Al Qaeda: Terrorist Group or Propaganda Campaign Tool?


	Al Qaeda: Terrorist Group or Propaganda Campaign Tool?

BartendingBear

12-26-2008 12:19 AM

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BartendingBear says:

Would you really be surprised?

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12-26-2008 9:32 AM

JohnWaterman

The video of "The Power of Nightmares" at the link in the article wasn't working for me. Here's an alternative. well worth watching.

12-26-2008 2:41 PM

ratilfar

One and the same?

12-26-2008 4:50 PM

doodleicious

well-i think that it started out as pure propaganda-spun around a smidgeon of truth......since we have bullied and bombed the hell out of them-we turned the smidgeon of truth ito a 5 headed monster-ever growing to get us the heck out of their (made even more miserable by us...) lives

12-26-2008 4:56 PM

thisnamecantbetaken

The bogus *War on Terror* is just like a modern day television version of Orson Welles' radio broadcast "War of the Worlds"....only with better special effects.

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