Jacky, on this subject I can speak with some authority, it was a giant exercise to break in troops and kit for the front lines in East Germany. I was given that Intel by a Major in the SAS who had just served 8 years with the Intelligence Corps, That info was backed up by an aquaintance of mine who had been with BRIXMIS for 3 years. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRIXMIS
When I refer to Al Qaeda i generally use it as the umbrella term for small islamic groups working pretty much independantly. The term al qaeda is just quicker to use and is that embedded that my lone crusade to not use it is useless
And as I explained that was one of the many reason for going into Afghanistan. Mugabe should be dealt with by African countries but they will not allow any other nation to take action.
You can't honestly suggest that the US need to invade any country with poor, downtrodden people in order to be consistent. There's obviously a limit to the number of countries that the US can be involved in.
Kony is the leaser of Al-Qaeda. Whilst i'm on the subject the British troops should get out of Afghanistan and go to Uganda
What do you mean? Im saying I wouldn't be surprised if the "barbaric crackdown" in Syria was actually a crackdown against belligerent terrorist units within the country
British troops should be sent to conflicts all over the world at any given opportunity There is nothing worse than a peacetime soldier
So you don't trust the media who are reporting from inside the country? They say that this is merely a part of the Arab spring uprising and is being painted as terrorism to avoid outside interference, like the Russians did in Checnya?
Heroin exports have increased tenfold since 2001. Plus political influence over the region is very lucrative
Of course they dont exist as an international terrorist organisation, Al Qaeda is an American term for the database of all their Muslim assets. Propaganda has created a fairytale about an organisation called Al Qaeda, which has never existed and never will. please log in to view this image please log in to view this image
Yet oil production has fallen since the invasion of Iraq and reconstruction of the country is costing hundreds of billions