[lbo-talk] Does Al Qaeda Exist?

[Joseph Wanzala]

It's not a matter of whether Al Qaeda exists or not. It is a matter of what 
one understands Al Qaeda to be. I have never argued that it does not exist. 
I have challenged the view that it is a large, centrally controlled and 
integrated network. It is is this latter view that has given the Bush admin 
a blank check since 2001. I have also raised questions about links between 
(alleged) terrorists and Western intelligence agencies - links that have 
been shown to exist in mainstream news articles.

There are two issues at play here:

1. What is Al Qaeda and how has the myth of Al-Qaeda been used and 
manipulated to fuel the 'war on terror'.

On this we seem to be more less in agreement as far as I can tell.

2. Who was behind 9-11, Osama Bin Laden or the US Govt. or both?

Here we disagree.

I say I don't know since there has been no real criminal investigation.

You want to kick the nuts of anyone who would challenge the official version 
of events.

Joe W.
>From: "Michael Dawson" <MDawson at pdx.edu>
>Reply-To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
>To: <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org>
>Subject: RE: [lbo-talk] Does Al Qaeda Exist?
>Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 09:22:45 -0800
>
>The willful thickness of you hoax fetishists is as necessary and 
>predictable
>to your hyper-liberal twaddle as it is stunning to those of us who care
>about how power actually works.
>
>You and I both know what conspiracy theory you're peddling.  It's the
>pathetic one that suggests Al Qaeda doesn't exist and that Dick Cheney flew
>those jets into their targets.
>
>Get a life.
>
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