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Avalux Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-22-06 12:59 PM
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"The UAE is a strong Ally in the War on Terror" ARGH!
Edited on Wed Feb-22-06 01:00 PM by sparosnare
Scottie just said it in his press conference. How in the hell can he say that with a straight face? I know I really shouldn't even be surprised; they will say ANYTHING - the bunch of scheming liars.

"Some people have been left with the wrong impression." :rofl:
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HughBeaumont Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-22-06 01:01 PM
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1. Lord Snot lost his soul sometime around grade school.
The BFEE digs people like this up out of the woodwork, you know. Takes an ice-water cardiovascular system to be in this line of work.
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kenny blankenship Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-22-06 01:01 PM
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2. So is Pakistan, official home of OBL and sponsor of the Taliban
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-22-06 01:01 PM
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Yeah, but on WHOSE SIDE is the UAE fighting on?
:think:

Would love to know for real; one way or the other.
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WePurrsevere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-22-06 01:01 PM
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3. Notice he doesn't say whose ally they are. ;-) n/t
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Botany Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-22-06 01:01 PM
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4. posted earler on DU
UAE royals, bin Laden's saviours

March 25, 2004 12:04 IST


The Central Intelligence Agency did not target Al Qaeda chief Osama bin laden once as he had the royal family of the United Arab Emirates with him in Afghanistan, the agency's director, George Tenet, told the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks on the United States on Thursday.

Had the CIA targeted bin Laden, half the royal family would have been wiped out as well, he said.

The 10-member bipartisan commission is investigating the events leading up to the September 11, 2001 attacks in the US.

A host of Clinton and Bush administration officials have testified before the commission.

Deputy Secretary of State Richard Amritage told the commission that it was impossible to send troops to Afghanistan against the Taliban and Al Qaeda without Pakistan's cooperation and building a new relationship with India.

"US sanctions against Pakistan on the nuclear and other issues complicated the matter and these had to be dismantled," Armitage said.

He also suggested if the US Congress wanted to show displeasure with any country, it should think of other methods than imposing sanctions.

Former White House counterterrorism official Richard Clarke has charged that fighting terrorism was not the top priority with the Bush administration. The top priority, he suggested, was Iraq, not Al Qaeda, a claim refuted by the White House.

Clarke alleged that the White House delayed implementing the proposals he had made for eight months and adopted them only after 9/11.
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JCMach1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-22-06 01:02 PM
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5. Because it is true...
Less than 1/4 mile from my home, the UAE *and France... SHHH it's a secret) are training Iraqi police at a military base that will remain unnamed for obvious reasons.
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Tamarin Donating Member (337 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-22-06 01:02 PM
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Yeah, for the other side. n/t
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CrazyOrangeCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-22-06 01:02 PM
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6. I wish to God . . .
. . . that someone in the back of the room would have the nerve to cough, and say, "HORSESHIT!!" really loud.

What we need are some eighth grade boys in that room.
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-22-06 01:02 PM
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7. I so want to believe him, but don't trust a thing that comes
out of his mouth. Blah blah blah...if the vigorous review was anything like the review pre-Katrina, we're in deep doo doo.
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htuttle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-22-06 01:02 PM
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8. Perhaps, but 'strong ally' of WHOM is the question
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Marr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-22-06 01:06 PM
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9. Even if that were true- why should they control US ports?
I mean- I thought Bush would not "hand the defense of the nation to foreign leaders".
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