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48. Important post.

Reply to Maedhros (Reply #29)

Wed Sep 24, 2014, 05:37 PM

Sep 2014

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Khora-Who? [View all] markpkessinger Sep 2014 OP

Erect Bogeyman, wave flag, start bombing, send troops, and talk about peace. Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2014 #1

What did Bush do on August 6, 2001? blm Sep 2014 #2

Dismissvely told his CIA briefer "All right. You've covered your ass, now." and went fishing Uncle Joe Sep 2014 #45

Bush was criticized for ignoring the threat of AQ before it was too late oberliner Sep 2014 #3

Yes, and I'm sure the administration will be forthcoming soon with the details of Khorasan's plot . markpkessinger Sep 2014 #5

Um--I think if you want some background on Khorasan, you should familiarize msanthrope Sep 2014 #12

Enjoy YOUR war. GeorgeGist Sep 2014 #60

And your point is ..................??? Martin Eden Sep 2014 #15

Maybe these people were actually planning a terror attack? oberliner Sep 2014 #21

Nah, it's much easier to complain about the President regardless of which decision he makes. Throd Sep 2014 #25

Maybe, maybe Not (planning an attack on US soil) Martin Eden Sep 2014 #27

Killing the people who were in the process of planning 9/11 would have prevented 9/11 oberliner Sep 2014 #31

Then we would have had to bomb the USA, or Germany, or Saudi Arabia (places the plotters were) Martin Eden Sep 2014 #49

so how many other countries should we preemptivly attack? liberal_at_heart Sep 2014 #28

None oberliner Sep 2014 #32

They've actually done terror attacks--these are the guys who did the Cole, the Limburg, the msanthrope Sep 2014 #33

I'm willing to give the President the benefit of the doubt. We on DU dont know everything. 7962 Sep 2014 #34

Isn't that exactly what he did? oberliner Sep 2014 #35

Well--we are already familiar with these guys, and their plots. Think Anwar Awlaki. nt msanthrope Sep 2014 #38

True oberliner Sep 2014 #39

Well, no, but these dudes are kind of used to shit falling from the sky unannounced. nt msanthrope Sep 2014 #41

They've been saying for 2 weeks now that hits in Syria were needed. 7962 Sep 2014 #40

Wasn't that in regard to ISIS? oberliner Sep 2014 #56

Maybe the best way to prevent attacks by foreign bodies... MrMickeysMom Sep 2014 #62

The only thing missing are the props leftstreet Sep 2014 #4

Excellent summation of our Imperial policies in the ME and now Africa also. sabrina 1 Sep 2014 #6

Do you think the president should reveal all the intelligence information he has? GusBob Sep 2014 #7

The U.S. Government has cried wolf so many times they have lost any credibility. Maedhros Sep 2014 #29

Important post. woo me with science Sep 2014 #48

Thank you! n/t BuelahWitch Sep 2014 #55

She's The Avatar. But that's not important right now. nt DisgustipatedinCA Sep 2014 #8

Yes it is important! FrodosPet Sep 2014 #57

Finally! DisgustipatedinCA Sep 2014 #58

We didn't start airstrikes because of beheadings. We started them because ISIS took TwilightGardener Sep 2014 #9

David Khorasan whatchamacallit Sep 2014 #10

Isn't it a song by the Clash? Maedhros Sep 2014 #53

Um..Khorasan's been around for a decade plus. Just because you never heard of them msanthrope Sep 2014 #11

How long have US Intel agencies been around? n/t leftstreet Sep 2014 #13

Well, I'm watching TURN: Washington's Spies on AMC, so I'm going to say msanthrope Sep 2014 #14

When did you first hear the name Khorasan used? CJCRANE Sep 2014 #16

Jihadists have been using the Khorasan name for a very long time. Xithras Sep 2014 #19

When did you first hear it used as the name of a specific group? CJCRANE Sep 2014 #20

"Khorosan Group" is an American given name. Xithras Sep 2014 #42

Thanks for the explanation. CJCRANE Sep 2014 #46

Applied to this group? I want to say 2004 or thereabouts. nt msanthrope Sep 2014 #23

Do have a reference in the MSM for it? CJCRANE Sep 2014 #24

Well, If you take a look at UN Resolution 1267, the various members of it started msanthrope Sep 2014 #30

Khorasan Group is what US intel calls them - they are al-Qaeda hack89 Sep 2014 #44

This group is believed to have 50 members rusty fender Sep 2014 #17

Read up on the BA bomb plot--it was these dudes. That's why the BBC is taking this msanthrope Sep 2014 #43

I would tend to agree with you. It might appear we are being....... wandy Sep 2014 #18

The head of Khorasan was identified by the UN in 2005 as an AQterrorist. If what you are saying is msanthrope Sep 2014 #36

It is just curious that they suddenly are in the spotlight. Probably their........ wandy Sep 2014 #47

Huh. So Obama had 6 years to do something about them? leftstreet Sep 2014 #50

Obama used the last 6 years to drone strike the shit out of them in Yemen. You think msanthrope Sep 2014 #51

Excellent summary of the con job. Thank you. woo me with science Sep 2014 #22

Maybe the Mongols could lend a hand. Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2014 #26

Khorammanuel Goldstein Man from Pickens Sep 2014 #37

Or watch the "Clanging Of The Swords Part IV" FrodosPet Sep 2014 #59

Those beheadings were the New Pearl Harbor of the 20-teens. nt ChisolmTrailDem Sep 2014 #52

Yes, we forget that a new Generation of Kids who know nothing but War (over somewhere) KoKo Sep 2014 #64

94% approve? RobertEarl Sep 2014 #54

Here you go ... GeorgeGist Sep 2014 #61

I ain't buying it either... MrMickeysMom Sep 2014 #63

Excellent post. Kick and rec + $312,500 per hour nationalize the fed Sep 2014 #65