``Some people seem confused about the motivations and intentions of terrorists and about our coalition's defense of the still young democracies in Afghanistan and Iraq,'' Rumsfeld said in a speech to the Los Angeles World Affairs Council.
``They seem to cling to the discredited theory that the recent attacks in London and elsewhere, for example, are really in retaliation for the war in Iraq or for the so-called occupation of Afghanistan,'' he added. ``That is nonsense.'' Some people like al-Zawahiri? What planet has Rumsfeld been hiding on? Is he in denial or smoking the contraband? David Bier http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5190211,00.html Rumsfeld: London Attacks Not Retaliation Thursday August 4, 2005 8:46 PM By RYAN PEARSON Associated Press Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) - Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld on Thursday rejected as ``nonsense'' the notion that recent terrorist attacks in London were retaliation for the U.S.-led war in Iraq. ``Some people seem confused about the motivations and intentions of terrorists and about our coalition's defense of the still young democracies in Afghanistan and Iraq,'' Rumsfeld said in a speech to the Los Angeles World Affairs Council. ``They seem to cling to the discredited theory that the recent attacks in London and elsewhere, for example, are really in retaliation for the war in Iraq or for the so-called occupation of Afghanistan,'' he added. ``That is nonsense.'' Rumsfeld also paid tribute to the 21 Marines killed this week in Iraq, including the 14 killed Wednesday by a single roadside bomb near the city of Haditha in western Iraq. ``Patriots, they were determined to stop the terrorists from reclaiming Iraq and from launching more attacks on our people,'' he said. ``Our nation needed them, called on them in battle, and mourns them now in death.'' Rumsfeld spoke broadly about President Bush's rationale for fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan - ``the only way to defeat terrorism is to go after them where they are'' - but said little about the administration's plan for turning over the security mission in Iraq to the Iraqis. He did suggest that the goal is within reach. ``Once Iraq is safely in the hands of the Iraqi people, and a government that they elected under a new constitution ... , our troops will be able to ... come home with the honor they will have earned,'' he said, without elaborating. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <font face=arial size=-1><a href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12huk496t/M=362329.6886306.7839369.3040540/D=groups/S=1705323667:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1123386893/A=2894321/R=0/SIG=11dvsfulr/*http://youthnoise.com/page.php?page_id=1992 ">Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back!</a>.</font> --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
