From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

Tony Williams wrote:
> George Sherwood wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 22 Jan 2006 12:44:27 -0800, Tony Williams wrote:
>
>
>>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> What you got was so simplified to be worthless.  It is much more then US
>> out of Saudi Arabia.  We are pretty much there.  Once Saddam was out of
>> power there really wasn't any reason to keep a large number of troops in
>> Saudi.  Although I am sure the numbers are around what was there in the
>> mid-80's.  They want a Middle East made up of governments similar to the
>> Taliban in Afghanistan. It is countries that will support terrorism to
>> reach any of their goals.  Take away the freedom of their people to
>> practice the religion they want or even go to school if you are a
>> woman.  They want all countries of the world to convert to Islam for
>> their
>> religion and Government.  Silly answers here. Way over simplified.
>
>
> I suspected there was a bit more to it, but those sound more like
> long-term goals than immediate objectives. Ok, they *want* to rule the
> world, but what would they settle for?
>
> What's depressing is that it's all so vague - 4 people gave 4 different
> answers, and that's in a group which I expect is more informed than
> average. The whole news coverage since 9/11 has been, "They're evil
> bastards who bombed us". No real explanation as to why, other than to
> say they're fanatics who want to destroy our way of life. Frankly, I
> just don't believe that.
>

Eee's a bright lad that Bin Laden.

Adam

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