How many terrorists are there?

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[quinnox]

1. hard to say an exact number

Gladfully, less than 6 billion

[Oreo]

2. In the White House?

I'd say at least 5 or 6

[knowbody0]

3. as many as we have terrified

[illflem]

4. four score and seven

[yella_dawg]

5. Eighteen all told...

But three are out on vacation this week.

[Zenlitened]

6. In the republican party?

Let's see... there's DeLay, Dobson, Falwell, Frist...

[jdj]

7. are you asking for a show of hands or something?

just kidding.

I think I might be one of those librul tree-hugging terra-ist sympathizers, or so I'm told.

[ComerPerro]

8. Enough to keep you scared, but no so many as to suggest

that Bush isn't in control of the situation and is keeping you safe.

[hector459]

9. Depends on who you consider to be a "terrorist."

If you count the US and its allies...there are a hell of lot of "terrorists."

[leftofthedial]

10. by whose definition of "terrorist"?

[radwriter0555]

11. In the US military?

I dunno, LOTS, not including the 1600 dead ones, right?

[Kerrytravelers]

12. Careful now. Not everyone in the military agrees with *- or even voted *

Casey Sheehan, who was KIA in Iraq, was against the invasion of Iraq, as was his family. They are now vocal opponents of *.

See their website at

[radwriter0555]

15. harsh as it appears, he made the choice to serve AND go to iraq. Just

as ratzenberger chose to join the hitler youth.

He could have "not" gone. He could have gotten up from camp and walked away.

It's not what we want to hear, but this is the truth. He still made the choice.

[mmonk]

13. Let's see.......

doesn't it depend on how they interpret, "you're either with us or against us?"

[petronius]

14. According to the top of the 'Latest posts' page

There are at least 68,643 of them. At least according to the White House definition...

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16. I asked because they were talking about the Patriot Act on today's news,

and someone said that the parts of it which were to expire should be renewed, and that they will never be used against ordinary Americans, but must be in place to catch terrorists, someone said, "there are terrorists out there, and we need all the tools we can to find them" or words to that effect. I was just wondering, how many terrorists are we talking about? Are there enough of them to justify renewing these laws?

[Ezlivin]

17. Not to be be paranoid or anything...

But why are you asking me?