President Obamas Secret: Only 100 al-Qaeda Now in Afghanistan

Dude111 · Dec 12, 2009, 02:26 AM

http://www.abcnews.go.com/story?id=9227861

Ok who here believes there is only 100 left?

Quote:

As he justified sending 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan at a cost of $30 billion a year, President Barack Obama's description Tuesday of the al-Qaeda "cancer" in that country left out one key fact: U.S. intelligence officials have concluded there are only about 100 al-Qaeda fighters in the entire country. [more]

Why would he sent 30k more troops over there IF THIS WAS TRUE?

mkk · Dec 12, 2009, 08:53 AM

Because it was never about Al Quaeda? I wonder about the term Al-Quaeda Fighter too, because they don't "fight". The western military forces will be fighting solely to keep the current mafia regime in power, against those who would rather see some other mafia in place.

EcPercy · Dec 12, 2009, 09:10 AM

Well. I am still pissed that Obama won't just give back the Nobel Peace Prize seeing how he felt like we needed 30,000 more troops to be sent to a battle that can't be won and will only result in more death of our countrymen.

Honestly though, let them keep this up. I read somewhere recently that Afghanistan is called the "empire destroyer" because every country to invade it has nearly gone bankrupt trying.

I think that this is what the US needs now. Go ahead and spend the rest of the money we don't have. (that was borrowed from China) We are already spread thin so I think now it's time for the balance of power to shift to a different country. I am tired of seeing these fat, old politicians profiting on killing our nations kids.

Judas · Dec 12, 2009, 04:08 PM

Al-Quaeda is a government trained, armed, group of people (which orginally referred to a database that contained the names and orgins of the people they trained)

It's pissing me off that they insist on using the name Al-Quaeda like it's a real designation of a group of extremists when in fact it's the name of the database, and refers to a group that the CIA TRAINED on united states soil.

People need to get a clue

iPlayer · Dec 13, 2009, 05:24 PM

It's possibly the same organisation and it means the origin or foundation. The funding was done in an attempt to oppose the Soviets expanding in the area. Operation Cyclone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

DJ BIG T · Dec 13, 2009, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Dude111

President Obama's Secret: Only 100 al Qaeda Now in Afghanistan - ABC News

Ok who here believes there is only 100 left?

Why would he sent 30k more troops over there IF THIS WAS TRUE?

yup its true heard about this 3 weeks ago..

h3ct0r · Jan 16, 2010, 06:18 PM

who are we kidding?

SeraphicSorcerer · Jan 18, 2010, 09:29 AM

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Originally Posted by DJ BIG T

yup its true heard about this 3 weeks ago..

It's true?

Where do you get these facts? firsthand knowledge?

There's plenty of Terrorist Factions in Afghan, and Al Qaeda is one of the more prominent ones.

Judas · Jan 19, 2010, 04:09 PM

there as much confusion on this as they want because you've got one side saying there is 100 and another saying that the force has exploded ....

people still don't have a clue whom they are fighting.. civilians are dieing for no good reason.... shits ugly

Senor_Mota · Jan 19, 2010, 07:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Judas

Al-Quaeda is a government trained, armed, group of people (which orginally referred to a database that contained the names and orgins of the people they trained)

It's pissing me off that they insist on using the name Al-Quaeda like it's a real designation of a group of extremists when in fact it's the name of the database, and refers to a group that the CIA TRAINED on united states soil.

People need to get a clue

You're telling me...this exact situation reminds me of the "concerned citizens" we had back in late 2001 and 2002 regarding the 9/11 Commission Report.

They read that thing like it was a communist manifesto and/or a bible.

Dec 12, 2009, 08:53 AM	#2
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,495 Rep Power: 132 System Specs	Re: President Obamas Secret: Only 100 al-Qaeda Now in Afghanistan Because it was never about Al Quaeda? I wonder about the term Al-Quaeda Fighter too, because they don't "fight". The western military forces will be fighting solely to keep the current mafia regime in power, against those who would rather see some other mafia in place.

Dec 12, 2009, 09:10 AM	#3
EcPercy HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Iraq Posts: 1,535 Rep Power: 0	Re: President Obamas Secret: Only 100 al-Qaeda Now in Afghanistan Well. I am still pissed that Obama won't just give back the Nobel Peace Prize seeing how he felt like we needed 30,000 more troops to be sent to a battle that can't be won and will only result in more death of our countrymen. Honestly though, let them keep this up. I read somewhere recently that Afghanistan is called the "empire destroyer" because every country to invade it has nearly gone bankrupt trying. I think that this is what the US needs now. Go ahead and spend the rest of the money we don't have. (that was borrowed from China) We are already spread thin so I think now it's time for the balance of power to shift to a different country. I am tired of seeing these fat, old politicians profiting on killing our nations kids.

Dec 13, 2009, 05:24 PM	#5
iPlayer Filled with noobsauce Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: between the buns Posts: 1,450 Rep Power: 59	Re: President Obamas Secret: Only 100 al-Qaeda Now in Afghanistan It's possibly the same organisation and it means the origin or foundation. The funding was done in an attempt to oppose the Soviets expanding in the area. Operation Cyclone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia __________________ Last edited by iPlayer; Dec 18, 2009 at 08:54 PM.

Jan 16, 2010, 06:18 PM	#7
h3ct0r HardwareHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Re: President Obamas Secret: Only 100 al-Qaeda Now in Afghanistan who are we kidding?