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guy44 · 07-07-2005, 06:16 PM

I think the point, Seaver, is that Al Qaeda is not some organization - like we might think of as, say, a corporation - that can be easily pinned down or defined. It is more an amorphous network of individuals and groups with highly decentralized leadership that exists in countries all over the world. So it is fallacious to say, like, "Al Qaeda has 65% of its resources tied up in Iraq," because Al Qaeda isn't really measurable like that. So rather than this being a cousin group, as you put it, it may be a group that is part of and supported by the network that is loosely defined as Al Qaeda.

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guy44 Somnabulist Location: corner of No and Where	I think the point, Seaver, is that Al Qaeda is not some organization - like we might think of as, say, a corporation - that can be easily pinned down or defined. It is more an amorphous network of individuals and groups with highly decentralized leadership that exists in countries all over the world. So it is fallacious to say, like, "Al Qaeda has 65% of its resources tied up in Iraq," because Al Qaeda isn't really measurable like that. So rather than this being a cousin group, as you put it, it may be a group that is part of and supported by the network that is loosely defined as Al Qaeda. __________________ "You have reached Ritual Sacrifice. For goats press one, or say 'goats.'"