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Dems Fume as Al Qaeda Cell Political Ties Revealed
Newsmax.com ^ | 9/16/02 | Carl Limbacher

Posted on 09/16/2002 6:10:57 AM PDT by truthandlife

Democratic Party insiders are said to be furious over published reports identifying the five al Qaeda cell members arrested over the weekend in Lackawanna, New York as registered Democrats.

Sunday's Buffalo News initially revealed the inconvenient detail, noting first that "members of Lackawanna's Yemeni community describe the five arrested men as 'all-American.'"

"They include a telemarketer, a used car salesman and a former high school soccer star who was named friendliest in his class. Four are married, and three have children. All are registered voters — Democrats," announced USA Today on Monday, picking up the News report.

News of the al Qaeda cell's political affiliation can only exacerbate the party's already growing image as being soft on terrorism. Monday morning, for instance, noting that the Lackawanna five will be unable to go to the polls in the future, WABC Radio's Curtis Sliwa joked, "There's five less votes for Hillary Clinton."

Some Republicans see the "Al Qaeda were Democrats" reports as poetic justice.

Over the years, Democratic Party spinmeisters and their liberal media friends have repeatedly attempted to make hay over the political ties of domestic terrorists like Timothy McVeigh, whom President Clinton once tried to tie to conservative radio talker Rush Limbaugh.


TOPICS: Breaking News
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; alqaedacrats; democrats
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To: ET(end tyranny)
Agreed. I have a friend who lot his mechanic job with Continental in the weeks following the attacks. The airlines are still hurting.

There are different factors at work on our economy and 9/11 certainly has slowed things down.

221 posted on 09/16/2002 12:48:34 PM PDT by weegee
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To: AmericanInTokyo
New GOP Campaign ad:

"5 out of 5 terrorists choose to vote Democrat.
Kind of makes you wonder who you will vote for, doesn't it." :)
222 posted on 09/16/2002 12:49:56 PM PDT by anymouse
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To: anymouse
of course, Ill have to add my own DNC slogan


223 posted on 09/16/2002 12:56:56 PM PDT by smith288
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To: truthandlife
I want to see a TV ad showing each one of these model citizens staring into the lens and telling us "I am an American..."
224 posted on 09/16/2002 12:59:01 PM PDT by Kenton
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To: anymouse
Too bad the arrest wasn't made just before the elections! lol I suppose people 'could' try to keep it in the people's minds until then.
225 posted on 09/16/2002 12:59:43 PM PDT by ET(end tyranny)
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To: truthandlife
News of the al Qaeda cell's political affiliation can only exacerbate the party's already growing image as being soft on terrorism.

The truth hurts.

226 posted on 09/16/2002 1:00:19 PM PDT by slimer
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To: AndrewC
.... the party of terror... and terrorism... and terrorists... and dead voters...

fellow travelors who ALL hate America... vote democrat
227 posted on 09/16/2002 1:01:29 PM PDT by Robert_Paulson2
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To: weegee
"I see a new PR campaign (along the lines of the "I'm an American" spot) where each of these men stands before the camera, states his name (with his mugshot) and says, 'I'm a Democrat'."

GREAT IDEA BUMP!

228 posted on 09/16/2002 1:05:35 PM PDT by cake_crumb
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To: ppaul
They include a telemarketer...

Another form of terrorism..lol

229 posted on 09/16/2002 1:08:24 PM PDT by Clovis_Skeptic
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To: weegee
"The only acceptable posts appear to be patting the original poster on the back. That and animated signature gifs."

Oh...thank you, that might help...while I guess I'm up to enough verbal gymnastics to appear to be patting the original poster on the back, those compulsory, animated signature gifs, which seem to be a necessity to prove a poster's "coolness"....MAKE ME WANNA GAG.

230 posted on 09/16/2002 1:16:13 PM PDT by cake_crumb
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To: truthandlife; 11B3; AmericanInTokyo; rdb3; Illbay
Democrat Party - add your motto here ***THREAD THREE***

 

231 posted on 09/16/2002 1:20:02 PM PDT by JeepInMazar
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To: cake_crumb
You might enjoy the link on post #231.
232 posted on 09/16/2002 1:21:37 PM PDT by JeepInMazar
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To: anymouse
5 out of 5 terrorists choose to vote Democrat.

Add your suggested motto to the link on post 231.

233 posted on 09/16/2002 1:24:33 PM PDT by JeepInMazar
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To: smith288
Great banner! Can you add it to the link in post #231?
234 posted on 09/16/2002 1:26:09 PM PDT by JeepInMazar
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To: cake_crumb
Because of DUhs heavy use of those animated signatures, it makes me suspicious of the leanings of the occasional FR disrupter or even of posters on non-political web forums.
235 posted on 09/16/2002 1:26:23 PM PDT by weegee
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To: BOBTHENAILER
I WONDER WHAT "KITCHEN TABLE" ISSUES THESE PERPS WERE MOST INTERESTED IN!

Lackawanna Democrats Kitchen Table issues "AK-47s, pipebombs, nail bombs, boxcutters, anthrax"

236 posted on 09/16/2002 1:27:15 PM PDT by finnman69
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To: truthandlife
The Demislamic Party?
237 posted on 09/16/2002 1:33:18 PM PDT by Reagan is King
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To: cake_crumb
"those compulsory, animated signature gifs, which seem to be a necessity to prove a poster's "coolness"....MAKE ME WANNA GAG."

Oh, you mean like this? LOL!


238 posted on 09/16/2002 1:34:45 PM PDT by sweetliberty
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To: JeepInMazar
No, its locked. :( oh well
239 posted on 09/16/2002 1:45:08 PM PDT by smith288
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To: MeeknMing
"There's SIX less votes for HRC." Guess the five ratted on number six. I wonder what illustrious career number six had - maybe six was on welfare.
240 posted on 09/16/2002 1:46:25 PM PDT by floriduh voter
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