Al qaeda exists in the mainframes of western intelligence, it simply means 'the file' and was a file of known ME terrorist groups, as the IRA trained there they also have strong links to Al qaeda but the simple fact is it's the bogeyman, used to scare people into giving up their freedoms. As a military threat they are an utter joke, the IRA were far better, almost getting Maggie. They are on par with disaffected school-kids going on rampages in American schools, which is pretty much what they are. The Paris incident is a post Australian copy-cat. As an aside, how many people have muslims linked to Al Qaeda's killed in Europe compared to football hooligans? or long distance lorry drivers?
Simply close your eyes and imagine Pud naked. That'll do the trick, it's an offence against humanity.
Lets see..... IRA----half a hotel.Couple dead, Norman Tebbits wife turned into a Transformer. Al Qaeda------Two massive sky scrapers plus several surrounding buildings, thousands dead. Wars and chaos in the middle east. Aye yer right. The IRA were totally better at terrorism. ****ing crackpot.
Aye but no bins in tube/train/bus stations which in a perverse way helped the present situation ie the IRA actually gave ye a heads up and you should thank them for it!
You paddy ****s really ****ed things up for us At least these 21st century terrorists aren't scrotumless scum, they blow up with their bombs rather than blowing up civilians after running away.
who says Al Qaeda did it? oh that's right, apparently OBL did when, despite not being able to find him and he previously denying any involvement, they managed to film him secretly, in his cave, admitting he did it. The first mention of Al Qaeda was more than a year after 9/11.
I think they think that the major powers in the world have ridden roughshod over their race for a few centuries and now they're sensing a chance for payback. It's good to see an enlightened response from the posters on here