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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Patricia Trinchero who wrote (22146)	5/13/2004 12:29:05 AM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

No, I'm afraid you have a muddled understanding of sopme things. AQ was in their territory and shared the same basic religion. Perhaps not the same sect but they were fundamentalists Its precisely in the religion area that AQ is so different from most Kurds, the vast majority of whom are probably the least fundamentalist of Muslims. As opposed to AQ who are of the Wahhabi movement. In particular, Wahhabi's reject as polytheistic and idolatrous much of Sufi practice and belief. Saddam was secular as opposed to religious Saddam was a monster who claimed to be a pious Muslim in recent years and had a Koran written in his blood to demonstrate his devotion. As gruesome as that seems. AS opposed to Saddam AQ considered Iraq's conflict with the West as of vital importance. They opposed the Gulf War and all UN actions, including sanctions, taken against Iraq and thus were defacto allies of Saddam. Consider: The 1993 WTC bombing occurred on the Friday before the Sunday which was the 2nd anniversary of Saddam's defeat in the first Gulf War. The African embassy bombings occurred on an anniversary of the commencement of UN sanctions against Iraq. The fatwa issued by OBL calling on Muslims to kill Americans listed American involvement in waging war against Iraq and enforcing sanctions on Iraq as key justifications for the sanctions. Also the fatwa was released four days after, and was an obvious response to, Bill Clinton's threatening of war with Iraq: Clinton Makes Case for Strike -- Wednesday, February 18, 1998; Page A01 -- President Clinton offered his most detailed case yet to explain why curtailing Iraq's weapons programs is worth going to war. washingtonpost.com Other articles from that time: THE CASE FOR ATTACKING IRAQ IF DIPLOMACY FAILS Voice of America 18 February 1998 -- AFTER SOME CRITICISM HE HAD NOT MADE THE U-S CASE AS CLEAR AND COMPELLING AS IT NEEDED TO BE, PRESIDENT CLINTON HAS SPELLED OUT THE AMERICAN POSITION IN A SPEECH AT THE PENTAGON. U-S DAILIES ARE FULL OF REACTION TO THE COMMENTS. KUWAIT / U-S TROOPS Voice of America 19 February 1998 -- MORE U-S COMBAT TROOPS ARRIVED THURSDAY IN KUWAIT AS PART OF A CONTINUING WESTERN MILITARY BUILD-UP ABOARD A CARRIER Voice of America 19 February 1998 -- THE FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES, BRITAIN, AND OTHER COUNTRIES ARE LARGELY IN PLACE IN THE PERSIAN GULF FOR A POSSIBLE SHOWDOWN WITH IRAQ. U.S. Troops in Kuwait Prepare for War The Washington Post Thursday, February 19, 1998; Page A01 -- At Jabir Air Base, extra personnel and frenetic work schedules are tangible signs of the accumulation of U.S. air power in the Persian Gulf region since the confrontation over U.N. weapons inspections began. * U.N. Cuts Staff in Iraq The Washington Post Thursday, February 19, 1998; Page A23 -- The United Nations announced that it will reduce the size of its staff in Iraq as the possibility of a U.S.-led attack draws nearer. En Route to Kuwait, G.I.'s Say They Can Meet Any Iraqi Challenge The New York Times 19 February 1998 Military Attack Must Remove Saddam, His Enemies Say The New York Times 22 February 1998 * U.S. Is Advising Its Citizens to Leave Iraq as Soon as Possible The New York Times 22 February 1998