Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

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>>>Why hasn't al Qaeda ever attacked Israel?<<<


How do you know they haven't?


>>>What specific U.S. policies do you think were critical in al Qaeda's decision to attack us on 9/11?<<<


You like to quote Bin Laden but for some reason you don't seem to like this quote of his even though he's addressing your question.


"He said he was first inspired to attack the United States by the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon in which towers and buildings in Beirut were destroyed in the siege of the capital.

"While I was looking at these destroyed towers in Lebanon, it sparked in my mind that the tyrant should be punished with the same and that we should destroy towers in America, so that it tastes what we taste and would be deterred from killing our children and women," he said."

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,137095,00.html


>>>Do you think Clinton's bombing campaign was a catalyst?<<<


No I don't for the simple reason that plans for the attack were already well underway in August 1998.

1992 - Mohammed Atta arrives in Germany.
1994 - Planning on Operation Bojinka begins in the Philippines.
1995 - Operation Bojinka foiled, Said Bahaji and Ramzi Binalshibh arrive in Germany.
1996 - Marwan al-Shehhi and Ziad Jarrah arrive in Germany.
1997 - Zakariyah Essabar arrives in Germany.
1998 - Recruitment of terrorists in Germany starts.
1999 - Hamburg cell is fully formed.
2000 - 2000 al-Qaeda Summit in Malaysia, pilots head to the United States and train in flying schools.
2001 - Remaining hijackers go to the United States, Zacarias Moussaoui comes to the United States and is arrested, other cell members flee Germany.
2001 - Financial Support.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_September_11,_2001_attacks