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To: michael97123 who wrote (107160)	7/22/2003 3:29:21 PM
From: marcos	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

The specific al Quaeda organisation sounds like it was for a time pretty organic, but the philosophy behind it is quite amorphous, it looks to me, and that philosophy could easily stimulate new organisations, and probably has by now ..... there's another arabic word, 'quaeda', i think by definition it is not restricted to just bin Laden and a close circle of friends Islam has no hierarchy like Christendom, it never has had one ... in this respect it is far more amorphous, while societies influenced by Christendom tend more to the organic, with more attention to organisation .... ?? ... typing while thinking here, not sure if in correct order -g- ... but the two think differently, it seems to be beyond the use of distinct premises The anti-infidel thing is not a snake you can kill by cutting off its head .... you have to go to 'root causes', now of course certain whackos will freak out at that term, but keep in mind it can mean a wide variety of things .... but cut it any way you like, the beachhead of the jewish religion on arab lands in Palestine is a factor ... only one of many, but a factor nonetheless Connections between Hussein and al Quaeda would be pretty slim, i should think, restricted entirely to the 'enemy of my enemy is my ally' sort of thing .... because the whole ba'athist thing was quite in opposition to the islamicist theocracy plan, they were very much rivals for power In any case, the overall most crucial issue at stake, is who decides things like invasions of sovereign nations .... you and i don't disagree on much else, far as i can see .... loved 'nineteenth nervous screwup', and 'doctors without jobs organisation', by the way, lol ..... talked yesterday to my carpenter friend who carpentered for MSF Holland in Liberia, he is keeping up with the story, told some old stories of his own, one i'd never heard before ... not much humanity there to work with, it seems, we norteamericanos have got to do better than that