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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It?
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To: DizzyG who wrote (51390)10/13/2008 8:16:55 PM
From: cirrus1 Recommendation  Read Replies (2) of 224655
 
There is more to the interview with Abed. A study of Ansar Al-Islam suggests it was not "bin Laden's group. If legitimate, the interview suggests his organization was more an anti Kurd group hostile to the Shia - a continuation of the 400 years of civil strife between the Shia and Suni. The link to al-Quida is far from conclusive. In the shadow world of post Saddam Iraq, the enemy of my enemy is my friend, and while there may have been connections, they were directed more to local enemies and Saddam that the US.

I would suggest that the Senate 9/11 committe, Sec Powell and Rumsfeld were right in their retroactive assessments and conclusions.

Abed: I want to say one thing. Lieutenant Muhammad respected me and gave me food. I never thought it would be like this. He gave me food, and we had lunch together, and the honorable lieutenant-colonel gave me some Pepsi. I never believed Shiites could show such respect and care. We were taught by people like Mullah Al-Raikan that Shi'a is not Islam.

Investigator: You mean we show you respect and you slaughter us?

Abed: Yes. Mullah Al-Raikan thinks so, and he said so more than once.

Investigator: That's what they think.

Abed: Yes, that Shiites are not Muslims, that they worship the Imam Ali and do not accept Muhammad
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