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bettyellen

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12. If you don't live or work in New York, L.A, or London this is true enough

Reply to Taverner (Reply #7)

Thu Feb 21, 2013, 09:18 PM

Feb 2013

I never understood how Americans in the flyover states deluded themselves than 9/11 happened to them, or that anything else would. Their baseless sense of panic sent us to war.
But NYC has been a repeated target.

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Three would-be suicide bombers found guilty of UK terror plot - more deadly than 7/7 [View all] snagglepuss Feb 2013 OP

How terrible ! When are they ever gonna stop this crap? clarice Feb 2013 #1

Very concerning that Western sexual practices & lifestyle not politics justified their actions. snagglepuss Feb 2013 #2

This is the best they could come up with? Taverner Feb 2013 #3

Are you saying that because some king pins have been eliminated snagglepuss Feb 2013 #4

I'll take that a step further - Al Queda has NEVER been a threat Taverner Feb 2013 #5

AQ is an ideology as much as an organization and as such it doesn't need snagglepuss Feb 2013 #6

That sounds a lot like red scare talk... Taverner Feb 2013 #7

How many involved in planning countless suicide bombings in Pakistan against Shia snagglepuss Feb 2013 #8

If that's part of our watch, who appointed us Sheriff? Taverner Feb 2013 #9

This story wasn't about the US muriel_volestrangler Feb 2013 #10

Looks like they got caught. By law enforcement. Taverner Feb 2013 #11

If you don't live or work in New York, L.A, or London this is true enough bettyellen Feb 2013 #12