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Originally posted by tothetenthpower
Al-Qaeda hasn't existed for a very long time and if they do, it's because of all that extra great training the CIA among other US proxy groups provided them.
Originally posted by tothetenthpower
So the US is admitting they firebombed their own Embassy?
The more probably answer is that it was just some pissed off Muslims.
~Tenth
Originally posted by tothetenthpower
Do you believe that every group that calls itself al-Qaeda is actually a part of the globally run, syndicate that Osama Bin Laden and the CIA created in the 80's?
Or is it more likely that they are completely independant groups that simply chose to associate themselves with a once powerful terrorist network?
Originally posted by tothetenthpower
reply to post by ollncasino
What it comes down to, is do you believe that one Jordian's experience is indicative of the entire country?
There are plenty of guys I see whom I think are undercover cops or CSIS. Doesn't mean they are because I'm a bit paranoid.
Now are they openly recruiting in the streets? Probably. It would make sense, considering these groups are largely funded by the puppet governments put in place by nations/organizations like the US and EU.
I have a lot of friends who come from Middle Eastern nations, many of whom still live there and they for the most part, claim that most proxy groups in those nations who commit acts of 'terror' are funded by outside backers who have big ties in the intelligence community.
Be it US, Israel, ISI, CSIS, Russia, China etc..
We have a long standing history of screwing with other nations, via groups we promtoe and place there.
This event smells of that.
~Tenthedit on 9/12/2012 by tothetenthpower because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by tothetenthpower
What it comes down to, is do you believe that one Jordian's experience is indicative of the entire country?
Originally posted by tothetenthpower
I have a lot of friends who come from Middle Eastern nations, many of whom still live there and they for the most part, claim that most proxy groups in those nations who commit acts of 'terror' are funded by outside backers who have big ties in the intelligence community.
Be it US, Israel, ISI, CSIS, Russia, China etc..
A burnt car is parked at the U.S. consulate, which was attacked and set on fire by gunmen yesterday, in Benghazi September 12, 2012. Christopher Stevens, the U.S. ambassador to Libya, and three embassy staff were killed as they rushed away from the consulate building, stormed by al Qaeda-linked gunmen blaming America for a film that they said insulted the Prophet Mohammad. Stevens was trying to leave the consulate building for a safer location as part of an evacuation when gunmen launched an intense attack, apparently forcing security personnel to withdraw.
An interior view of the damage at the U.S. consulate, which was attacked and set on fire by gunmen yesterday, in Benghazi September 12, 2012. Christopher Stevens, the U.S. ambassador to Libya, and three embassy staff were killed as they rushed away from the consulate building, stormed by al Qaeda-linked gunmen blaming America for a film that they said insulted the Prophet Mohammad. Stevens was trying to leave the consulate building for a safer location as part of an evacuation when gunmen launched an intense attack, apparently forcing security personnel to withdraw.
One example can disprove a conviction, no matter how strongly held.
You have previously implied that the Jordanian I spoke of knows not the true nature of groups claiming (falsely according to you) to be Al-Qaeda.
Yet lots of your Middle Eastern friends appear to have a much deep knowledge of the internal funding of groups carrying out terrorist activities (be it from the US, Israel, ISI, CSIS, Russia, China) which originate from the Middle East?
Could it just be that your Middle Eastern friends are either (i) in denial that Middle Eastern people do indeed carry out terrorist attacks or (ii) simply lying to you in the hope that you believe them?
Originally posted by tothetenthpower
As for lying to me, I highly doubt that. Again these are friend I've had for decades, professional collegues and close friends.
They are just as convicted in their beliefs as your Jordanian friend is of his.
Oh he wasn't my friend. Judging by the look in his eyes it would be reasonable to conclude that he supported Al-Qaeda.
Perhaps your friends are correct. Perhaps some or the majority of terrorist activity originating from (or carried out in) the Middle East is non-Arab funded.
On the other hand, such a perspective does tend to have elements of both a Western centric (everything revolves around the West!) and a Marxist (everyone is a victim of the West) underlying analytical perceptive. An analytical paradigm very popular with the Western left.
In contrast my underlying assumptions are that radical Muslims have their own agenda and are not afraid to use violence to achieve it. An analytical paradigm very popular with the Western right.