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Old May 4th, 2005, 03:28 PM   #1
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Question for P&R folks.


When you hear references being made regarding the Taliban and Al Qaeda do you view both groups as terrorist organizations?

Or the Taliban for religious extremism and Al Qaeda as a terrorist group?
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Old May 4th, 2005, 03:29 PM   #2
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I don't know if it's accurate or not, but I think of terrorists in both cases.
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Old May 4th, 2005, 03:33 PM   #3
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I think of terrorists
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Old May 4th, 2005, 03:34 PM   #4
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To me, personally,

Taliban = Religious term, albeit extreme religious

while

aL Qaeda = Terrorist term
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Old May 4th, 2005, 03:35 PM   #5
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Taliban = religious extremists
al crappa = terrorists
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Old May 4th, 2005, 03:37 PM   #6
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Old May 4th, 2005, 03:38 PM   #7
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Taliban=religious extremists
Al Qaeda=terrorists

They're similar but the Taliban supported the actions of Al Qaeda while not participating in terrorist actions themselves.
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Old May 4th, 2005, 03:39 PM   #8
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Taliban=religious extremists
Al Qaeda=terrorists

They're similar but the Taliban supported the actions of Al Qaeda while not participating in terrorist actions themselves.
Like Palestines vs. PLO
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Old May 4th, 2005, 03:40 PM   #9
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Taliban = religious extremists
al crappa = terrorists
My vote as well.
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Old May 4th, 2005, 03:41 PM   #10
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Taliban=religious extremists
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Old May 4th, 2005, 03:48 PM   #11
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Quote:
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When you hear references being made regarding the Taliban and Al Qaeda do you view both groups as terrorist organizations?

Or the Taliban for religious extremism and Al Qaeda as a terrorist group?
To me the latter
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Old May 4th, 2005, 03:53 PM   #12
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The Taliban rose to power by exercising terrorism on the Afghan people.


And I got tired of the asinine (no pun intended) user name I started out with, so out with the old, in with the new.
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The Taliban supported Al-Qaeda by offering them safe haven inside Afghanistan to plot terrorist attacks, so I consider them both to be terrorist groups.
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Old May 4th, 2005, 03:58 PM   #14
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The Taliban rose to power by exercising terrorism on the Afghan people.


And I got tired of the asinine (no pun intended) user name I started out with, so out with the old, in with the new.
The admins can change it for you so you don't have to make a new user name.
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Old May 4th, 2005, 03:59 PM   #15
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I always thought of the Taliban as power hungry religious extremists who impose their will on others through intimidation (subsequently I've never understood why people get warnings and bannings when comparing extreme Christian fanatics to the Taliban).

Al Queda = terrorists
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