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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: TimF who wrote (58806)9/18/2002 7:20:43 PM
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"I think the part about Mecca and Medina is irrational for the simple fact that our forces are not and have not been there."

Actually OBL objected to the US military being allowed to have forces on Saudi soil which was and still is the case. Lots of Saudis feel that we unfairly pressured them into allowing us to keep our foreign forces in place after the Gulf war and harbor resentment over it.
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