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WTF? so I searched AL Quaeda on youtube looking for a BBC documentary and... (Original Post) arely staircase Jun 2013 OP
Obama got rid of Bin Laden, so this is all Al Qaeda has left. Okay by me... freshwest Jun 2013 #1
I am not sure this is pro or anti or whatever arely staircase Jun 2013 #3
Using my youtube search terms of 'bbc documentary on al qaeda'yielded: freshwest Jun 2013 #7
I just put in "al qaeda' and got all the dance vids. arely staircase Jun 2013 #10
it is now legal for you to be droned out of existence by our security state....legal is ok nt msongs Jun 2013 #2
Your endless non-sequiturs are so precious to me emulatorloo Jun 2013 #8
I know arely staircase Jun 2013 #12
That's really sad.... progressoid Jun 2013 #4
My Theory libodem Jun 2013 #5
It Means "The Base" and bin Ladin named it that himself arely staircase Jun 2013 #6
Looks like a cross between a tribal dance and modern break dancing. Cleita Jun 2013 #9
I didn't say I had a problem with it. Just today's adventures in the internets. arely staircase Jun 2013 #11
cool dancing treestar Jun 2013 #13
yes, it is cool. and I don't know. arely staircase Jun 2013 #14

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
1. Obama got rid of Bin Laden, so this is all Al Qaeda has left. Okay by me...
Thu Jun 27, 2013, 04:57 PM
Jun 2013
Time for the world to stop taking fanaticism of all kinds so seriously and lighten up a little bit. But, 'Peace and love are sooo boring' some will say. What's the hair on fire media going to do for ratings ?


arely staircase

(12,482 posts)
3. I am not sure this is pro or anti or whatever
Thu Jun 27, 2013, 05:07 PM
Jun 2013

it is just a weird internet search result I thought I would share. Lots of different videos of people doing it, so it is a fad.

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
7. Using my youtube search terms of 'bbc documentary on al qaeda'yielded:
Thu Jun 27, 2013, 06:17 PM
Jun 2013

Two advertisements as usual at the top among 52,000 results. The first page was solid with hours of serious video and the next pages varied in content. Good luck next time with your search.

BTW, I'm implying we shouldn't take all sorts of fanatics seriously, or misunderstand their zeal and how negative the results on all of us. But it's interesting how many people are looking to find different ways of looking at things and not feeling so hateful.

See you later. Peace Out.

arely staircase

(12,482 posts)
10. I just put in "al qaeda' and got all the dance vids.
Thu Jun 27, 2013, 07:12 PM
Jun 2013

and yes I got what I was looking for with being more specific. It is actually more about Pakistani ISI.



arely staircase

(12,482 posts)
12. I know
Thu Jun 27, 2013, 07:16 PM
Jun 2013

Me: Look at this funny thing I found on the internet!

That Poster: The government kills Americans with drones!

libodem

(19,288 posts)
5. My Theory
Thu Jun 27, 2013, 05:43 PM
Jun 2013

Is Al Quaeda, is a made up word by our CIA, which loosely translated means 'the list'. The list was a roll of names of foreigners, who had come from other countries to train for war. It was never an official armed troupe of fighters. Most trained and returned home. Telaban is a lot closer to what might be an actual name for an Afgan organization.

All that Al Quaeda of Iraq was bullshit. They were looking at the tags in the insergents clothing just desperately trying to find a link between the two countries.

Yeah I'm really sure some organization has really named themselves Al Quaeda of the Northern Peninsula, uh huh.
No seriously. That ought to fly under the radar.

They think we're stupid.

arely staircase

(12,482 posts)
6. It Means "The Base" and bin Ladin named it that himself
Thu Jun 27, 2013, 05:49 PM
Jun 2013

"the base" being the guys who fought the Soviets with him and were then willing to hang around to fight the other superpower. None of that is a big secret.

Cleita

(75,480 posts)
9. Looks like a cross between a tribal dance and modern break dancing.
Thu Jun 27, 2013, 06:24 PM
Jun 2013

As long as they are dancing and not bombing, it's fine with me.

arely staircase

(12,482 posts)
11. I didn't say I had a problem with it. Just today's adventures in the internets.
Thu Jun 27, 2013, 07:14 PM
Jun 2013

Just saying a West African dance craze was not what I was expecting.

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