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Politics : Foreign Policy Discussion Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: zonder who wrote (5373)	3/31/2003 4:38:42 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 15987

Because they are two separate issues with no relation in between. I guess I'm going to need you to amplify on this a bit more.. I see the linkage and for the life of me, can't figure out how you don't.. Please explain to us your beliefs as to why Bin Laden was able to rise to power, why he issued a declaration of war against the US, and how the presence of US troops on Saudi soil to contain Saddam played NO part in leading to his acts of terror or recruiting for Al-Qaeda. My question was: Saddam's regime DOESN'T NEED to be directly linked to Bin Laden. It's ALREADY been linked to Abu Abbas and Abu Nidal, both of who used Baghdad as their base of operations and sanctuary. If you hadn't noticed, Bush declared a war on terrorism, not just on Al-Qaeda. Iraq meets the criteria for having supported terrorism used against the US. probability of a terrorist attack of the same magnitude as 9/11 by 5 percent per year (one additional attack every 20 years). Possibly because Al-Qaeda effectively launched, or attempted a major terrorist attack each year since the embassy bombings in africa, which killed 200, and injured over 5,000, predominantly locals. That figures he would try one attack every year for 20 years, or 5%. But the stats are fungible and based up only 10 years or so of data. Who knows? His groups might succeed in launching 2 attacks per year, or one REALLY MAJOR ONE, using WMDs he might have obtained out of desperation from Saddam, elsewhere. Hawk