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| Al-Qaeda's got a brand new bag |
| 2008-07-23 |
| United States Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama has got it right - Afghanistan, and not Iraq, is "the central front in the war on terror". Al-Qaeda couldn't agree more. That is exactly where they want the war to be fought, and then extended into Pakistan. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #4 A a reminder, RADICAL MULLAHS > VARIOUS OIL-RESOURCES CATACYLSM(S)/CRISES [Global Warming] + GLOBAL MUTUAL DESTRUCTION-ANARCHIES, including but not limited to inducing ANTI-US ASYMMETRIC NUCLEAR-WMD WARFARE ON MUSLIM SOIL AS DEFENSE AGZ US INVASION AND OCCUPATION, IS TO THE ADVANTAGE OF ISLAM = ISLAMIST AGENDA. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-07-23 20:27 |
| #3 A good article - while I broadly agree wid many of its premises as per Osama's = AQ's strategy vv Pakistan, METHINKS IT IS MORE CORRECT TO SAY THAT OSAMA = RADICAL ISLAM IS ULTIM ENGAGING IN GREAT POWER "BRINKMANSHIP" AS COVER TO PROTECT ISLAMIST EFFORTS AT NUCLEARIZATION includ TECHS TRANSFERS. IIMB the artic's "REAL FRONT" still includes IRAN and likely the former Soviet SSRs. SAVING THE JIHAD vv USA > "TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE" = RADICAL ISLAM NEEDS TECHS, RESOURCES, ETC. + WARRIORS - read, WARRIORS WHOM KNOW HOW TO USE SAME - AMAP ASAP WHICH PRAGMATICALLY THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET IN PERENNIALLY UNDERDEV THIRD WORLD AFRICA OR THE AMERICAS. The latter certainly can provide untold numbers of brave new fighters for Islam + Islamist Jihad-Insurgency, but will only be somuch "cannon fodder" agz US-Western MilTech superiority. ANY PROTO-EMIRATE/CALIPHATE IN CENTRAL ASIA + PERIPHERIES MUST ALSO BE PROTRACTIVELY PROTECTED AND DEFENDED, NOT JUST CREATED. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-07-23 20:20 |
| #2 Of course that is what they want. They already got their asses kicked in Iraq and they have friendly bases and support in Pakland. They tried to make Iraq a central theater and failed. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-07-23 16:45 |
| #1 Consider the source: Pepe Escobar |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-07-23 14:11 |