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http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2010/07/is_alqaeda_racist.php
"To begin with, the claim that al Qaeda is racist because of its willingness to kill Africans ignores the fact that the terrorist group has shown a real lack of regard for the value of life of virtually every ethnic group and nationality on the planet. The Global Terrorism Database (GTD) maintained by the University of Maryland's START program attributes 105 terrorist incidents to al Qaeda through the end of 2008. These attacks struck Afghanistan (31 incidents), France, Great Britain, Indonesia, Iraq (24 incidents), Kenya, Morocco, Pakistan (18 incidents), Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Tanzania, Tunisia, Turkey, the U.S., the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and Yemen. This GTD list does not include attacks carried out by al Qaeda affiliates, nor does it include foiled plots, or the country list would be far longer. But one common thread that the various attacks have in common is the "willingness to sacrifice innocent life to reach their targets" and to "kill innocents without regard to long-term consequences for their short-term tactical gains"; in no way can it be said that al Qaeda is uniquely dismissive of the value of African life."
That does it! Now I'm really mad at Al Qaeda!!
"To begin with, the claim that al Qaeda is racist because of its willingness to kill Africans ignores the fact that the terrorist group has shown a real lack of regard for the value of life of virtually every ethnic group and nationality on the planet. The Global Terrorism Database (GTD) maintained by the University of Maryland's START program attributes 105 terrorist incidents to al Qaeda through the end of 2008. These attacks struck Afghanistan (31 incidents), France, Great Britain, Indonesia, Iraq (24 incidents), Kenya, Morocco, Pakistan (18 incidents), Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Tanzania, Tunisia, Turkey, the U.S., the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and Yemen. This GTD list does not include attacks carried out by al Qaeda affiliates, nor does it include foiled plots, or the country list would be far longer. But one common thread that the various attacks have in common is the "willingness to sacrifice innocent life to reach their targets" and to "kill innocents without regard to long-term consequences for their short-term tactical gains"; in no way can it be said that al Qaeda is uniquely dismissive of the value of African life."
That does it! Now I'm really mad at Al Qaeda!!
