Fight them in Iraq or over here?
Rushlimbo
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How about we fight them in Saudi Arabia? Why would we not be mad at them? Questions, questions, questions...
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-saudi15jul15,0,3132262.story?coll=la-home-center
Saudis' role in Iraq insurgency outlined
Sunni extremists from Saudi Arabia make up half the foreign fighters in Iraq, many suicide bombers, a U.S. official says.
By Ned Parker, Times Staff Writer
July 15, 2007
In Saudi Arabia
click to enlargeBAGHDAD — Although Bush administration officials have frequently lashed out at Syria and Iran, accusing it of helping insurgents and militias here, the largest number of foreign fighters and suicide bombers in Iraq come from a third neighbor, Saudi Arabia, according to a senior U.S. military officer and Iraqi lawmakers.
About 45% of all foreign militants targeting U.S. troops and Iraqi civilians and security forces are from Saudi Arabia; 15% are from Syria and Lebanon; and 10% are from North Africa, according to official U.S. military figures made available to The Times by the senior officer. Nearly half of the 135 foreigners in U.S. detention facilities in Iraq are Saudis, he said.
Fighters from Saudi Arabia are thought to have carried out more suicide bombings than those of any other nationality, said the senior U.S. officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the subject's sensitivity. It is apparently the first time a U.S. official has given such a breakdown on the role played by Saudi nationals in Iraq's Sunni Arab insurgency.
He said 50% of all Saudi fighters in Iraq come here as suicide bombers. In the last six months, such bombings have killed or injured 4,000 Iraqis.
The situation has left the U.S. military in the awkward position of battling an enemy whose top source of foreign fighters is a key ally that at best has not been able to prevent its citizens from undertaking bloody attacks in Iraq, and at worst shares complicity in sending extremists to commit attacks against U.S. forces, Iraqi civilians and the Shiite-led government in Baghdad.
The problem casts a spotlight on the tangled web of alliances and enmities that underlie the political relations between Muslim nations and the U.S.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-saudi15jul15,0,3132262.story?coll=la-home-center
Saudis' role in Iraq insurgency outlined
Sunni extremists from Saudi Arabia make up half the foreign fighters in Iraq, many suicide bombers, a U.S. official says.
By Ned Parker, Times Staff Writer
July 15, 2007
In Saudi Arabia
click to enlargeBAGHDAD — Although Bush administration officials have frequently lashed out at Syria and Iran, accusing it of helping insurgents and militias here, the largest number of foreign fighters and suicide bombers in Iraq come from a third neighbor, Saudi Arabia, according to a senior U.S. military officer and Iraqi lawmakers.
About 45% of all foreign militants targeting U.S. troops and Iraqi civilians and security forces are from Saudi Arabia; 15% are from Syria and Lebanon; and 10% are from North Africa, according to official U.S. military figures made available to The Times by the senior officer. Nearly half of the 135 foreigners in U.S. detention facilities in Iraq are Saudis, he said.
Fighters from Saudi Arabia are thought to have carried out more suicide bombings than those of any other nationality, said the senior U.S. officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the subject's sensitivity. It is apparently the first time a U.S. official has given such a breakdown on the role played by Saudi nationals in Iraq's Sunni Arab insurgency.
He said 50% of all Saudi fighters in Iraq come here as suicide bombers. In the last six months, such bombings have killed or injured 4,000 Iraqis.
The situation has left the U.S. military in the awkward position of battling an enemy whose top source of foreign fighters is a key ally that at best has not been able to prevent its citizens from undertaking bloody attacks in Iraq, and at worst shares complicity in sending extremists to commit attacks against U.S. forces, Iraqi civilians and the Shiite-led government in Baghdad.
The problem casts a spotlight on the tangled web of alliances and enmities that underlie the political relations between Muslim nations and the U.S.
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Freedom is Slavery
Ignorance is Strength
Freedom is Slavery
Ignorance is Strength
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and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
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Your signature is ass backwards propaganda invented by some twisted minds. The kind of minds that laugh when others cry... revel and feel exhilarated when others experience misery.
and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
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We really, really, really, and if you're not clear about what I mean, really, really need to get off of oil. And I don't just mean the U.S.
The world's seemingly unquenchable thirst for Middle Eastern oil is making those guys rich and they decide to spend the money by funding people and groups who appear to want to destroy the West. No oil would mean no reason to deal with that specific nation or that region as a whole. It could go back to being a stone age desert.
And here's where the slur comes in: The Saudis seem to me to be as ass-backwards as all the other folks in that part of the world. I wish those people, and yes, I understand that writing "those people" may invalidate in some eyes anything I say afterwards, but it sure would be nice if they decided to join the rest of the world here in the twenty-first century. It's a pretty nice place to live.
I can see why the Saudis would go to Iraq, even if I don't like it. Sure, they may not like the Iraqis but they sure as hell hate the white American devil more than enough to jump into bed with former foes.
Yes, it is our fault that the Saudis are fighting us in Iraq. We invaded. But I don't want to hear about our allies, the Saudis, not being willing to do anything behind the back of the United States. It's much more convenient to hold the Syrians and Iranians more responsible than the Saudis b/c those nations don't have anything we want. No oil equals no tolerance for their bullshit.
It's particularly bad when the bad of both sides gets together with a guy like Rupert Murdoch to push an action or "agenda" and make hundreds of billions of dollars. The framework for a very diabolical reality is slowly weaving into place.
People need to wake up. Take the power back and refuse to trade in liberty after liberty out of fear.
We are at a very important and frightening moment in history. Don't buy the terrorism lie. It's a hoax. We are funding the same people that want to harm us. The combination, if followed, is disastrous.
Be aware of what's really going on.
Refuse to follow or allow any new or existing laws and processes that relate to fighting terrorism or being "safe"
It's a trap!
and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg
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and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg
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It's from Orwell's "1984".
Freedom is Slavery
Ignorance is Strength