Saturday, August 30, 2003

Al Qaeda-TYPE?!

al-Qaeda-TYPE???????!

"...US President George Bush said earlier this month that more foreign "al-Qaeda-type fighters" have moved in."

More al-Qaeda types?




Shown: John Brown, Timothy McVeigh, Benedict Arnold, Randy Weaver, David Koresh, Nancy Morgan Hart, Boston Tea Party, Daniel Shays of Shays' Rebellion


From:

Blast suspects linked to bin Laden, Saddam
By Tarek Al-Issawi

August 31, 2003
The Sun-Herald


READ THIS AND CONSIDER THAT THERE WERE NO TIES BETWEEN SADDAM HUSSEIN AND OSAMA BIN LADEN BEFORE BUSH LED US INTO THIS UNILATERAL PREEMPTIVE ATTACK UPON IRAQ.
BUSH HAS MADE US CITIZENS AND THE PEOPLE OF IRAQ LESS SECURE THAN EVER BEFORE.
HOW, YOU ASK?
BY CREATING A SITUATION WHERE MEN LIKE HUSSEIN AND BIN LADEN, ONCE AT ODDS WITH ONE ANOTHER, WOULD COME TOGETHER IN SOLIDARITY.
YES--BUSH IS A UNITER...NOT A DIVIDER.
THE PROBLEM IS THIS: HE'S NOT UNITING THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS OR THE WORLD COMMUNITY....HE'S UNITING TERRORISTS.


"....Najaf governor Haidar Mehdi Matar said the four suspects were two Iraqis from Saddam Hussein's fallen regime and two Arab nationals, categorised as Sunni Muslim radicals.

A senior police official said earlier that all four had connections to Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda terror network."


Paul Bremer was WHERE?!

Paul Bremer was WHERE??!



Does anyone else think it's totally inappropriate for Paul Bremer to be taking a VACATION while our troops are dying?!

From NY Times:

Death and Hesitation in Iraq

By DEXTER FILKINS

BAGHDAD, Iraq --

"The car bomb that killed one of Iraq's most important spiritual
leaders today was apparently met by a political vacuum in the nation's
capital, where the Iraqi and American officials charting the country's
future seemed unsure who should respond and how.

Ayatollah Muhammad Bakr al-Hakim, a symbol of moderation in this
restive land, was dead. Religious leaders called for blood and
vengeance, and in some places the ayatollah's mourners took to the
streets.

Yet here in Baghdad, the Iraqi and American officials charged with
shepherding this country toward democratic rule went about their
business as if little had changed.

There were no speeches calling for calm and few public appearances by
anyone in charge. L. Paul Bremer III, the chief American
administrator, was on vacation.


Nobody seemed to know when exactly he would return.

The American military command here said nothing...."

See link for entire article.