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Misunderstanding al Qaeda: What you weren't told about their targets in Saudi Arabia (Must-read)
The Weekly Standard via the Benador Associates ^
| December 1, 2003
| Paul Marshall
Posted on 11/23/2003 8:59:50 PM PST by quidnunc
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The fact that the Saudi authorities did not reveal that this was largely a Lebanese Christian area, that they rapidly demolished the remains and stayed silent while the media misreported the identity of the victims, suggests a deliberate attempt to mask what is going on in the kingdom. (Meanwhile, a debate is taking place in the Saudi press over whether a woman named Saban Abu Lisam, who was herself injured in the blast but nevertheless drove seven other injured victims to the hospital, should be praised for her courage or punished for violating the ban on women driving.)
Duplicitous bastards, the whole lot of them!.
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posted on
11/23/2003 8:59:53 PM PST
by
quidnunc
To: quidnunc
We need to pray for our Christian brothers and sisters in that hostile place.
To: quidnunc
The media seem to equate Arab with Muslim and, along with some in the administration, think that al Qaeda's war is against Americans and Westerners per se, rather than against all "infidels," a group al Qaeda defines idiosyncratically and expansively as anyone who is not a strictly observant Muslim.
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Let's say it more plainly. We are in a world-wide war with a religion that wants to impose a world-wide Taliban state --as ti must to fulfill the commandments of the Koran. al Qaeda is only a part of it.
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posted on
11/23/2003 9:15:02 PM PST
by
RLK
To: RLK
You know, I do believe you have it. No one but the most inobservant and simple minded will believe otherwise than that in their eyes non-muslems are fit for only two things: to be slaves or to be dead.
Sorry, but theirs is not a religion of peace, not by any definition. The sooner that is realized universally, the better off the "infidel" world will be.Lying, BTW, to infidels is permitted. Infidels don't count at all.
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posted on
11/23/2003 9:22:12 PM PST
by
Adrastus
To: Adrastus
Thank you. I believe I got it too. No matter how I figure it, the answer come out to be the same. It's the one consistent pattern in the entire scene and the Koran.
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posted on
11/23/2003 9:29:48 PM PST
by
RLK
To: quidnunc; NRA2BFree
This duplicity (mostly by the leftist media) serves two purposes: 1) It takes the focus off the fact that killing Christians is a top priority for Islamist terror orgs. (I guess they figure that covering up this fact will help keep Western ill-will towards the Muslim world from spiraling out of control); B) It takes the focus off that fact that many Arabs are indeed Christians, and that Muslims converting to Christianity actually happens. (I'm sure this fact drives the anti-Christian leftists in the Western media insane).
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posted on
11/23/2003 9:49:35 PM PST
by
Mr. Mojo
To: quidnunc
"...Al Qaeda and its allies aim to kill or subdue all "infidels," Muslim or non-Muslim, who stand in the way of their goal of restoring a worldwide caliphate governed, Taliban-style, by the strictest, narrowest interpretation of Islamic law. Until this fact is finally assimilated, we will continue to have a military that fights superbly against an enemy whose strategic aims we refuse to understand."
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posted on
11/23/2003 9:53:10 PM PST
by
etcetera
To: Mr. Mojo; Cindy; yonif; Alouette; Yehuda; dennisw; Lent; Travis McGee; Jeff Head; rdb3; mhking; ...
good article ...
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posted on
11/23/2003 10:17:40 PM PST
by
Bobby777
To: MissAmericanPie
The muslims have been killing Christians since mad mo started his damnable religion... and Jews as well.
In the Balkans, in Kosovo and Macedonia they are still killing Christians and destroying their Churches.
The UN and the Western media do not even pretend to notice.
Over 125 Christian Churches destroyed in Kosovo just since the UN got there in 1999 a la clinton.
To: quidnunc
Great article, and makes a point we can't ignore, one we've been ignoring too long. In Indonesia, for example, there's a terrorist gang that has been targeting Christian villages for the past two years, with the help of the state's police.
Note in this article, though, that the vast majority of the world's Muslims don't agree with the terrorists. The terrorists hope to intimidate them or to recruit them by appearing to be successful against us.
That is a very important reason for the administration and others to be very clear about who's being targeted and why. We risk becoming complicit in these sustained attacks against Christians, Jews and others, if we are silent.
Anyway, those "duplicitous" Saudi b*****ds are being let off the hook!!!!!
To: Lion in Winter
Our military presence in the Balkins should have alarmed alot of Americans, yet they seem to snooze on. Talk about a war that was barely reported on, reported on falsely, by the media. Your average American to this day couldn't tell you what it's about.
To: quidnunc
*Duplicitous bastards, the whole lot of them!*
arabs and muslims, the birthplace of islam. It doesn't get any better than that.
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posted on
11/24/2003 12:20:31 AM PST
by
tubavil
To: RLK
I saw the video of Richard Pearle's murder today on a link on this forum. I wish I had not seen what I witnessed; I know what I saw was real and true; how an individual could do that to another human being is beyond my comprehension. Wake up!
To: Atchafalaya
I hope that you mean Daniel Pearl.
To: quidnunc
Christians need to aggressively proselitize Muslims wherever they are. I think many Muslims are ripe to leave the religion of murder and mayhem.
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posted on
11/24/2003 3:13:52 AM PST
by
tkathy
(The islamofascists and the democrats are trying to destroy this country)
To: quidnunc
Until this fact [the real goal of Islamic militants] is finally assimilated, we will continue to have a military that fights superbly against an enemy whose strategic aims we refuse to understand. Excellent article. I do remember that just after the bombings, news reporters spoke of the complex as being considered "sinful" by the Saudis. In Islamic paradises like Saudi Arabia, that usually means non-Muslim. But none of the reporters appears to have followed up and investigated in any way, or if they have, they've kept their findings quiet.
If the press took a tenth of the time they waste standing around waiting for some freaky entertainer to appear in handcuffs for his latest round of gross behavior, and used it for actually investigating a story that mattered, we might have gotten better a better idea of this, despite Saudi duplicitousness.
I thought the above quote was an excellent summary of our problem (and I fear it afflicts not only the media and the Dems).
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posted on
11/24/2003 3:37:35 AM PST
by
livius
To: Bobby777; Valin; tubavil; Stopislamnow; SJackson; BayouCoyote; nuffsenuff; Helms; Taiwan Bocks; ...
The November 8 bombing took place in a Lebanese Christian neighborhood of Saudi Arabia
New ping list for Islamic Jihad and terrorism. 3 pings per day, every day. Some from my old ping list are on by default.
On or off let me know by freepmail.
Easy on, easy off, via freepmail.
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posted on
11/24/2003 5:11:59 AM PST
by
dennisw
(G_d is at war with Amalek for all generations)
To: quidnunc; okie01; marron; dennisw; seamole; Grampa Dave; swarthyguy
Bump.
To be fair, the Western press, out of ignorance, labeled the target Muslim, not Christian. Some of the english language Arab Press I saw was a little more forthcoming about the target.
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posted on
11/24/2003 12:30:17 PM PST
by
Shermy
To: RLK
Global Caliphate. Both Putin and the PM of Singapore have cautioned the world aqianst this. We are in a war that if lost will mean the destruction of our culture and the subjegation of our children. Islam is the enemy and the koran is their playbook.
How many muslims in America contribute to the terrorists through the mosque? One muslim in Brooklyn funneled $28 million of "community money" to hamas. We have muslim-in-America freepers. Where does their $$ go?
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posted on
11/24/2003 12:36:18 PM PST
by
wtc911
To: dennisw
Please put me on your new ping list for Islamic Jihad and terrorism.
Many thanks!
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