From: Tony Williams 

John Cuccia wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 22:11:27 +0100, "Phil Payne"
>  wrote:
>
>
>>"Dave Ings"  wrote in message
>>news:43d14bf5$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>
>>
>>>As far as I can tell their basic objective is to re-establish the
>>
>>caliphate,
>>
>>>but that they would probably settle for the cessation of
Western influence
>>>in the Middle East (although the details of what that would mean are
>>
>>fuzzy).
>>
>>Foreign troops out of Saudi Arabia.
>
>
> I think that's been extended to foreign troops out of "Muslim lands"
> and an end to Israel.

Thanks all. If you just read the regular news reports it's amazing how AQ's
actual demands are never mentioned - we're left to assume that they want to
destroy western civilisation and send the world back to the dark ages.

Troops out of Saudi, huh. So why not? It's about time we weaned ourselves
off the oil addiction anyway.

--
Tony

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