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Obama’s Fog of War
The American Thinker ^ | October 25, 2012 | Randall Hoven

Posted on Thursday, October 25, 2012 3:15:40 AM by Cincinatus’ Wife

......How many times do we have to hear that some attack by jihadis is a reaction to something we did?

....If you buy the view that the only real enemy in the so-called War on Terror is AQ,a tiny group of crazies in the AfPak mountains who follow some nut named Osama,Obama’s policies make total sense.

(1)We should not have been in Iraq;instead,we should have gone after Osama bin Laden and AQ in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

(2)The only problem is AQ and not Saddam,the Taliban,Hamas, Hezb’allah,the Muslim Brotherhood, or anyone not explicitly in AQ.

(3)Killing Osama was all-important,since he was the leader of AQ, our only threat.

(4)We have nothing to fear from the “Arab Spring” because those Muslims are not AQ—just people who want freedom and democracy.

....In short,the “it’s all about AQ” theory was a convenient excuse to do nothing other than the occasional drone-kill or SEAL-kill of an identifiable AQ operative and then “Disneyfy” all other Muslim movements as people who yearn only for freedom and democracy—even people who killed Gaddafi by “bayonet stab to the anus”or sexually assaulted Lara Logan.

And here is how much the “it’s all about AQ” crowd wanted that worldview to be true. They claimed that killing Osama turned the corner on terrorism.

....In what universe does an increase of attacks indicate “a path of decline”? In the same universe where an attack on a U.S. embassy in a Muslim country on September 11 was motivated by a YouTubevideo that no one saw.

It was just in July that the State Department said that AQ was on “a path of decline.” By September,protesters would be flying AQ’s flag over our own embassies in Tunisia,Egypt,Kuwait,and Libya while chanting,”Obama, we are all Osama.” And four Americans...would be killed in Libya, after which CNN ran this headline:”Pro-al Qaeda group seen behind deadly Benghazi attack.”....

(Excerpt) Read more at
http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/10/obamas_fog_of_war.html
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Also on thread:
Extremely informative article. If you are at all interested in the spread of al qaeda, (a8ded and abetted by US,) it’s a must read.
http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/10/benghazi_from_see_no_sharia_to_ansar_al-sharia.html

Link in article:

Who is Ansar al-Sharia? “AL-QAEDA IN LIBYA: A PROFILE”

http://freebeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/LOC-AQ-Libya.pdf

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Alive and Deadly - The workings of al Qaeda’s expanding franchise
The American Spectator ^ | October 25, 2012 | George H. Wittman

Posted on Thursday, October 25, 2012 6:46:25 AM by Cincinatus’ Wife

It has become accepted to use the term al Qaeda when referring to any violent Islamic grouping that appears to have a broader organizational connection. To refine that definition there has been added the recognition of at least three so-called “franchises” with a national or regional orientation: al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI), al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), and al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). All have an outreach beyond their immediate geographical area. The mistake that is made, however, is to characterize al Qaeda as the overall operational director of the movement.

The theoretical central control organization, al Qaeda, itself – with Ayman al Zawahiri as its post- bin Laden leader – is nonetheless viewed by most Western observers in a headquarters context for broad planning, propaganda, and sometime coordination among the several franchises. To a certain extent, central al Qaeda reportedly has informal elements circulating as mentors among various local popular groups......

Benghazi has been a key jihadist recruiting ground going back even before the American military presence in Afghanistan beginning October 2001. As the center of Cyrenican (eastern province of Libya) resistance against Gaddafi’s central government, local insurgent groups eventually formed into varying-sized militias with clan ties. Before that, however, the legends of Osama bin Laden’s al Qaeda had encouraged the growth of a development pool of Afghanistan-bound young men. This movement later evolved into several anti-Gaddafi underground nets. One of these assumed the name Ansar al Shariah, which had surfaced originally in Yemen as part of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)........

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http://spectator.org/archives/2012/10/25/alive-and-deadly
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This Is What Benghazi ‘Consulate’ Really Was
KleinOnline ^ | Oct. 17, 2012 | Aaron Klein

Posted on Wednesday, October 24, 2012 11:10:59 PM by Dajjal

The U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, actually served as a meeting place to coordinate aid for the rebel-led insurgencies in the Middle East, according to Middle Eastern security officials.

Among the tasks performed inside the building was collaborating with Arab countries on the recruitment of fighters – including jihadists – to target Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria.

The distinction may help explain why there was no major public security presence at what has been described as a “consulate.” Such a presence would draw attention to the shabby, nondescript building that was allegedly used for such sensitive purposes.

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The security officials divulged the building was routinely used by Stevens and others to coordinate with the Turkish, Saudi and Qatari governments on supporting the insurgencies in the Middle East, most prominently the rebels opposing Assad’s regime in Syria.

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Stevens served as a key contact with the Saudis to coordinate the recruitment by Saudi Arabia of Islamic fighters from North Africa and Libya. The jihadists were sent to Syria via Turkey to attack Assad’s forces, said the security officials.

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In August, KleinOnline quoted a senior Syrian source claiming at least 500 hardcore mujahedeen from Afghanistan, many of whom were spearheading efforts to fight the U.S. there, were killed in clashes with Syrian forces last month.

Also last month, KleinOnline reported Jihadiya Salafia in the Gaza Strip, a group that represents al-Qaida in the coastal territory, had declared three days of mourning for its own jihadists who died in Syria in recent weeks.

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