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To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (300723)	9/25/2002 3:43:39 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

I'll have to get back to you on that, I really have to do some things. Take it easy......

To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (300723)	9/26/2002 12:34:33 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Back to respond to this point, about terrorists as cockroaches: actually, successful terrorist operations take money, materiel, planning, and coordination to hope to be effective, especially when trying to penetrate a Western nation. Why do you think Al Qaida blew up the embassy in Kenya? Because it was easier to get at than ones in Rome or Paris. Why do you think that there has been so comparatively little terrorism in the continental United States? Because it is hard to manage without getting caught. That is also why they have resorted more to suicide squads. Things become much less complicated if one does not need an exit strategy. Terrorist organizations have to have large asset reserves and the professionalization of training and command, or they swiftly succumb to the authorities, or decimate themselves through suicide missions. Haven't heard much from the Muslim Brotherhood, for example, since Mubarak put a dozen of them on trial, executing most of them.........