[Alberta's Child]

My Muslim friend is convinced that Iraq was behind every act of terrorism in the U.S. starting with the first World Trade Center attack in 1993 (including Oklahoma City, 9/11, etc.). Islamic radicals are nothing more than the dupes they use whenever they need someone to carry out a "dead end" mission in which it doesn't matter if the perpetrators are killed or arrested.

What we're witnessing is a long, low-grade guerrilla war fought right in the streets of Western countries.

[hellinahandcart]

Close enough.

[thoughtomator]

Now with Iraq gone then, who is the sponsor of the continuation of terrorism? Do you believe these are just the death throes of an organization without a sponsor?

[LS]

Doesn't make sense, nor does if follow history. Let me recommend three books:

"1000 Years for Revenge" by Peter Lance; "Why America Slept" by Gerald Posner; and "Losing Bin Laden" by Richard Minitier. I'm sure you've heard of a couple of these, maybe all---but the key is that all three CLEARLY show that bin Laden was into terrorism LONG BEFORE the Gulf War. He had already made up his mind that America was the great satan, and he had nothing to do with Iraq until the mid-1990s.

Moreover, the timeline of these makes it pretty clear that Iraq's participation in the first WTC bombing was minimal (although it as tangentially involved).