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Rumsfeld interview: Al-Qaida, Taliban getting fresh supplies
Associated Press ^
| 6-28-02
Posted on 06/28/2002 7:11:50 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:40:26 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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WASHINGTON (AP) --
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; alqaida; rumfeld; supplies; taliban; terrorism
To: Oldeconomybuyer
China? Iraq? Saudis?
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Anything of substance to the poll that shows only 1/3rd of Americans believe we are 'winning the war on terrorism'?
I don't think we can declare victory yet in Afghanistan.
What is the concrete end game? How will we know we have 'won'? What is the exit strategy? Who precisely is the 'enemy' ('terrorism' is too vague a concept and doesnt not specify combatants).
To: anniegetyourgun
China? Iraq? Saudis?
Probably, all of the above, plus
foreign aid to various countries/organizations, such as the PLO (Arafat pocketed 5.1$ million recently),
and more "close to home" like gold concepts and shopping mall jewelers being investigated yesterday.
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posted on
06/28/2002 7:22:39 AM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: AmericanInTokyo
If we should wait for answers to your questions before engaging the enemy, we'll surely lose.
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posted on
06/28/2002 7:52:31 AM PDT
by
jwfiv
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To: anniegetyourgun; TomGuy
It'll be the usual MO. Saudis supply the cash, ChiComs the weapons.
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posted on
06/28/2002 8:47:45 AM PDT
by
Aaron_A
To: AmericanInTokyo
Not knowing who the enemy is not our core problem. The problem we have that is slowly destroying this nation is we do not know who or what we are. We have been intimidated and misinformed into hating ourselves. Until that problem is addressed no real victory is possible. We will never be able to really defend our own interests while feeling guilty about some undefined misdeeds.
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posted on
06/28/2002 8:58:05 AM PDT
by
willyone
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Abso-F%^$ing-lutely
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posted on
06/28/2002 8:58:24 AM PDT
by
MattinNJ
To: anniegetyourgun
Try Pakistan. They're right next door. No sea access and I assume the AWACS make airtraffic totally transparent.
ISI created the Taliban and supported alqaeda. Where else would the stuff be coming from? Maybe Iran, but that's on the other side of Afghanistan.
To: Oldeconomybuyer
"Good morning, Vietnam!"
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Not much detail given on the backpacks here could lead one to conjecture the worst, though I would not necessarily believe the worst.
Can anyone link this, comes up on a search of this site under the word backpacks.
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