December 28, 200421 yr http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/a...iraq_hostages_2 Ex-Hostage: Rebels Wanted Bush Re-Elected PARIS - French journalists held hostage for four months in Iraq (news - web sites) said their militant captors told them they wanted President Bush (news - web sites) to win re-election. In a four-page account of their ordeal, one of the reporters, Georges Malbrunot, also wrote that they saw several other hostages who were later decapitated. The journalists said their captors viewed foreign businessmen working in Iraq as their enemies. One of the captors from the group calling itself the Islamic Army in Iraq said Bush's re-election would boost their cause, Malbrunot wrote in Friday's edition of Le Figaro, the French daily he works for. "We want Bush because with him the American troops will stay in Iraq and that way we will be able to develop," Malbrunot cited the captor as saying. Bush beat Democrat John Kerry (news - web sites) to win the presidency last month. Another captor, who described himself as the group's head of internal intelligence, told the men that the Islamic Army has four enemies: American and coalition troops, "their collaborators, that is to say Italian businessmen, or even French," as well Iraqi police and spies. Malbrunot wrote that the Islamic Army has 15,000 to 17,000 members and that its hostage-takings are carefully organized. "There are those who stop people on the roads, those that carry out interrogations, those that keep guard and those that judge," he wrote. He and fellow French reporter Christian Chesnot feared at times that they would be killed, he said. Others hostages they saw who were later decapitated included two Macedonians, an Iraqi power station executive and a bodyguard for Ahmad Chalabi, a candidate in next month's Iraqi elections and a one-time Pentagon (news - web sites) favorite, he recounted. Malbrunot, 41, and Chesnot, 38, were released Tuesday. In a separate interview on RTL radio, Malbrunot said it would take time to recover from their ordeal. "Sleeping, for example, is hard," he said. "But the life of a free man is far easier than that of a hostage," he added.
December 28, 200421 yr Not a real surprise to me. Bush has helped to make Bin Laden's prophecy of the U.S. invading a Middle-Eastern country that didn't attack us directly a reality.
December 29, 200421 yr Shouldn't this be title "Terrorist for Bush". Was this one guy the French journalist talked to even high ranking? Its kinda silly to see people who are still to relive the election campaign.
December 29, 200421 yr Shouldn't this be title "Terrorist for Bush". Was this one guy the French journalist talked to even high ranking? Its kinda silly to see people who are still to relive the election campaign. 643990[/snapback] Al-Qaeda endorsed Bush too... But of course you only see black and white, no shades of gray in between.
December 29, 200421 yr I love watching these petty arguments over who the terrorists want to win, when in reality they are sick freaks who are going to blow things up no matter what and aren't worried about who is running our country.
December 29, 200421 yr Shouldn't this be title "Terrorist for Bush".? Was this one guy the French journalist talked to even high ranking? Its kinda silly to see people who are still to relive the election campaign. 643990[/snapback] Al-Qaeda endorsed Bush too... But of course you only see black and white, no shades of gray in between. 643994[/snapback] Al Qaeda's knew everyone hated them. The organization has been on the run since Bush took office, they don't want him as president. But of course you, don't see black, white, or shades of gray just "YAy, Republicans suck"
December 29, 200421 yr Shouldn't this be title "Terrorist for Bush".? Was this one guy the French journalist talked to even high ranking? Its kinda silly to see people who are still to relive the election campaign. 643990[/snapback] Al-Qaeda endorsed Bush too... But of course you only see black and white, no shades of gray in between. 643994[/snapback] Al Qaeda's knew everyone hated them. The organization has been on the run since Bush took office, they don't want him as president. But of course you, don't see black, white, or shades of gray just "YAy, Republicans suck" 644004[/snapback] Wow thats quite funny because I absolutely love John McCain and hes a republican. And there are other republicans that I don't mind too. I hated Zell Miller and other democrats we could do without.
December 29, 200421 yr I don't hate Republicans, just Neo-Cons (Bush, Cheney, Rove, Rumsfeld, etc.). 644016[/snapback] :thumbup Exactly my friend, exactly. And unfortunately for the Republican Party, thats where there leadership has decided to take them for the moment.
December 29, 200421 yr Shouldn't this be title "Terrorist for Bush".? Was this one guy the French journalist talked to even high ranking? Its kinda silly to see people who are still to relive the election campaign. 643990[/snapback] Al-Qaeda endorsed Bush too... But of course you only see black and white, no shades of gray in between. 643994[/snapback] Al Qaeda's knew everyone hated them. The organization has been on the run since Bush took office, they don't want him as president. But of course you, don't see black, white, or shades of gray just "YAy, Republicans suck" 644004[/snapback] Wow thats quite funny because I absolutely love John McCain and hes a republican. And there are other republicans that I don't mind too. I hated Zell Miller and other democrats we could do without. 644015[/snapback] John McCain disgusts me. He opposes most republican policies, and still forces Indians off their land. I'm sick of Democrats saying they're "open-minded" because they like John McCain.
December 29, 200421 yr I don't hate Republicans, just Neo-Cons (Bush, Cheney, Rove, Rumsfeld, etc.). 644016[/snapback] Define "neo-con" and what seperates Bush from other Republicans. Was JFK a neo-con then, since his policies were related to the ones of Bush. Anyways, Bush won, so I really don't feel like having to defend him against the minority of Americans who hate him. :whistle
December 29, 200421 yr I don't hate Republicans, just Neo-Cons (Bush, Cheney, Rove, Rumsfeld, etc.). 644016[/snapback] Define "neo-con" and what seperates Bush from other Republicans. Was JFK a neo-con then, since his policies were related to the ones of Bush. Anyways, Bush won, so I really don't feel like having to defend him against the minority of Americans who hate him. :whistle 644287[/snapback] As is customary on this board (with the exception of Fish Fry, Flyingmollusk, tonyi and a few others) intelligent posts are usually disregarded. For a simplistic explanation of what a neocon is go to http://www.marlinbaseball.com/forums/index...showtopic=36014
December 29, 200421 yr Shouldn't this be title "Terrorist for Bush".? Was this one guy the French journalist talked to even high ranking? Its kinda silly to see people who are still to relive the election campaign. 643990[/snapback] Al-Qaeda endorsed Bush too... But of course you only see black and white, no shades of gray in between. 643994[/snapback] Al Qaeda's knew everyone hated them. The organization has been on the run since Bush took office, they don't want him as president. But of course you, don't see black, white, or shades of gray just "YAy, Republicans suck" 644004[/snapback] Wow thats quite funny because I absolutely love John McCain and hes a republican. And there are other republicans that I don't mind too. I hated Zell Miller and other democrats we could do without. 644015[/snapback] John McCain disgusts me. He opposes most republican policies, and still forces Indians off their land. I'm sick of Democrats saying they're "open-minded" because they like John McCain. 644286[/snapback] And I am sick of the republicans who say they were open minded because of Zell Miller.
December 29, 200421 yr Shouldn't this be title "Terrorist for Bush".? Was this one guy the French journalist talked to even high ranking? Its kinda silly to see people who are still to relive the election campaign. 643990[/snapback] Al-Qaeda endorsed Bush too... But of course you only see black and white, no shades of gray in between. 643994[/snapback] Al Qaeda's knew everyone hated them. The organization has been on the run since Bush took office, they don't want him as president. But of course you, don't see black, white, or shades of gray just "YAy, Republicans suck" 644004[/snapback] Wow thats quite funny because I absolutely love John McCain and hes a republican. And there are other republicans that I don't mind too. I hated Zell Miller and other democrats we could do without. 644015[/snapback] John McCain disgusts me. He opposes most republican policies, and still forces Indians off their land. I'm sick of Democrats saying they're "open-minded" because they like John McCain. 644286[/snapback] And I am sick of the republicans who say they were open minded because of Zell Miller. 644335[/snapback] its exactly the same thing both ways
December 29, 200421 yr of the list of guys mentioned, probably the only one who can be classified as a neocon is rove. deffinitely the highest ranking neocon right now is non other than wolfowitz.
December 29, 200421 yr of the list of guys mentioned, probably the only one who can be classified as a neocon is rove. deffinitely the highest ranking neocon right now is non other than wolfowitz. 644353[/snapback] The problem is a lot of people here dont know what a neocon is, and when an informative thread such as the one in the link I posted is available, it is ignored. Here people only know how to argue with website articles and namecalling
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