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Since the 11 September attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York, Al-Qaida has been represented as a monolithic organisation with an almost global reach. However, some observers believe Al-Qaida is little more than an idea connecting the largely independent actions of a loose network of organisations and individuals. Peter Marsden traces the history of Al-Qaida and concludes that while the global organisation of popular belief does not exist, the US-led ‘war on terror’ may be the catalyst that turns the myth of Al-Qaida into reality.
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Originally posted by Dulcimer
How do we know that "high ranking Al-Qaeda" officials exist? Does Zarqawi exist?
Originally posted by Djarums
I hardly think that just because no one was chatting online about this group of people using their popularized name in 1992 means that they did not or do not exist.
Honestly, that's not much evidence...
Originally posted by metallicabrainz
Cyberkat... we know the OBL WAS a CIA official in the past... which makes me think that he still is one, that he gave his face to the 'cause'... afterall, look at the ties between the bin ladin family and the Bush's... so its plausable. Now i believe also that Bin Ladin is dead... and i think that the CIA has been faking the last few vids and audio bites of him... if he was a CIA official in the past, they'd have plenty of footage of him reading out documents and stuff... and they are so grainy you just cant tell if the sound is in sync of even part of the origional vid...
As for Al Zarqawi... i believe he is a real person, he exists... but who is he? CIA you think? well... thats unlikely i think... i'd say its more likely that he really WAS an insurgent leader... but he was captured early on the in war... so what do the Americans do? The psy-op people decide they need a figure that stands for the insurgency... a figure the American people can villify and be afraid of... so they turn him into this boogieman... now it could be that he's dead... or in captivity... either way, it wouldn't be hard for the Ameircans to turn him into this boogieman... but after the nick berg video in which he supposedly was the one with who did the deed, while WEARING A MASK????) i'd say... he's dead...
my .02
A previously unknown group calling itself "The Secret Organization of al Qaeda in Europe," has claimed responsibility for Thursday morning's blasts in London.
In a statement published on a website popular with Islamic extremists, the group says the attacks were in retaliation for Britain's involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan.
A group calling itself the al-Qaeda Organization in Europe claimed responsibility for bombings.
Originally posted by Djarums
I hardly think that just because no one was chatting online about this group of people using their popularized name in 1992 means that they did not or do not exist.
Honestly, that's not much evidence...