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Politics : Israel to U.S. : Now Deal with Syria and Iran

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To: sea_urchin who wrote (15679)7/12/2007 8:34:50 PM
From: sea_urchin  Read Replies (2) of 22250
 
> Al Qaeda is any "enemy" the US wants it to be. It exists in all countries and no countries but it especially exists in countries that the US wants to invade or has invaded.

Furthermore, top US officials don't agree amongst themselves who or what Al Qaeda actually is. In other words, Al Qaeda is any group or individual any senior US official wants it or him to be.

mediamatters.org

>>Bush called al Qaida in Iraq the perpetrator of the worst violence racking that country and said it was the same group that had carried out the Sept. 11 attacks in New York and Washington.

U.S. military and intelligence officials, however, say that Iraqis with ties to al Qaida are only a small fraction of the threat to American troops. The group known as al Qaida in Iraq didn't exist before the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, didn't pledge its loyalty to al Qaida leader Osama bin Laden until October 2004 and isn't controlled by bin Laden or his top aides. <<
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