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Offline Sandman

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« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2003, 06:09:23 PM »
dude that's a TEN page article..

i'll just wait till ripsnort copy's and pastes the highlights.

then ill read all you guys have to say and ponder where most get their ideas from.

i wont post anything revelant (since as stated in other posts i don't reply to political and religious threads and the like)

one day all the pent up rage from reading the mindless drivel i see everyday throughout the world will burst at the seams and i will become muckmaw!

oh well my 2¢
or another lame thought by yours truly
or just another post to be ignored
I don't know what to put here yet.

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« Reply #2 on: December 08, 2003, 06:50:44 PM »
Ahh, this really sucks. Its like we've had no clue...
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« Reply #3 on: December 08, 2003, 07:06:46 PM »
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Although they called themselves private foundations, these were not charities in the sense that Americans understand the term. The Muslim World League and the IIRO, for example, are overseen by the grand mufti of Saudi Arabia, the kingdom's highest religious authority. They receive substantial funds from the government and members of the royal family and make use of the Islamic affairs offices of Saudi embassies abroad. The Muslim World League's current secretary general, Abdullah Al-Turki, served as the kingdom's minister of Islamic affairs for six years. "The Muslim World League, which is the mother of IIRO, is a fully government-funded organization," the IIRO's Canadian head testified in a 1999 court case. "In other words, I work for the government of Saudi Arabia."


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U.S. intelligence agencies, meanwhile, were picking up disturbing "chatter" out of Saudi Arabia. Electronic intercepts of conversations implicated members of the royal family in backing not only al Qaeda but also other terrorist groups, several intelligence sources confirmed to U.S. News. None were senior officials--the royal family has some 7,000 members. But several intercepts implicated some of the country's wealthiest businessmen. "It was not definitive but still very disturbing," says a senior U.S. official. "That was the year we had to admit the Saudis were a problem."


Interested in debating whether or not the Saudi Arabian government and/or royal family could have funded 9/11 again, Rip?  Or are you still so enraptured with the idea of cheap gas that you don't care?
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« Reply #4 on: December 08, 2003, 07:44:05 PM »
*yawn*....
Would you and your liberal college friends support an invasion of S.A.? Prolly not...now why do you think your friend Bill didn't do a damn thing? huh? ;) Ching Ching.

Like I said in earlier conversations, its GOOD to have a foothold in the middle east, like a neighborhood watch dog.  You've yet to figure that out yet Lance.
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« Reply #5 on: December 08, 2003, 08:02:24 PM »
*This just in* The Saudi's are not our friends. They tolerate our existence there because it serves their purpose as well as ours. I think they'd rather just be rid of us. But no worries, there are other more liberal countries in the region who are happy to soak up our dollars...Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar come to mind.

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« Reply #6 on: December 08, 2003, 08:57:03 PM »
Heh, just as I suspected, you are more interested in cheap gas for your beamer than you are getting to the bottom of who actually funded the 9/11 attacks.  

As for your question regarding support of an invasion of SA, I dunno, Rip.  The evidence regarding their involvement in 9/11 is suppressed.  I'd have to see that before I could say whether or not I'd support an invasion.  Now, why do you think this administration squelched that? Ding dong?

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« Reply #7 on: December 08, 2003, 09:15:45 PM »
didnt howard dean get to the bottom of 9/11.  He said "Bush let it happen"  in fact I think that is the basis for his campaign.  If Howard Dean said it, it has to be true

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« Reply #8 on: December 08, 2003, 11:41:36 PM »
Think the Muslim world has problems with the U.S. now?  Sure, go right ahead and invade S.A. lol
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« Reply #9 on: December 09, 2003, 12:57:31 AM »
When your only tool is a hammer all of your problems start to look like nails.

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« Reply #10 on: December 09, 2003, 08:04:24 AM »
you had troops near MECCA....thats an insult to the MUSLIMS.

be fun havin Muslim troops near the VATICAN :aok

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« Reply #11 on: December 09, 2003, 08:08:46 AM »
Unleaded premium was $1.65 a gallon.   today..  filled the El Caminio and did a big burnout getting on the freeway.

isn't the vatican in italy or somethin?

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« Reply #12 on: December 09, 2003, 08:19:09 AM »
No war for oil!!!!  

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« Reply #13 on: December 09, 2003, 08:23:00 AM »
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Originally posted by JB73

one day all the pent up rage from reading the mindless drivel i see everyday throughout the world will burst at the seams and i will become muckmaw!



COOL!

I did'nt think anyone even noticed me here!

Apparently, I'm known for some personality trait, but I'm not sure what it is.

So if some one is acting like me, can we cay they're all "Mucked up?"

hehe.

An invasion of SA is a very scary prospect. Now, I was all for going after Hussein, but SA is a different nut. The financing they provide is at the heart of terror. But imagine if you will the outrage, and terror attacks we would face if we had boys from Arkansas pitching tents in Mecca and Medina.

The answer in my terribly uneducated opinion is to destroy their economy. Fuel Cells, alternative energy, fuel efficient cars.

The day is coming, but Big oil is fighting us every step of the way.

Exxon Mobil had just as big a hand in 9/11 as any Saudi Financier. They've known for years these people are unstable, and could become a problem, yet they've blocked every attempt at alternative energy to pad their own pockets.

(This has been a Muckmaw Moment)

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« Reply #14 on: December 09, 2003, 08:25:51 AM »
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Exxon Mobil had just as big a hand in 9/11 as any Saudi Financier.


lol! Are you serious? I wasn't aware of oil companies giving direct aid to terrorists, but maybe you know different.
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