October... er... September Surprise

[OTBn]

Just cause Uncle Karl's been promising the October Surprise to help the GOP win the U.S. mid-term elections... so the timing might be a bit off

Saudi Arabia is convinced that al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden died of typhoid in Pakistan last month

There's a clear message here!!! We will keep you safe from terrorists by ignoring them until they die of natural causes

WTF!!! - we thought he was in Iraq, dammit!

 

[gravitas]

Saudi Arabia is convinced that al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden died of typhoid in Pakistan last month

Then I want to see his head on a stake!

 

[JustAGuy]

WTF!!! - we thought he was in Iraq, dammit!

Even the Bushies haven't been crazy enough to claim Osama is in Iraq. Somewhere in the mountainous areas along the Afghanistan/Pakistan border is where they've been claiming he's hiding out.

 

[OTBn]

Originally Posted by OTBn
WTF!!! - we thought he was in Iraq, dammit!

Oh My! ... NY Times - Sept 23: Spy Agencies Say Iraq War Worsens Terror Threat

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 — A stark assessment of terrorism trends by American intelligence agencies has found that the American invasion and occupation of Iraq has helped spawn a new generation of Islamic radicalism and that the overall terrorist threat has grown since the Sept. 11 attacks.
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More recently, the Council on Global Terrorism, an independent research group of respected terrorism experts, assigned a grade of “D+” to United States efforts over the past five years to combat Islamic extremism. The council concluded that “there is every sign that radicalization in the Muslim world is spreading rather than shrinking.”
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fuckers!​