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rox63 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-22-06 10:28 AM
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Osama is close buddies with the UAE royal family
Check out this item from March of 2004:

http://in.rediff.com/news/2004/mar/25osama.htm

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UAE royals, bin Laden's saviours

March 25, 2004 12:04 IST

The Central Intelligence Agency did not target Al Qaeda chief Osama bin laden once as he had the royal family of the United Arab Emirates with him in Afghanistan, the agency's director, George Tenet, told the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks on the United States on Thursday.

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Clara T Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-22-06 10:30 AM
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1. Was?
Osama is dead but lives on through the fiction of the National Security State for the periodic minute of hate.
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ayeshahaqqiqa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-22-06 10:31 AM
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4. Yep
Latest "Osama" tapes have been called fakes by experts, and even the infamous video "captured" in Afghanistan soon after 911 showed a fellow who obviously was not bin Laden.
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ayeshahaqqiqa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-22-06 10:30 AM
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2. And the rulers in UAE are basically absolute
I went to the cia website about this country, and found there are no elections. The judges and legislature are appointed by the emirs, and the legislature has no right to enact or veto legislation, just to look over legislation the royals create. This is pretty close to absolute rule.
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BlueEyedSon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-22-06 10:31 AM
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3. Democracy is on the march!
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rox63 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-22-06 10:39 AM
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7. Just like * wants to make this country
No laws except his. :puke:
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johnnyrocket Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-22-06 10:32 AM
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5. Astounding!! Bush couldn't save us from 9/11, he's not...
...going to save us from any other threat.
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bostonbabs Donating Member (465 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-22-06 10:33 AM
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6. kick and vomit
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wookie294 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-22-06 10:40 AM
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8. Wow !
Interesting! One would think the mainstream media would be interested in this news. No?
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