From: Jeff Shultz 

On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 09:23:12 +0000, Adam wrote:

> Tony Williams wrote:
>> Adam wrote:
>>
>>> Tony Williams wrote:
>>>
>>>> Tony Williams wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Ok, so they really are just religious nutters. Thought so.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Or rather, I'm now persuaded that this is the core of what they're
>>>> about. It neatly explains why they aren't more forthcoming
with a list
>>>> of grievances and have made no serious attempts to gain sympathy for
>>>> their cause.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Indeed. Their model is more the sort of push which swept armed islam as
>>> far as Spain, China, Nigeria & India.
>>
>>
>> Oh goody. Crusaders.
>>
>> [insert standard rant about the evils of organised religion]
>>
>>
> Not a crusade. No specific objective such as "the holy land".
>
> Semi-organized & not official (i.e. no Pope saying "go Osama
go !!").
>
> & a number of Islamic types saying "oy mate eff off" as
he & AQ have only
> that legitimacy that their publicists have managed to build.
>
> Adam

I thought the specific objective was the re-establishment of the Islamic
Caliphate? If Phil thinks the US has lost all it's civil rights (I haven't
noticed it, personally) he'd simply love the Caliphate.

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