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August 23, 2006
Germany: Germans Surprised to be Target of Terror
An Associated Press report contains the following gem (boldened-out):
BERLIN - A Lebanese student suspected of planting a train bomb that failed to explode had contacts in Hamburg, authorities said Tuesday, the latest link to the northern port city where three of the Sept. 11 suicide pilots prepared for their attacks.The planned attack here stunned Germans who thought the country's vehement opposition to the
Iraq war would insulate it from becoming a terror target almost five years after the attacks on Washington and New York.
The Germans's surprise comes from viewing the war through Western eyes: they assume the Jihadis wage war for specific, limited goals. Things such as "America out of Iraq", or "give the Palestinians their own State". The Jihadis, on the other hand, have much grander goals; the humilliation and conquest of the West, the civilization they so despise.
Hat tip: LGF
Posted by Ruy Diaz at August 23, 2006 10:46 AM
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