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archer2371 · 01-14-2005, 09:27 PM

Mr. Mephisto is the one that has come closest to what al Qaeda actually is. Granted it's no S.P.E.C.T.R.E. but al Qaeda is dangerous enough to be a threat. It's not some magical organisation that only popped up after 9/11, it's been around for about fifteen years now. al Qaeda is either directly or indirectly responsible for the first WTC bombing (directly), several attacks in Saudi Arabia (directly), operations in Somalia (indirectly), the embassy bombings in Nairobi and Kenya (extremely directly), the USS Cole bombing (directly), the 9/11 attacks (directly), and the 3/11 train bombings in Spain (indirectly). The indirectly part comes from many of the Muslim fundamentalist's idolisation of Osama bin Laden, they all want very much to impress him. So someone speaks to a friend, who's a friend of a friend, who's a friend of a friend's friend of someone who's in al Qaeda or one of its affiliates to help draw up a plan and they send it along the line, and if Osama or one of his lieutenants likes it enough, they'll either take over the planning or just provide some funds and/or weaponry to complete the task. Then the assignment is attempted and if it's successful, then we know about it, more so now than ten or even five years ago. While there is such a thing as giving too much credit to al Qaeda, there's also such a thing as not giving it enough credit. Don't underestimate this political movement's ability to guise itself under religion to motivate people to perform acts of violence against the United States and her allies. Cuz that's when it comes back to bite you in the ass.

01-14-2005, 09:27 PM	#29 (permalink)
archer2371 Sarge of Blood Gulch Red Outpost Number One Location: On the front lines against our very enemy	Mr. Mephisto is the one that has come closest to what al Qaeda actually is. Granted it's no S.P.E.C.T.R.E. but al Qaeda is dangerous enough to be a threat. It's not some magical organisation that only popped up after 9/11, it's been around for about fifteen years now. al Qaeda is either directly or indirectly responsible for the first WTC bombing (directly), several attacks in Saudi Arabia (directly), operations in Somalia (indirectly), the embassy bombings in Nairobi and Kenya (extremely directly), the USS Cole bombing (directly), the 9/11 attacks (directly), and the 3/11 train bombings in Spain (indirectly). The indirectly part comes from many of the Muslim fundamentalist's idolisation of Osama bin Laden, they all want very much to impress him. So someone speaks to a friend, who's a friend of a friend, who's a friend of a friend's friend of someone who's in al Qaeda or one of its affiliates to help draw up a plan and they send it along the line, and if Osama or one of his lieutenants likes it enough, they'll either take over the planning or just provide some funds and/or weaponry to complete the task. Then the assignment is attempted and if it's successful, then we know about it, more so now than ten or even five years ago. While there is such a thing as giving too much credit to al Qaeda, there's also such a thing as not giving it enough credit. Don't underestimate this political movement's ability to guise itself under religion to motivate people to perform acts of violence against the United States and her allies. Cuz that's when it comes back to bite you in the ass. __________________ "This ain't no Ice Cream Social!" "Hey Grif, Chupathingy...how bout that? I like it...got a ring to it." "I have no earthly idea what it is I just saw, or what this place is, or where in the hell O'Malley is! My only choice is to blame Grif for coming up with such a flawed plan. Stupid, stupid Grif."