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Re: Does Putin Have a Point in his Op-Ed?
Iraq Embargo. This was the main point of contention that Al Qaeda had with the US.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motives_for_the_September_11_attacks#Sanctions_imposed_against_Iraq
This sounds like the two Pauls. Do you agree with Ron Puke that America triggered 9/11? How about Rank Paul as a sitting Senator giving aid and comfort to the enemy by praising Pootin over Obama in public? They both need to go to Russia and try slamming Pootin in public. Traitors both.
Iraq Embargo. This was the main point of contention that Al Qaeda had with the US.
In the 1998 fatwa, Al Qaeda identified the Iraq sanctions as a reason to kill Americans: "despite the great devastation inflicted on the Iraqi people by the crusader-Zionist alliance, and despite the huge number of those killed, which has exceeded 1 million... despite all this, the Americans are once against trying to repeat the horrific massacres, as though they are not content with the protracted blockade imposed after the ferocious war or the fragmentation and devastation....On that basis, and in compliance with Allah's order, we issue the following fatwa to all Muslims: The ruling to kill the Americans and their allies—civilians and military—is an individual duty for every Muslim..."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motives_for_the_September_11_attacks#Sanctions_imposed_against_Iraq