The truth about the Al Qaeda

Shortly before his untimely death, 12 years ago, former British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook told the House of Commons that “Al Qaeda” is not really a terrorist group but a database of international mujaheddin and arms smugglers used by the CIA and Saudis to funnel guerrillas, arms, and money into Soviet-occupied Afghanistan.

Did he die of embarrassment upon discovering how ridiculous his comments were?

... I doubt our parliament gets much airtime.

... but Obama probably gets a lot more UK airtime than Cameron gets in America.

izzythepush wrote:

... I doubt our parliament gets much airtime.

You have a parliament?

In case you don't know it, the house of Commons in Briton is as important as Congress and Senate is in the US and at the time the hoax was disclosed, we and the Brits were in the middle of our attack on Afghanistan, looking for the Al Qaeda, so had the hoax it gotten out it would have embarrassed all concerned. How it was kept from the media, or leaked out, we'll probably never know, even worse than that, thousands of our boys died.

oralloy wrote:

There was no hoax. The goofy guy spouted complete gibberish, then he died of utter embarrassment when he realized what he'd done.

Your words reveal your ignorance of who and what the British House of Commons is, and how important they are to the British and the rest of the world, including the USA.

In case you've forgotten what the point of this subject is, and how important it is -- read it again ---

Shortly before his untimely death, 12 years ago, former British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook told the House of Commons that “Al Qaeda” is not really a terrorist group but a database of international mujaheddin and arms smugglers used by the CIA and Saudis to funnel guerrillas, arms, and money into Soviet-occupied Afghanistan.