Why Al-Qaida Is Attacking the Saudi Kingdom

Town Hall ^ | November 10, 2003 | (Walid Phares PhD

[MarMema]

Time has not changed in the mind of bin Laden.The world is divided between his cohorts of Mujahideen, and as he called them in the audiotape: the "Byzantines."

Fascinating. As someone who considers myself to be a "Byzantine" in a way, this is an alarming statement.

[eureka!]

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[Alter Kaker]

The economy is supported not only with oil, but also drug money laundering. The Royals have almost limitless resources.

The oil industry is very much dependent on foreign skilled workers. And in banking industry, with which I am very familiar, this is a hundred times more true. This will be true as long as secondary student spend times to study Quran instead of Mathematics.

[bonesmccoy]

Interesting message... my take is that this may be the stated "straw that broke the camel's back", but in reality this OBL has far far deeper psychological issues.

He has been ostracized from his family and feels that he needs to fight for legitimacy. So, he is acting out...striking at people in a negative attempt to gain attention.

[MAGEE]

No doubt you have far more knowledge than I on this subject and if it hadn't been for Arnaud De Borchgrave appearing on CSPAN, I wouldn't have made it a point to watch the program.

binLaden is a fascinating character -- especially concerning his psyche of hate and revenge -- as you point out and if in fact he plotted the 9/11 disaster, I have always described it as the work of a mastermind.

Even writing it now my stomach churns when I think of the total of his "body of work". A madman, or rather a creation of madmen.

I also find it very sad that there must be many intellects as sharp as this man's who were all brought up by what De Borchgrave calls the "Flat Earth Clerics" the Saudis have imported from Pakistan to set up their little Madrassas and brain wash the young males for just such a mission as what we are now witnessing. They learn to speak and write Arabic, hate the U.S. Israel and India and nothing else.
Killing machines. [These are more of De Borchgrave's thoughts not mine - but I do agree with him.]

Apparently the Saud Royals do not care who and what indoctrinates the young of the country (while no doubt they send their own members to international schools).

Think on what constructive purpose these young minds could have been focused upon with their intelligence, had they received an education we have been given, one with understanding, praise for accomplishment, patience in teaching difficult matters, and morality.

Perhaps in the final sorting out of the "why" of this we will find you can mold humanity into any shape you want, if you have patience and the material offered willingly. They have to be young (before the age of seven) to begin the imprinting of hate.

The previously famous Empires of old could have been such lush founts of intellect and study, were the young given the opportunity to flourish and question and display love.

[RussianConservative]

I hope it fall, Saudi Arabia...if chaos big enough then give excuse to other nations to come and "manage" oil fields away from Saudi control.

[Fzob]

Good Lord. What a nut case UBL is. He must be killed ASAP.