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Crazy_Ivan · (This post was last modified: 01-26-2005 10:11 PM by Crazy_Ivan.)

shift Wrote:Well, then you\'ll see that that\'s just a review.
Al-Jazeera hasn\'t created the documentary, the BBC has.

Al Jazeera was part of the BBC before they got in trouble with the Saudi government over a documentary that was critical about ther government. they were given the choice to either get rid of the people who made it or to leave. they choose for dumping the journalists, and some of them were the driving power behind Al Jazeera.

Even though they are often bashed by the west for being anti-USA, they are a decent news station that tries to give an independent view on the middle-east.

To continue on the subject:

Quote:Sure, they tried creating a handy link between Al Qaida and Saddam so they could invade Iraq, but failed miserably and started touting the \"weapons of mass destruction\" chant instead (if there ever was a link between the two it was well hidden; why should strict islamist hook up with the most decadent, ungodly dictator in modern times?)

Religion match. There is no better defense against being kicked out by the majority groups in your country compared to teaming up with the sworn enemy of both of them. Shiites don\'t have anything to do with Al Qaeda (and would like to get them out ASAP), With the Kurds, same story, but add to that the fact that they are very much against the Wahabbite ideology that is one of the major supports of Al Qaeda.

For the current situation in Iraq, and what Al Qaeda has to do with that:
Al Qaeda is an ideology that is almost exclusively sunnite. This is perhaps the sole reason that at the moment Al Zarquawi has both ideological and (more important) logistical support in Iraq. The main reason for his success is the fact that most (if not all) of the secret service personnel was selected from the minority group Saddam belonged to. These guys are well trained (by Europe and the US in the 80\'s and Russia later on) and don\'t often need to use force to keep the onlookers from talking, as their reputation is known all over.