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Originally posted by Rasputin13
Something tells me that if this same source had said that American soldiers were feeding Iraqi children to their families, you would give it a lot more credibility.
Basically, it claims Al Qaeda was recruiting people and kidnapping people from 1991...
Er....
No, they weren't.
Originally posted by stumason
No one appears to have noticed the glaringly obvious fallacy in this story...
Basically, it claims Al Qaeda was recruiting people and kidnapping people from 1991...
Er....
No, they weren't.
Prior to the invasion, internal strife between the sects was almost non-existent. To say that Al Qaeda has been operating in Iraq on such a scale for 12 years prior to the invasion is utter bollocks.
Originally posted by stumason
Before screaming at me that it's false and then saying "oh, maybe I'll post some links later", perhaps you could try to actually prove your point. Otherwise I'm going with the assessment that Al Aqaeda was NOT in Iraq prior to 2003 as is accepted by 99% of people. Even the US Government says so.
The claim Saddam was helping Jihadist's is so out of kilter with the person Saddam was that it's actually amusing you believe it.
I' say it again, before screaming at me that I'm wrong, perhaps you'll prove it first.
Same with the claim you made about WMD's going to Syria. What an effing joke.
Originally posted by stumason
I don't dispute that they operate there now, what I am disputing is any sort of sectarian violence prior to the fall of Saddam. Isolated incidents aside, Saddam kept a very tight lid on it.
Until someone can provide me with any evidence AQ was abducting and killing people in Iraq in the early 90's, I'm chalking this down to utter bullcrap. Call me ignorant all you like, you know who you are, but perhaps you'd like to furnish some evidence before breaching the T&C's?
I'm waiting....
Originally posted by To_The_Heavens
I think everyone needs to take a step back and look at what they're typing.
...
Now that that's over, I have to tell stumason that your just shocking. I mean, look, Project_Silo is right. To say that AlQ hasn't operating since then is like saying that Iraqi was a sunshine-filled meadow and the children had gumdrop smiles. ...
WRONG
Just try to listen. Deny Ignorance. It's not just a saying.
**Walks off all dramaticly**
Originally posted by stumasonThe claim Saddam was helping Jihadist's is so out of kilter with the person Saddam was that it's actually amusing you believe it.
I' say it again, before screaming at me that I'm wrong, perhaps you'll prove it first.
Same with the claim you made about WMD's going to Syria. What an effing joke.
Originally posted by BO XIAN
STUMASON,
am VERY underwhelmed with ya'll's side's demands to back up assertions.
Ya'll make the wildest, most brazenly biased and unfounded assertions right and left the live long day and night with virtually NO CREDIBLE support at all--much less support NOT of the Puppet Master's Media propaganda sort.
Originally posted by BO XIAN
1. there were Al Qaeda training camps in Iraq AND Saddam did support them, cooperate with them.
2. The WMD's going to Syria has been widely reported though not on the front pages of the Puppet Masters Media
3. The baked boys--have searched in vain on as many SNOPES type debunking of URBAN LEGEND threads as I could for any contrary articles. Have found 0.000000000000 ZIP. Last I checked, NO ONE HAD DEBUNKED IT AT ALL, MUCH LESS CONVINCINGLY.
Originally posted by BO XIAN
Ya'll make the wildest, most brazenly biased and unfounded assertions right and left the live long day and night with virtually NO CREDIBLE support at all--much less support NOT of the Puppet Master's Media propaganda sort.
Originally posted by BO XIAN
A BIT OF CONFIRMATION THAT THE STORY IS TRUE
To: ElkGroveDan: maybe but the story is true........I have a cousin there and he told our family about this act 2 months ago....he said huge grown men were bawling uncontrolable
115 posted on 07/07/2007 7:46:25 AM MDT by advertising guy (If computer skills named us, I'd be back-space delete.)
fROM
POST #115
www.freerepublic.com...
Sounds like a bit of a report on first hand observers, to me.