... . Two hundred Spanish civilians were killed, making this the worst attack on the west since the September 11th attacks. Initial blame from the government was on ETA, a Basque separatist group campaigning for independence from Spain and France, but ETA has since categorically denied involvement. There is ... the world, concretely in Afghanistan." This would be a reference to the Spanish government's gung ho support for the American-led war on terror, and the one thousand Spanish troops stationed in Afghanistan and Iraq. However there is also evidence pointing against Al Qaeda involvement...

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... with their position in society. They may in some way feel persecuted or oppressed because or their race, religion, or they feel exploited by a government. Any group that uses terrorist actions have very complex and powerful reasons to engage in those activities. In 1957 a radical Muslim by the name of ... the task of getting men to fight for Afghanistan first. He advertised all over the Arab world - which includes Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jerusalem, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, etc. - for young Muslims to come and help fight for the Islam religion. Osama paid for their transportation, and set up fac...

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... American citizens on the plane who stopped the hijackers from killing even more Americans. Not long after the planes crashed into the buildings, the U.S. government knew who was behind the killing of thousands of American lives. That person was Osama bin Laden. Bin Laden is the head of a major ... they believed to be religious purposes. But could bin Laden been stopped along time ago? His terrorist group Alkehda was funded heavily by a new radical government in Afghanistan called the Taliban. The Taliban provided Bin Laden with financial aid, weapons, a place to train his terrorist gro...

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... has completed the right-wing takeover of American politics. But so far, the current Afghanistan campaign has been a tiresome replay of YUGOSLAVIA in '99; IRAQ in '91, and PANAMA in '89. Massive bombing, minimal casualties on our side, and Megadeath to the enemy of the day. Will the number ... the vast majority of Americans, unlike those in other "civilized" nations, so enthusiastically support the DEATH PENALTY. September 11 was the last straw. Now seeing THEIR government throwing its weight around makes them feel proud to be AMERICANS, a powerful people feared by everyone. Displaying a ...

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... was ordered to stay. Although reminiscent of the build up prior to the Persian Gulf War, which lead to a hard hitting air assault on Iraq, the Bush administration would not divulge it's plan of action, but would only say that these movements were just the beginning. In an address ... the US. President Bush approved a program of covert support for groups in Afghanistan such as the Northern Alliance and the southern tribes that oppose the Taliban government. The Northern Alliance controls a small northern portion (10%) of Afghanistan and once ruled the entire country before a civil war, a...

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... since the Persian Gulf War would help (the) U.S...fight an unpredictable foe." Another reality that weighed towards a possible military intervention was that the Taliban, Afghanistan's terrorist harboring ruling government, has a small, scattered military. According to MSNBC.com's "The Afghanistan Files," though accurate numbers for troops are unavailable, it boasts "between 40,000 and 50,000 lightly armed ... of spare parts." Because of its air-military superiority "Americans have grown accustomed to clean, quick hits over the past generation: (Examples include) Grenada. Panamá. HaitÃ...

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