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Politics : The Truth About Islam -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: FJB who wrote (8895)	7/15/2007 4:31:09 PM
From: steve harris	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 20106

But don't you see they wouldn't be killing Iraqis if we weren't there? Probably building a new school and golf course for the children... <g>

To: FJB who wrote (8895)	7/15/2007 5:41:33 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 20106

A just war against the murderers in our midst The Observer ^ \| July 15, 2007 \| Henry Porter observer.guardian.co.uk Our way of life is tolerant, spirited and full of humour. We should make no apologies for fighting the moral descendants of Stalin and Hitler who would destroy it On a rare dry evening last week I walked to a meeting in London. The streets were full and the pubs overflowing with drinkers, many of whom are on the pavements because of the smoking ban: people having a good time at the end of an average working day, smiling and joshing each other. Too often we forget that we have built a successful and good-natured society over the last 10 years at the same time as absorbing a million or more people from scores of countries around the world. If you ever wanted to see the accumulated virtue of British culture you might start with the humour, consideration, tolerance, generosity and all-round nous to be found in any mixed gathering anywhere in these islands. It is on this society that al-Qaeda has declared a particular war. The people having a good time are the ones that al-Qaeda wishes to blow apart and maim and intimidate with its bloody plots and fantasies. The recent failed attacks in Glasgow and London, the guilty verdicts of the 21 July bombers and the statement by bin Laden's deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri promising a precise response to the knighthood for Salman Rushdie make it plain that Britain is the prime target for al-Qaeda in the West. There are 80 extremist groups in the Midlands, 60 in Leeds and Bradford and 35 in London. Some estimates put the number of people who need watching at 3,000. According to the security services, the time in which groups move from radicalism to action is shortening. A couple of weeks after a man had attempted to blow up... (Excerpt) Read more at observer.guardian.co.uk ....