Analysis: Al-Qaida's mistake

United Press International ^ | 11-20-03 | CLAUDE SALHANI, UPI International Editor

[RightWhale]

Templars aren't particularly worried. A steel helmet, a largish horse, an 18 pound double edge sword, and it's back to business as usual.

[GluteusMax]

"We will continue to attack Masonic targets ... The Muslims are not alone," warned a Turkish speaking man to a domestic news agency. And on Thursday, they struck again. Can someone explain this statement?

There is a line of thinking that the majority of men in positions of power in the Anglo/western world (especially UK, US, Australia, Canada) hold connections in several overlapping secret organizations. One of those organizations is higher level Masonry. (Not to be confused with the lower-level unitiated.) This line of thinking holds that many secret societies have commmon goals and common membership. (Skull & Bones, 33rd level Masons, Bildeburgers, Bohemian Grove, etc.)

Perhaps the "Turkish speaking man" believes the targets that were bombed were part of this web. If these people view the west as trying to create a global government, perhaps they believe assets such as the bank and the British consulate either represent this group or actually was a nest of them. Who knows? We'll probably never hear about this again.

[Steve_Seattle]

I don't know why Moslems, even militant ones, would oppose Masonry, which has Islamist tendencies of its own. I've often thought of Masonry as a kind of subterranean Western Islam, quasi-Sufistic, and non-Christian (denying the divinity of Christ).

[Moose4]

It's interesting that they used "Masonic" instead of either of their other two favorite words, "Western" or "Jewish." Maybe they didn't want to play the "Jewish" card too much because Turkey has good relations with Israel and has traditionally been very tolerant of the Jews within its borders, and they know that's a non-starter?

Either that, or AQ's going for the anti-Masonic tinfoil-hat crowd worldwide.

}:-)4

[knews_hound]

Regarding # 11, I am curious too.

knews hound

[knews_hound]

Regarding # 11, I am curious too.

knews hound

[a_Turk]

I don't get it either.

[a_Turk]

I don't get it.

It's just BS, I bet. Makes no sense to assume there's any brains there.

One American guy I gave a catering job to, to serve at the Masonic Temple, asked me if he had to be a Jew to get in there. Maybe that explains it.

There's a worldwide assumption that Freemasons are Jews, or Jew wannabes.

Like I said, just a load of nonsense.

[TexasBarak]

My dad began his army career leading a rifle platoon in Korea. He told me awhile back about serving with the Turks- according to him, they are excellent, aggressive soldiers- and their favorite infantry weapon is the knife.
I've been saying for awhile that the terrorist types are going to force the rest of the world to wipe them out, but I didn't think it would start happening this quickly.

[knews_hound]

I posted a thread some time ago about the various services and their good and bad points.

The general consensus was to NEVER MESS WITH A TURK.

It was an intersting read...

Cheers,

knews hound