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it's never been clear to me what the group is apart from the fact that the "war on terror" structurally required them to exist and they, assuming they're more than a few guys scurrying about western pakistan stopping from time to time to produce snippy videos, require the "war on terror" as a platform for publicity. but like any fading star, i think al-qeada is worried----they're worried about sinking back into being a few guys scurrying about the mountains of western pakistan rather than being the Big Scary Phantom they have been now that the bush administration, which has been so important for the Al-Qeada (tm) Brand and the Marketing that has Maintained and Expanded it are soon to be a thing of the past.
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
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