CrossTalk on terrorism: Al-Qaeda Inc.

Al-Qaeda is it a global threat or merely a brand name for terrorism? Peter Lavelle asks his guests whether the media exaggerates the importance of Al-Qaeda as the West continues to fight its war on terrorism.

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News & Politics

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• Peter Lavelle
• Robert Fisk
• Anatol Lievin
• Lawrence Korb
• Fisk on Al-Qaeda
• terrorism Bin Landen
• RT
• Yemen Iraq Afghanistan

[daisy26000]

Very well said Fisk....5 thumbs up my friend

[lizarrabaljeu]

@whorlo Slightly over the top mate. Try telling that to the people of former soviet countries who died and starved by the millions at the hands of a secular atheist regime. Linking oppression to religion is as far fetched as linking Hitler to Catholicism.

The problem is that in some way we humans have darker corners in our own souls that make us into complete bastards from time to time. Sometimes justifying it by religion, or by culture, or by economic doctrines or even by ..democracy

[QwidgyboMan]

@lizarrabaljeu

Stalism was not secular nor was it atheistic.

[hannofwanneroo]

i like this robert fisk 

[1N73RC3P7OR]

@lizarrabaljeu I am from a post- soviet country and i gotta say that we did not starve. I dont know what bullshit your government tells you and i dont really care as long as you keep it for yourself. Sorry to tell you the truth but we were living alot better than we are now. Just saying becouse i bet you have never been in a socialist country yet you pretend to know everything about it.

Tell me isnt that ignorant?

[ninjavanish84]

@parshiwal887 The problem is that the US is still the most powerful country in the world and they own the UN. When you talk about the UN you're essentially talking about the US. And Israel, or US Jr., is the most powerful country in the Arab world, thanks to the US.

[parshiwal887]

@slfen .. israel has violated more than 70 UN resolutions since 1970... couple it with illegal siege of gaza and you know who the terrorists are... you give these terrorists states of israel and US a free hand and world as a whole in danger

[PAULOcbi]

@lizarrabaljeu  If Atheism is a religion then OFF is a T.V. channel ,the Soviet regime starved millions but not in the name of Atheism or trying to promote Atheism. Dont mistake political ideology for Atheism just because the politician doesnt believe in the supernatural.

[pedro270569]

lawrence korb is a very sick liar who is at best poorly educated

[pedro270569]

@bigsteelguy thx for the truth--very assertive comment