What with the devoled government we've set up out there that's pretty much what we are trying to do, and I only wish it was simple, but the fact is that there can be no easy way out of this unless all three sides finally hammer out something they can agree on.
And like I say, things are SO delicate right now that bringing the current world situation into it would be a real bad idea.
Yes, that is a ponentially very nasty lead.
Mind you, I would have been surprised if none of the terrorists had had NO contact with the Iraqi forces whatsoever. I mean, US and Iraq hate each other; Iraq is bound to hang out with the enemies of the US.
That's a long way from saying that Iraq had anything to do with the attack. It's possible that if they had known about it they would have said it was a bad idea. Difficult to see why they would so openly invite war with the US, after last time. But we'll see...
An interesting development, written by a Jewish newspaper:
Heres news from an Asian (English) News site:
Evidently there are lot of other questions related to recent attacks on WTC which requires further investigation by media, which we are currently doing, such as :[list][*]Were the pictures of Palestinians Dancing on the Streets of 1991, when Iraq sent Scud missile on Israel and in jubilation Palestinians came out on streets and started dancing. We have received thousands and thousands of comments that it was CNN's false Propaganda.?
[*]Who were the people who first captured the attack on World Trade Center Building Number One on video. It was reported on western media that a Film Crew was busy in shooting a movie on the 14th street and after hearing a sound they focused the camera towards Twin Towers. Nevertheless, the world saw the images that the whole video was being made before even the Plane crashed into the building ? There are few reports that the Film crew was also taken into custody by FBI. But there are growing concerns about that particular Flim crew and from which Studio they belonged to and in general who were those people filming the whole tragedy on camera ?
[*]Israeli Prime Minister had postponed its due visit to New York - Why ?
[*]Abdulrehman al-Omari, the Saudi pilot named by the U.S. as one of the suicidal hijackers is very much alive in Jeddah and has contacted the U.S. Embassy there. Does it not prove beyond any shadow of doubt that the hijackers were travelling on fake documents ?[/list]
There is no clear difference between the motivations of the IRA, the Loyalist factions, and the sort of terrorism shown by Bin Laden.
and for all of them it is about LAND...
In no way can you say the IRA's cause is better or worse than Bin Laden's.
There is a religious element to the fighting there, but at no point does either side claim that killing is a holy duty and those who do it will be rewarded in heaven.
Bin Laden thinks it is his duty to kill as many enemies of Islam as possible. He thinks those Muslims who do not join this duty are as damned as the Westerners he so hates.
KJ, don't even TRY and say I am wrong on this one. It is one of my specialist areas, and it is clearly not one of yours.
It IS land. It is land, it is land, it is land. That id the FIRST thing you must learn (like I did) and saying otherwise makes you look very ignorant.
The land in question is the Holy Land. The ENTIRE motivation for ALL these anti-American groups is that they aid Israel who in turn have occupied the Holy Land. THAT is why these people fight. When America stops supporting Israel the terrorism stops; when Israel leaves the Holy Land the war stops. Neither thing is going to happen.
THAT is why Bin Laden kills Americans. I have a TIme Magazine interview with him where he says that so long as America supports Zionist oppressors (Israel) then it is every Muslim's duty to kill Americans.
It is the WHOLE base of it all! GEEZ!
IT IS ABOUT LAND! Got it?
And I thought I made my IRA/Al Qaeda difference very clear. Ther MOTIVES are identical (the removal of foreign oppressors via force), their METHODS differ. Please read my post properly in future.
Is this clear enough for you? Quite frankly your casual dismissal of my years of study in this area annoys me greatly.
And you say that I am the only one who suggests that the IRA's cause is better or worse? COMPLETE nonsense, KJ, your comment is very clearly posted above. You said the IRA had reason for what they did and Al Qaeda don't. If that isn't saying that the IRA's cause is better than I do not know what is. I corrected your error.