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    AQ Was, Is and Will Be a TVNSA ...

    a Transnational, Violent, Non-State Actor, a nature that existed in 1994, in 2004 and still exists in 2014 - and should be expected to continue in that nature (whether as "AQ", the Base, or under the...
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    Tim: Welcome to the shop

    As another fan of Jeremiah Johnson (Amazon), I liked your short comment on your webpage:



    http://www.mahdiwatch.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/Jeremiahbiggerjpeg.jpg


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    Moorthy: Welcome

    There are a number of threads here at SWC to which you could contribute.

    For the benefit of other members/viewers, I don't know Moorthy (his first name, BTW); but I've just looked up his book,...
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    Mark:

    The US has been consistent in going after AQ Base - we have killed a lot of them via direct actions and drones.

    We should have a discussion somewhere other than in this thread - a SWC thread may...
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    Robert,

    Perhaps, a response to your 5-points in the Fri-Sun period. We in the nether regions have to learn patience ;), as we await The Cleaving Asunder (text) and The Resurrection (text) - perhaps some...
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    I don't have the numbers,

    but maybe someone else has them (with sources), and that is an estimate of adherents to "ala Qutb and Salafism" among Muslims. Also MB adherents among its various branches. Then we could have some...
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    Supporting tequila's points,

    I'd suggest a look at (from pp.14-15 pdf):



    Ayman al-Zawahiri, A Mythic Figure or Fringe Leader within the Islamist Political Movement: Highlighting the 2006 Writings of Egyptian Journalist...
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    Call me Abul

    Robert, if I may address you so,

    First, a general question that pervades all: why should I or any other resident of the Islamic World accept principles of governance from the United States ? What...
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    Why the "West" ?

    I'm not disagreeing with your analysis of AQ and its waging unconventional warfare against the US; nor your BL that "Sure, some deserve the title and the relentless hunting, but most do not and it is...
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    Send out the constable .... ;

    I ain't buying.

    COIN strategy, operations and tactics "ain't my department"; but some conclusions raise policy issues - so, IMO.



    No argument about co-operation, etc. between CIA, FBI and...
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