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Tony Snow: Are War Critics in Congress Aiding Al-Qaeda?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1769359/posts
"But he also suggested that war opponents in congress need to consider what message they are sending in favoring a resolution or legislation that opposes the president's "surge"-- saying it was "worth asking" the question of whether they might sending a message to al-Qaeda. The implication was that their opposition could be seen as giving al-Qaeda a green light to expand their actions. "
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Many of Al Queada fled in the last several months. They went to establish a new beachhead in their terror war on the west.
They just didn't think we would do anything in Somalia to stop it.