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Al Qaeda Is a Shadow of Its Former Self
NY Sun ^ | Sept. 8, 2006 | YOUSSEF IBRAHIM

Posted on 09/10/2006 4:21:33 PM PDT by FairOpinion

Five years after it burst onto the scene with the grandiose attacks of September 11, the terror group is a shadow of its former self. Its chief architects, Messrs. bin Laden and Zawahiri, and their so-called consultative council are on the run; its top field commanders are decimated, and its hundreds of foot soldiers are in jail, being hounded or singing like canaries under torture, or bribery.

To be sure, copycats are popping up here and there, but the West can certainly claim it has demolished the infrastructure of the original group.

(Excerpt) Read more at nysun.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; binladen; clowns; fifthanniversay; gwot; losers; terrorism; terrorists; waronterror; wot; zawahiri
I bet the terrorists and the Dems don't like this article.
1 posted on 09/10/2006 4:21:34 PM PDT by FairOpinion
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To: FairOpinion

Michael Moore might be deeply saddened.


2 posted on 09/10/2006 4:23:22 PM PDT by BenLurkin ("The entire remedy is with the people." - W. H. Harrison)
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To: FairOpinion
I bet the terrorists and the Dems don't like this article.

I can live with that.

3 posted on 09/10/2006 4:23:24 PM PDT by pcottraux (It's pronounced "P. Coe-troe.")
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To: FairOpinion

The Liberals still have hope tho


4 posted on 09/10/2006 4:25:25 PM PDT by ivy (Ivy's ex bf)
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To: pcottraux

The war on terror, lead by President Bush, while incredibly difficult, has been also incredibly successful.

Sure, there are still serious threats out there and we can't let down our guard, but we have done tremendous damage to the terrorists, those who harbore them and so far managed to foil their attacks.

That's why President Bush needs all the tools to fight terrorists and the Dems want to take those tools away from him, in the name of "civil rights of terrorists", not mentioning to us that they think that the civil rights of terrorists should NOT include allowing them to murder us. What about OUR civil rights to LIVE and our civil rights to NOT be murdered by terrorists?


5 posted on 09/10/2006 4:27:50 PM PDT by FairOpinion (Dem Foreign Policy: SURRENDER to our enemies. Real conservatives don't help Dems get elected.)
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To: pcottraux
I bet the terrorists and the Dems don't like this article.

They will say that Bush has created 10 new terrorists for every one we have killed or captured.
Liberalism is truly a mental disorder.

6 posted on 09/10/2006 4:50:14 PM PDT by DuxFan4ever (The next rational liberal I meet will be the first.)
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To: DuxFan4ever
They will say that Bush has created 10 new terrorists for every one we have killed or captured.

Sheesh...I wonder how long before the whole world's population are terrorists?

7 posted on 09/10/2006 4:52:16 PM PDT by pcottraux (It's pronounced "P. Coe-troe.")
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To: pcottraux
I'm not joking when I say I have friends who really truly believe we have created many more terrorists than we have exterminated.
Their other thing is that we are a "laughing stock" every where else in the world. Funny how everyone wants to come here.
8 posted on 09/10/2006 5:08:02 PM PDT by DuxFan4ever (The next rational liberal I meet will be the first.)
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To: DuxFan4ever
Their other thing is that we are a "laughing stock" every where else in the world.

...just like when we prosecuted Clinton... Laughingstocks, us all. I don't mind if we are laughed at, as long as we are right. Those worried about other nations laughing--- it could be much, much worse.

APf

9 posted on 09/10/2006 5:12:05 PM PDT by APFel (Individualism. The alpha and the omega.)
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To: FairOpinion
The war on terror, lead by President Bush, while incredibly difficult, has been also incredibly successful.

The way the D's think, the Packers would throw in the towel every time they got to the five yard line. They'd scream, "Our efforts to score a touchdown are failing! Look at how much more violence there is! It's getting harder, not easier! Clearly, we need to 'reorganize' (read: retreat) and do something else.

10 posted on 09/10/2006 6:34:38 PM PDT by zbigreddogz
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To: Clintonfatigued

WHOOPS! I meant to type "gap", but misspelled it.


:::::::Hugely embarrassed:::::::::::


12 posted on 09/10/2006 7:12:54 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued (illegal aliens commit crimes that Americans won't commit)
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To: FairOpinion
HOW ARE YOU OSAMA!!
ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US.
13 posted on 09/10/2006 7:19:42 PM PDT by RichInOC (HA HA HA HA....)
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To: FairOpinion

Until bin Laden and al-Zawahiri's heads are on pikes outside the UN, I'll never be satisfied.


14 posted on 09/11/2006 5:26:19 AM PDT by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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