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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (32217)6/12/2002 7:03:03 PM
From: LindyBill  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
Why do they hate themselves?

In his case, Religion. He converted to Islam.

I'm surprised that he can be held as an enemy combatant

His family already has a lawyer on this. The proposition is that he is a soldier for the Al Queda, and that they are at war/terrorist with us.

What the heck makes a person an American anyway?

Born here or Naturalized, of course. My Father came down from Canada smuggling in booze for Joe Kennedy when he was 16, and became a naturalized citizen in the '30s.

Is that enough questions for you?

You are welcome to "climb the mountain" anytime and ask away. "What is truth? What is the purpose of life?" Hmmmmm.



To: Maurice Winn who wrote (32217)6/12/2002 11:31:23 PM
From: Rollcast...  Respond to of 281500
 
<Life's a giggle. The WAT provides plenty of laughs.>

Yep, quite a laugh riot...

We Have the Right to Kill 4 Million Americans

"We have not reached parity with them. We have the right to kill 4 million Americans - 2 million of them children - and to exile twice as many and wound and cripple hundreds of thousands. Furthermore, it is our right to fight them with chemical and biological weapons, so as to afflict them with the fatal maladies that have afflicted the Muslims because of the [Americans'] chemical and biological weapons."

"America knows only the language of force. This is the only way to stop it and make it take its hands off the Muslims and their affairs. America does not know the language of dialogue!! Or the language of peaceful coexistence!! America is kept at bay by blood alone..."

Al-Qa'ida spokesman Suleiman Abu Gheith...

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