Al Qaeda are in Algeria because of a (US backed, of course) coup that overthrew a democratic government.

Al qaeda is not in Algeria to fight for democracy; they’re there to help homegrown islamic parties like the FIS destroy democracy.

Ali Belhadj and the FIS planned to use the ballot box to establish sharia, which would put an end to democracy in Algeria. According to Belhadj, “There is no democracy in islam.”

So, does 51% of the population have the right to strip the remaining 49% of their minority rights to due process and the free exercise of their constitutionally guaranteed right to pursue ends not endorsed by the koran?

The resulting civil war has killed hundreds of thousands. The government was trying to end it. Why else would they release known terrorists? Even with the bombings, if they end the civil war, it will be worth it.

So if the government of Algeria ends the purported civil war by releasing people who massacre civilians in an attempt to establish sharia law, then it will have been well worth it?

Liberals keep telling me that if you say these things long enough, they eventually become true.

Just click your red shoes together three times and poof….all better.
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but, This is not OZ.
SOMEONE needs to tell the frickin lib’s IT WAS A DREAM, A MOVIE ABOUT A BAD DREAM. ( and take the FT w/you)
It wasn’t real in the 30′s and it’s not real today. Terrorists kill people, it is what they do, they kill and cause TERROR.
Real actions must be taken to stop them. Actions beyond holding hands and clicking your heels together.

Al Qaeda are in Algeria because of a (US backed, of course) coup that overthrew a democratic government.

And just how do you know the motives of Al Qaeda?

Of course to read the full transcripts of the AQ “press releases,” we should ignore all the Koranic hate-mongering and long term goal of restoring the caliphate.

And never mind that Muslim extremism has been around for centuries longer than the US has ever existed.

GSP
Dhimitude-islamic word for crappy fighter

And, of course, lgm supports dhimmitude.

I wonder if lgm believes the terrorists will leave him alone after he gives them everything they want…

It’s all Bush’s fault

in 3.. 2.. 1..

The US of course is no innocent lamb, but in this case it was the Russians. And truth of the matter is the release might end it, or it might put troops back into the enemy line. Releasing prisoners in the West is a sign of human faith and good will. In the East it is weakness, it shows you are weak and that you can and will be beaten. Very few Countries in the Eastern work that have tried this policy are around now, least in the same form.

However, the question to be asked is why is there a civil war in the first place. The ends justifies the means, right? Terrorists are responsible for creating this strife, terrorists are freed to possibly end the strife and what do they do upon being freed? They partake in more terrorism.

Yet, somehow miraculously and by using your logic – “Even with the bombings, if they end the civil war, it will be worth it.” Bombing the U.N. is going to end a civil war. Riiiight.

How about: respect the will of the people. From the same linked article:

Algeria’s insurgency broke out in the early 1990s, when the army canceled the second round of the country’s first multiparty elections to prevent likely victory by an Islamic fundamentalist party.

Al Qaeda are in Algeria because of a (US backed, of course) coup that overthrew a democratic government.

The resulting civil war has killed hundreds of thousands. The government was trying to end it. Why else would they release known terrorists? Even with the bombings, if they end the civil war, it will be worth it.

On December 17th, 2007 at 12:02 am, Tennessee Dave said:
Do you think this will cause the liberals to rethink about closing down Gitmo instead of setting those poor misguided people loose?

You deserve a prize for being the first person ever to use the words liberal and rethink in the same sentence.

Sadly, liberals rarely rethink. They only react (e.g., react with outrage, react with anger, etc.).

As Secretary General Ban Ki Moon declared, “This was an attack not only against the United Nations, not only against Algerians, but against humankind itself…Those who target innocent civilians in this way commit an unspeakable crime.”

Well, they have gotten your attention. Now what?
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These terrorists bring their own suffering and captivity upon themselves. They choose to participate in terrorism. And if the only justification they have for it is Allah. Then so be it. Don’t make excuses for them – that my friend, is a slap in the face. You fight fire with fire when you have to.

Winston Churchill..is that you?

On December 17th, 2007 at 8:27 am, Babs said:
Exit Question:
Will the U.N. immediately pull all personel and support out of Algeria like they did Iraq after their mission was bombed in Baghdad?

I’m sure they already are making evacuation plans as I type this. The UN is a corrupt and greedy institution that has gone the way of the League of Nations. History truly does repeat we are staring into the abyss of a Global War against Islamic Fascism (again) and it appears only a small handful of politicians and leaders fully understand the threat. Just like the appeasers of the 1930s the ruling class of Western Civilization is trying to feed the alligator so it will eat them last.