Re: Turkish Bombings

On Monday 17 November 2003 01:49 pm, Andreas Pour wrote:
> Now, I was simply criticizing the basis for the mass media's assertion that
> "al Qaeda" was behind the bombings, and to that extent who the victims are,
> as well as who the target is, appears to be quite relevant to that (it's
> about this pesky thing people consider fundamental in virtually all crimes,
> you know, motive).  Just as a primer course:  if you are a terrorist
> organization you have an objective and in the case of al Qaeda the supposed
> objective is inconsistent with killing Muslims.

First, there has been no mass media assertion that al Qaeda was involved. 
There were carefully qualified reports about the email evidence received by 
two arab language papers in London that a group affiliated with al Qaeda 
carried out the bombing. At least that's how I read the news. 

Second, don't lecture me about motive. 

Third, at this point we can only speculate about motive but al Qaeda could 
certainly have plausible motive for targeting Moslem Turks near the 
synagogues. The bombings could stand as a warning to Turkey: This is what 
happens when you're friendly with Israel. Given the evidence so far it's a 
better explanation of the event than your speculations about a mysterious 
empire run by the Rothchilds. 

Seth

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