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Anwar-alAlaqui was a lot closer to being an Alex Jones, or Glenn Beck type of figure than being some terrorist mastermind; he was basically killed for calling f
by olefoo 13y ago
Anwar-alAlaqui was a lot closer to being an Alex Jones, or Glenn Beck type of figure than being some terrorist mastermind; he was basically killed for calling for spiritual struggle against the United States Government. There's not much in the way of evidence that he was more than a loudmouth with a youtube channel. And while I wouldn't feel to broken up if Glenn Beck's RV were taken out in the parking lot of the Preakness; I would still object on principle if it were the US Government doing it, rather than one of his creditors.
- Steko 13y ago"There's not much in the way of evidence that he was more than a loudmouth with a youtube channel." That he recruited and trained Abdulmutallab (underwear bomber) alone puts him several categories out of "loudmouth" status. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/10/world/middleeast/anwar-al-awlaki-a-us-citizen-in-americas-cross-hairs.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/10/world/middleeast/anwar-al-...
- mpyne 13y agoAnd also IIRC he had contact with Major Nidal Hasan before Hasan killed all those soldiers at Ft. Hood. PSYOPS is a military specialty just as much as shooting rifles and digging ditches...