"Al Qaeda" - Lawrence Wright

[babsbybend]

May I suggest that guys named "Mohammed" maybe should pick a European nickname to be known by? Show some sign of assimilation into the society that they are born in? As a first or second generation immigrant, take some responsibility to defuse the tension, and not be part of a mass group of men who all have the same first name, to show some originality and respect for the name of the Prophet by stopping its over-use.

[giptonsilly]

Al Qaeda doesn't exist it's a made up word by the CIA to mean database. Watch /watch?v=mztfFdpd1Rk unless your telling me the BBC is full of shit.

[Tippersnore]

Jihadis appear to be gangsters angry through their own insecurities. Like drug gangsters kill them when their ways infringe on civil society.

[bloodanddirt]

This man is right. I live in the Middle East... I love Arabs... and this man speaks the truth.

[frozenimran]

THIS GUY IS AN IDIOT

Hes speaking pure bull shit does not know what hes talking about and doesnt understand Al Qaida at all

Please Look up someone well informed on this topic like Michael Scheuer head of CIA for 22 years, hes written many books and has videos on Youtube, he is the smartest and most well informed American on Al Qaida and its intentions.

Lawerence Wright is either stupid or a LIAR once you check out Michael Scheuer you will understand

[MrElfrikiton]

look at this guy making funny jokes of the tradition of that culture...! and they ask way? if you look at history Romas they treated and fail ...Russia they treated and fail... and know us treated and fail... bcs we doubt and they belief....! in 9/11 we know that they are going atack and we let it happen ..bcs we what all the people to support the desicion to go in there...! The same action and desicion, with the JFK assassination..! uff..wake up people!

[wafflepancakesable]

All of you guys are so ignorant! This guy is telling the truth! He is not some paid government official. He is the most revered Middle Eastern Specialist in the world. He knows what hes talking about. The Arab people are some of the most peaceful people in the world. Dont pin what Al Qaeda has done on its citizens. They are an extremist group, just like the black or the green party. Are we all angry extremists? No neither are they. Please stop taking in the US filtered bull crap. Wright knows.

[libertydogfight]

This Guy's a LIAR disinformation FAG- Al Qaeda is the US Govern and CIA hiring contractors and 3rd World Junkies to perform terror acts in the West so the Phony WAR ON TERROR will go on for 50 years.

[scottymacIII]

" finally I had to take a job " I shall speak in a calm, non threatening tone so they can relate to me. generic speech for a pay check, no more, no less.

[The4LA2Baker0]

ive seen interviews with both the british and american commanders in afghanistan. they both said the same exact thing, there is no "Al Qaeda". "Al Qaeda" is nothing more than a database of "freedom fighters" the US supported during the cold war. They havent captured a single "Al Qaeda" operative. They just plain dont exist.

watch?v=r-hYorNi0nA

[daggyz1959]

From what I see. Al Qaeda is simply fundamentalist Sunni movement calling for global jihad. They see America as a threat to their way of life yet they blow up and kill other Muslims such as Sunnis, even in Iraq.

It has nothing to do with USA or others, it has to do with sectarian religious fundmentalism where they will kill ANYONE who disagrees with them.

Cowards! all of them.

[HuxleyWasRight]

@daggyz1959 how come they haven't attacked switzerland then ?.

why did they target the financial and military HQ of the US specifically ?

I think you'll find it has much more to do with the US's relationship with Israel, than it does about "ways of life".

Mohammed atta wrote his will right after Israel carried out operation grapes of wrath.

[daggyz1959]

@HuxleyWasRight

Switzerland????

[HuxleyWasRight]

@daggyz1959

Or Sweden, why not ?

well, we know why not, because Sweden never had Military bases on their land, bin laden has made it no secret why he is doing what he is doing, and it has nothing to do with attacking our "way of life", it has to do with what our governments do in their country, not who we are, they don't hate us for who we are.

[daggyz1959]

@HuxleyWasRight

Don't you think its interesting that all the first attacks after Al QAeda were formed in 1992 were in Yemen, Saudi, Egypt etc and since their inception have killed more of their own people than the 'infidels' they are trying to eliminate?

Are you saying they are justified? Becuase if so could we kill Muslims here in relatiation?

[HuxleyWasRight]

@daggyz1959

BY "infidels" i presume you mean the US military/government ? if so then you're massively wrong, the US military has killed more people in Iraq alone than Al Qaeda has.

And no, I am most certainly NOT suggesting it's justifiable, I'm simply stating the reason WHY they do it, our government tells us it's because they "hate our freedom", this is simply not true, they may well hate our way of life, but this is not the reason they attacked the twin towers and pentagon.

[daggyz1959]

@HuxleyWasRight

No. "indidel' is anyone who is not of their faith, plain and simple. You and I are infidels. Now read a Quaran and see what they would do with us infidels.

I've found most Muslims angry people. I also know someone who is connected with one of the royal familes and had to leave his country due to death threats when he renounced Islam.

I've also seen people leave Christianity but they don't get death threats and they wonder why people fear them?

[alqaedaisfake]

There is no such thing as "al Qaeda", there is no one on earth who calls himself a member of "al Qaeda". "al Qaeda" or "terrorist" are terms made up for anyone who chooses to challenge the establishment. There is no formal organization. There is no secret terrorist network. It is another phantom enemy, a boogyman that is easily sold to citizens. Investigate 9/11. Stop War.

[gregsobekofficial]

Al Qaeda is American CIA Sponsored.

[1michelemichele1]

@gregsobekofficial If you call the help given by the CIA during the Soviet occupation: yes*. After that: no.

*(and VIA the ISI, I should add)

[rdavid789]

so problems were in Egypt & Saudi Arab, so why u americans attacked Iraq,

US is governing all the Muslim Countries specially Egypt & Saudi Arab by their puppets

US buys Saudi oil in return give them dollar, Saudi Arab is the largest buyer of US arms, US takes back dollars from Sadis forcing them to buy their arms, US is funded by Saudi Arab, their ambitions are same both using religion to terrorize human kind.

CIA created AQ, whats the proof they are not working together now?

[1michelemichele1]

@rdavid789 No, they didn't, but the US helped foster it's growth, that's true. The US funded covert operations against the Soviets all through the Cold War -- they did it in Africa, South & Central America, and the ME, and the Soviets did the same thing. It was a power game between the two, and some presidents were more aggressive than others. There is no one who would LOVE to get out of Afghanistan & Iraq than the US: it costs too much, progress is slow & shaky. Listen to this lecture, really.

[1michelemichele1]

@1michelemichele1 damn -- "no one WHO would love to get out more than etc etc" I mean

[ghostofzappa]

Lawrence Wright is an asshole.Full of shit.911 was an inside job

[verbalpocketplayer]

was the tanzania and kenyan embassy bombings an inside job?

was the attack on the cole an inside job?

was the 1993 bombing of the WTC an inside job?

was bin laden's 1998 fatwah an inside job? was bin laden's interview with abc in 1997?

was the bali bombing an indside job? madrid? 7/7 an inside job too?

the riyadh attacks on american troops? all an inside job, i guess.

ghostofzappa is an asshole. full of shit

[tanwirulqalb]

The history of Palestinians being oppressed by Israel with the open support of American government went as far back as 1948 that was when the terrorist state of Israel was first formed. Those incidents you mentioned are merely a small payback by individuals sympathetic to the Palestinian course. As I see it as long as you American continue killing - both side will sooner or later swim the river of blood.

[tanwirulqalb]

American media so obedient to Israel resorted to blatant lies to justify American and Israel bombing, killing murdering terrorizing sanctioning blockading stealing plundering of Muslim countries. Imagine 9/11 was said to have been caused by Muslim hatred of democracy. This stupid lies nevertheless swallowed whole by bigoted Americans. The fact is Muslim never hate democracy, they hate American's policy of blind support towards evil government of Israel.

[noblewulfff]

@verbalpocketplayer youre a joke

[verbalpocketplayer]

@noblewulfff

than explain the top rated comment?

[911reset]

cfr scum. he probably rapes little kids too in his free time. look at that fritzl slash heider face. inbreeding i say.

[neilkinnock]

he has a very american point of view. muslims in america are more integrated into society? muslims controlled a large part of europe for two hundred years. fool.

[flexorder]

Wow another CFR guy telling us what to think about Muslim terrorists.

[TheCage132]

@flexorder if he said things you completely agree with you wouldn't say anything like what you just said

[bvrcrap56]

i am one of those "disposable elements"--welcome to the world of those with guns, the slaves, and the soon to be dead cause we don't need 'em...go al-qaeda!

[zak259]

2nd comment : Al qaeda is the pure product of a capitalist society : greed, self interest and narcissism. A society who thought it could simply throw away 'disposable' elements

[zak259]

Wrong: Al Qaeda is not at war with all countries. Al Qaeda is at war with society

[ilovenarwhales]

@zak259 What? They despise infidels entirely and speak out frequently of bringing out about their Holy War. Once their war begins, they are one step towards Allah.

[weagainstthem]

This man wrote the book without mentioning that the moneytrail on 911 led to Mahmoud Ahmed from the ISI, who was in Washington meeting with head of CIA a week before. He wrote the book witout mentioning of the historic involment of CIA in drug-trafficking in that area.

He wrote the script for "The Siege" from 1998, the (psyops-)movie that depicts a muslim attack on america.

Thats the most rented movie in america after 911. Thats called psychological conditioning.

Wake up people!

[KrGsMrNKusinagi0]

ITs not that the CIA was invovled its that the CIA did not CARE about this trade they knew about some of it. Just like probably about shipments to say america its not that they were physically invovled its that they did nothing to stop it.

And yea im sure there were some people that profited illegally from within this.

[weagainstthem]

This man wrote the book (looming tower) that norwegian journalists base their "facts" on. This man wrote the book without mentioning that western intelligence-agencies have been cooperating with al-queda in all the balkan wars, and all along the russian border..

[ssmaccount]

That's not true he is exagrating

[chinaliew]

china mean peace,

china never conquer any other country,

support china, pray for the dragon ancestor

[Sulculac]

interesting, but he's oversimplifying the issue. his analysis doesn't explain why people such as Ziad Jarrah who had a girlfriend, money, and maintained a good relationship with his family committed that terrorist act.

[heal2012]

What the hell is this.. AlQaeda is America.

[mormedil]

no, thats funny

[swamimans]

"not easy being a terrorist if your girlfriend wont let you", now thats racist. white motherfucker.

[swamimans]

i guess mr wright can stand before god and say heres my nokia. please let me into heaven. material wealth dont mean success. only a few can live on the earth destroying lifestye whites have created. what a smarmy sean connery wannabee. i bet hes all the hit with his turtle neck in manhattan .

[sujith41173]

Correction, i meant why does not United states help the people in somalia, ethopia and elsewere who struggle to have a single meal. PLEASE THINK

[sujith41173]

The concerns and instances quoted in this speech are just a few stories that happen in everyday life in America. The al-qaeda is a creation of the U.S. I hope people do understand that politics has many faces and the media propogates it to the governments advantage. The war in Iraq is for oil which by now every person on this earth who is above 20 years old will understand. Why does Uinted states help the people in somalia, ethopia and elsewere who stuggle to have a single meal. PLEASE THINK.

[jo232409]

@20:00 OBL didn't want us to attack afghanistan to "bring down" the US. The reason the Soviets were unable to control the region is because of American involvement with weapons. OBL would have known this, and known that they could not come across weaponry advanced enough to hurt the US.

This guy needs to travel to Afghanistan and Iraq and learn about "al-qaeda" - no fighter there would say they're fighting for "al-qaeda".

[ammannojacku]

I am NOT concerned about Al Qaida or Bin Laden.. COZ NO MUSLIM Have ELECTED them Nor their names R in Quran to be Kosher.....

..These terrorists(whom Ronald Regan called them Freedom Fighters ) are your OWN CREATION.

I am only Concerned about Muslims ..TO WAKE UP and see the REALITY ..coz You have WAGED a Holey Crusade Religious WAR against Islam and ALL Muslims

...Bush whom was re-Elected,said it Clearly ..{god/his god ordered him to INVADE IRAQ for a start }..is this a SECULAR WAR?

[razaus]

good points but there is always a degree of self censorship involved with all academics due to the constant danger of being labelled as racist

[MrCropper]

Wow, an academic who doesn't just spout irrelevant drivel. He doesn't even seem to be a Marxist... ?

[3456ws]

Wright has no solutions. Just 'be very afraid' which is, of course, the Bush policy.

[andysnadden]

You are absolutely wrong, he indicates plenty of solutions, you just didn't pay close enough attention.

[3456ws]

Much of what he says is true, but he's very selective. Just because al qaeda attracts suiciders, doesn't mean that someone wasn't controlling them. Quite the contrary. 9/11 was an inside job.

[NightSniper2008]

This guy is making jokes on the other cultures and their values and beliefs. I think he is ignorant of the right objective way of judgement.

He confuses Islam with Al-Qaeda and Usama Ben Laden's beliefs.

Islam is against what Al-Qaeda and Ben Landen ideology, and what they all do of bombing and killing innocent people.

No religion agrees with this ideology.

[chernobleman]

Yeah, that's why they love Bin Laden so much in Indonesia.

[youngsamurai88]

and thats why he's #1 enemy of the State in Iraq, think before you TALK buddy

[razaus]

you are an idiot

[bfrankbrian]

It's interesting Wright mentions that radical "Islamists" weren't religious before entering the camps. I've studied a lot of Middle Eastern monotheistic texts (all three) and can't find anything religious there - just political, legal and human. So what is it that deprives Middle Eastern monotheism of any spiritual content?

[s7dsine]

read the book did some research, look into Mr. Wright I wish the book has more citing or foot notes through out the book. Anyways Lawrence is an active member of the CFR, research the CFR truth will set you free.

[azeeminho]

FUCK BUSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[amustad]

What else is there to "fuck"...camels?

[SUNmaker22]

assholes,respect islam....youre going to be muslims soon,realy soon.Allah o akbar

[amustad]

"assholes,respect islam....youre going to be muslims soon,realy soon.Allah o akbar"

Do I get to keep my head? Must I screw goats? What about that burka, I think it makes my ass look fat...which I hate more than anything.

[James1261]

Death to AL-Qaeda! Death to the Taliban! God's wrath is against them!

[astoirin]

Typical, these morons in the audience are more interested in giving their own long winded opinions instead of tapping this knowledgable man for some of his insight.

[hdgfhds]

Anne, I am anti-al Qaeda-just as yourself and i am a non muslim, but before you publish your view i think its necessary you research something before you do so. This is the problem with the uninformed average american. Iranians are Shias. Al Qaeda are Sunnis. they hate each other. Al Qaeda are at war with shias in iraq as they have a different belief within islam. or do you not watch the news? Iran supports shia groups which are fighting both the USA AND Al Qaeda.

[islamsubmission2006]

anne your right. you might be anti al-qaeda, but atleast you state the obvious. i couldn't have put it any better myself. the americans do need to do just a little bit of google research to find out. alqaeda ARE at war with shia's! two diffrent entities.

[aboselaiman]

i am from saudi arabia

and i am telling you this man is not telling the truth.

[amustad]

"i am from saudi arabia

and i am telling you this man is not telling the truth."

Then what is the truth? Why would this man lie? He's an outsider with a western perspective looking into the Islamic world. Why shouldn't his observations be valid?

[Hallonsylt]

Could it be because he has a New World Order agenda like so many of his other colleagues at the CFR? Hmmm. G W Bush's busniness was bailed out by Usama's brother, and G HW Bush does business with Usama's father. Al Quaida is a known CIA asset, just as Lee Harvey Oswald was.

[SpecialEdYeah]

I poop on Islam - yeaahhhhh !

[ViperIce1976]

Al qaeda and islam can go to fucking hell

[elisan693]

Al Qaeda exists because of Iran supporting the terrorist group. Also terrorists are being funded by Iran to destroy the US and Israel. If Iran is defeated, Al Qaeda will not be funded and special care will ensure that the enemy of democracy will be defeated. Also Islam ensure that Al Qaeda survives. By feeding extremism to its followers, Islam breeds ignorance, intolerance, and supremacy.

[vapourmile]

Al Qaeda exists because of the Soviet-Afghan war of 1979. If you quit f**king with them, they'll quit f**king with us. The threat of terrorism exists mainly as a political beating stick for western politicians to win right-wing votes.

[vapourmile]

Obviously enough for nobody to be able to quite accept it, the proposed solution; 'the war on terrorism' is no less extremist and demented than the demented extremism it proposes to be the solution to. The present Bush administration is not so much solving militant extremism as imply adding its own extremist flame to the fire, for much the same reasons. Luckily I can't prove it though because if I could my life would not be safe.

[dilbertgeg]

elisan693: Al Qaeda exists because of Iran supporting the terrorist group.

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read "Clinton-Approved Iranian Arms Transfers Help Turn Bosnia into Militant Islamic Base" written by the US Senate Republican Policy Committee, (then quietly buried)

Zawahiri's brother led a guerilla unit in Macedonia

and backing from "Mohamed al-Amriki" who is Ali Mohamed, a FBI/CIA asset and Green Beret who also worked directly with OBL and Zawahiri as trainer, bodyguard, tactician

[supasoul20]

nice talk, but can we have some microphones for the audience questions please??

[zzzzzzzzzi123456789]

al-qaeda exit because of attitude of USA...just think about it why...i said like that....

[nhsunflower62]

Wake up America! WTC #1 and #2, a steel framed sky scrapper over 100 stories tall fell in 10 seconds, free fall speed. WTC #7, 47 story steel framed sky scrapper fell in 6 seconds, also free fall speed. Do your own research! 80 million Americans already know, don't be the last one to figure it out!

[swamimans]

this guy is real condescending. a culture that hasnt contributed anything ur kidding. all the math and science and literary culture that emanated from the tigris euphrates area which is modern day iraq roundabout proves that to be wrong.

[BrandinhoNJ]

I don't think that Wright would deny the contributions of Islamic civilizations in the past. What he is talking about in his lecture is the lack of any contribution to present-day society. I'm not a Muslim scholar, but I don't think any advances to science, health or technology have come out of the Middle East during the past 100-200 years. If I am wrong, please correct me. If you want to see condescension just turn on FOX News.

[faceswithin]

AlQaeda hate for women hate for others in money and power a love for the past and the power they had over women and ever one that would stand againt them. to see the women the burning they done to them selfes to see how they treat kids and women no wonder they hate dogs dogs would bit them for there evil

[KrGsMrNKusinagi0]

Technically russia backed the vietnamese China and vietnam were tacid allies they hated each other China backed the communist goverment of the khmer rouge in the war of Imperialist aggression by vietnam against it

[KrGsMrNKusinagi0]

CNN Peter Bergen,

The story about bin Laden and the CIA that the CIA funded bin Laden or trained bin Laden is simply a folk myth. Theres no evidence of this. In fact, there are very few things that bin Laden, Zawahiri and the U.S. government agree on. They all agree that they didn't have a relationship in the 1980s. And they wouldn't have needed to. Bin Laden had his own money, he was anti-American and he was operating secretly and independently.

[dilbertgeg]

the United States Senate Republican Policy Committee would disagree, writing on Kosovo and Bosnia, US involvement with Al-Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden in joint military operations.

google it

[KrGsMrNKusinagi0]

British involvement? Foreign jihadists.. Incoming Arms form IRAN that we possibly knew about but CIA training and fighting with them utter nonsense. We aided them indirectly by attacking the SAME people they were attacking. Also ignoring the crimes they committed no doubt. But fighting alongside in combat.. I dont think so

[dilbertgeg]

KrGsMrNKusinagi0,

Well, read the Republican Senate report. I don't know if they literally fought battles side by side, but this was US-controlled territory were the Pentagon and MPRI were conducting operations on the ground with Al-Qaeda, according to the Repub Party and according to Macedonian witnessses.

[KrGsMrNKusinagi0]

UCK-KLA? Im sure there were contractors on the ground but were they CIA? Im not gonna make a judgement call on this whithout direct physical proof. And a few people saying it so does not make it so. There was so much wrong about what happened here. For instance The muslims launching mortars from a Hospital a UN general seeing it and then seeing the Serb response fire that hit the hospital and them getting blamed for it..

These types of events happened often to persuade media coverage against

[KrGsMrNKusinagi0]

A total MYTH the cia never operated with Foreign arabs in afgahnistna.

ALQAEDA was only formed after the afghan war the taleban also did not exist during the afghan-soviet war.

Its a myth

[dilbertgeg]

Gulbideen Hekmatyar talking about the 1993 bombing blames "whoever gave them green cards" being responsible. The CIA gave various Afghan and Egyptian and Saudi fighters green cards to come to the US and to train to fight.

[lumpfish99]

what qualifications does this guy have? as a white man to talk with such authority about things he has studied in university...

[pikeal]

Well, he's on the staff of The New Yorker and he spent 4 years researching for his book, "The Looming Tower," interviewing over 500 people about the history of Al Qaeda and the events leading up to 9/11.

[zakyman12]

Mr Lawrence here why the ALqaeda 1 as long as they follow the holey book Quoran 2 must follow the steps of mohamed (swl) he was the best teacher 3 econimmy how ever creat this world do you thing it hard for him to feed as please you are breathing huming being so if the one who put there will take it again let me tel you something about he future read the quoran please do read why shouldn't read just read

[Glenny94]

How did you make a 72:59 minutes long video?

[BlumoonNow]

Orders...

Novus Ordo Seclorum

[Adria20]

interesting video

[michaelnoob]

wow long comments...

[donpaso]

AL QUAEDA IS AN INVENTION OF TV

[AMVVir]

You are actually partly right, donpaso. TV and the internet are major recruiting forces for them - as explained, today it does not operate as a central organization, but rather in a desentralized fashion. Take the ALF (animal liberation front) for example. Some local kids spontaneously do some vandalism and torture some defenseless animals. Then, depending on whether the "spokespersons" like the media exposure, they'll come out and take responsibility for it in the name of the ALF.

[cheifhoss]

He DID mention US involvement with mujahadeen in Afgahnistan during the Afgahn/Soviet war

[munkiiboi]

why didn't he talk about american support and arming of bin laden for almost 10 years? or how america armed and continue to arm israel with nuclear and MD weapons which was the main reason behind destabilising the middle east and the subjective hate against the US in the first place. why is he acting like another propaganda sheep despite knowing so much about the ME?

[DrCruel]

It's because the US didn't fund al'Qaeda, they funded the mujahedin under Massoud (al'Qaeda is a Wahhabist group that got its aid from private sources in Saudi Arabia). Because the US didn't arm Israel with nuclear weapons. Because the main destabilizing element in teh Middle East is the Left, who arm and organise insurgent groups, establish Leftist dictatorships, murder mullahs, and in general do there what they do everywhere else.

Because he's not one of teh pro-Left sheeple. That's why.

[munkiiboi]

no it's because you don't know shite, el Queda is in fact the mujahedin, el Qaeda was a name stamped by the US intelligence, and was never used before that, the US did supply israel with nuclear weapons and wmd's and continue to do so to this day. muallah is a name only used in south middle asia and has nothing to do with arabic islamist groups, islamist regimes have a jihadist agenda against israel, and are not going to be the american admin. puppets like the current ones do!

[HassanWM]

Dude, Wahabbis are Saudi-funded. Get it right. Did Muhammad (SAWS) wish civilians death? You have zero clue on what politics is, really.

[munkiiboi]

wahhabie thought has spread through the islamic world over a century and has taken many shapes and forms, the fact that non-wahhabie muslims acknowledged this kind of thinking instead of fighting it says alot about muslims today, when you are willing to accept that muslims have screwed up too, and only part of the problem not the solution, come talk to me about politics, israel and the islamist groups have both contributed to fucking up the ME

[HassanWM]

Let me add:

041:034 The good deed and the evil deed are not alike. Repel the evil deed with one which is better, then lo! he, between whom and thee there was enmity (will become) as though he was a bosom friend.

Does al Qaeda do any of that?? Or Wahabbis, even??

[munkiiboi]

i don't care what your religion has to say about it, what i care about is how current muslims behave, even if not all muslims are extremists they are not doing anything about the ones that are!

[soulja90]

Lets see . . .two billion muslims and i'm gonna go big with this . . . 100,000 terrorist right? Thats FUKIN 0.005%!!!! When was the last time YOU DUM FUKS did something that mattered 0.005% in your life? Its such a small number that it shouldn't even be called a minority anyone judging a more then 1.9billion ppl on the actions of 100,000 or so is a mathematic MORON! Just like YOU!

[munkiiboi]

before you get defensive lets refute the facts, muslims are only 1.2 billion not 2 billions, wahhabie thought is well spread throughout the middle east, especially in the whole gulf area, north africa, and mid south asia, that is about 40% of muslims there, i'm not saying they are all wahhabies but at least their thought is welcomed in these areas.

[munkiiboi]

your little calculation there discarded the proven fact that there are several thousands of wannabe terrorists and fertile ground muslims in the islamic world, which make the number susceptible to increment. this's not about islam, i hate religions equally, but i think moderate muslims haven't took a real stand against this wave of radical believes yet, verbally apposing it on the internet and tv is simply not cutting it out for them.

[dilbertgeg]

wikipedia, in a straight puff-piece on Zbigniew Brzezinski, mentions "explicit support of Islamic Radicals" by the USA. Money and weapons reportedly came from the USA *THROUGH* Saudi Arabia and Pakistan ISI, and initially to Muj who were fighting alongside what became al-Q. Seymour Hersh's "Redirection" explains *current* USA support for jihadist groups linked to Al-Qaeda in some areas to fight Shia, and vice versa in Iraq.

[HassanWM]

Oh yeah, my "taste of music" has NOTHING to do with what I believe, so don't try that.

[elpiscoesperuano]

bush damn killer!

[DARKLADYOFGA]

It does not take long to tell the plain truth!

[IronLazar]

And this psuedo-intellectual is lying when he says the Afghan Arabs sought only "death". The slogan was and is "VICTORY or martyrdom". I say he is lying because he most certainly knows better but he wanted to insert a cute little closing point to bolster the hopes of the imperial gentry he is addressing.

[pikeal]

Some Afghan Arabs used white tents during the war in the 1980s because the hoped they would be bombed and become martyrdom.

[AMVVir]

Sorry. In Al Qaida, there is only death. And a gamble that Allah (The Merciful) will forgive your suicide and the killing of his believers.

[IronLazar]

No Turkish mujahids, lol. Many in Iraq and much much more in Chechnya.

[zakuk77]

American state sponsored terrorism around the globe can't go unanswered and Washington needs to understand that their crimes against humanity will come home to roost.

[GallopBarbaro]

wow... you so exceedced the time limit

[max2589]

This is brilliant, timely and relevant to our current political discourse. our leadership needs to listen to our military, and understand this war for what it is...a global insurgency.

[edzentera]

I think we need to listen to more historians and fewer politicians.

[watermelli1980]

now that makes sense :)

[befranklintoo]

peoples world wide fear the harsh realism

of globalization and dictorial control.

such fear brings denfense to protect that which

is our freedom.

no deception from any government can last forever.

[tommybongersmah]

terrorism is government sponsored...USA governement. think for yourself people....our world depends on it.