early next month.
I can’t wait to see how they try to spin it.
political infighting at al Quaeda is further evidence of that it’s a spin-off of the same left wing that emails a daily planner to the Democrats in the US. /s (or not).
The civil war has become that between our enemies and the enemies of most of the people of Iraq.
We’ll know UBL is toast when he says “I wish to negotiate!”
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