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99th_Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-22-11 02:40 PM
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What's wrong with this picture? Who's on first?
Jihadists, reportedly funded by Saudi Arabia, are now calling for uprisings in Saudi Arabia?

I don't get it. What am I missing here? :shrug:

Saudi Arabia, UAE funded jihadi networks in Pakistan: Wikileaks cable
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/05/22/al-qaeda-chief-ayman-al-zawahiri-calls-for-uprisings-in-saudi-arabia/

Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri calls for uprisings in Saudi Arabia
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/05/22/wikileaks-saudi-arabia-uae-funded-jihad-pakistan-children/
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Turbineguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-22-11 02:50 PM
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1. It's called
The Law of Unintended Consequences.
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99th_Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-22-11 03:04 PM
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2. As in blow-back for kissing American ass n/t
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AmericaIsGreat Donating Member (611 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-22-11 03:15 PM
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3. Al Qaeda has always hated the relationship b/w SA and the US
Edited on Sun May-22-11 03:15 PM by AmericaIsGreat
That's what got Bin Laden started.

Al Zawahiri just wants people to uprise against this regime and replace it with one that is exactly the same except also hates America.
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99th_Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-22-11 03:21 PM
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4. That makes sense, thanks.
but I thought it was the CIA that got Bin Laden started. No doubt, both are true.
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The Magistrate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-22-11 03:32 PM
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5. Welcome To The World East O' Suez, Sir
"Ferget it, Jake...it's Chinatown."
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