Re: MARTIAL LAW Cypherpunks and terrorism

2001-09-16 Thread Subcommander Bob
At 07:42 PM 9/15/01 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Nikolai Kovalyov, the former head of the Russian FSB security service, has >just warned the US that an attack on Afghanistan would fail to capture >Osama bin Laden, and would backfire on the US. "In Afghanistan's >mountainous terrain it takes a

Re: MARTIAL LAW Cypherpunks and terrorism

2001-09-15 Thread baptista
On Sat, 15 Sep 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Don't forget James - if in fact Bin Landen is involved in > > this then the facts remain that the US Government sponsored > > and assisted him during the Russian occupation of > > afganistan. > > No the US government did not, though it surely woul

Re: MARTIAL LAW Cypherpunks and terrorism

2001-09-15 Thread baptista
On Sat, 15 Sep 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > -- > On 14 Sep 2001, at 10:54, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Many have lost a great deal. And this is fueling a > > potential war which will make vietnam look like a broadway > > comedy. many american boys are going to die over this one > > and i

Re: MARTIAL LAW Cypherpunks and terrorism

2001-09-15 Thread Jim Choate
On Sat, 15 Sep 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The Taliban is not the Soviet Union. They are roughly on par > with a Somali clan. I predict casualties somewhat higher > than Somalia, but not much higher. If we put soldiers on the ground expect cacualites. Lots of them. The Somali were a

Re: MARTIAL LAW Cypherpunks and terrorism

2001-09-15 Thread Jim Choate
On Sat, 15 Sep 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > -- > On 14 Sep 2001, at 10:57, !Dr. Joe Baptista wrote: > > James - I find your statements incredible. America is > > being attacked for being rich and free? I don't think so > > > > If these people are arabs - and i still don't have any > > p

Re: MARTIAL LAW Cypherpunks and terrorism

2001-09-15 Thread jamesd
-- On 14 Sep 2001, at 10:57, !Dr. Joe Baptista wrote: > James - I find your statements incredible. America is > being attacked for being rich and free? I don't think so > > If these people are arabs - and i still don't have any > proof of that - then we can assume they blew up the WTC in > p

Re: MARTIAL LAW Cypherpunks and terrorism

2001-09-14 Thread keyser-soze
At 10:57 AM 9/14/2001 -0400, !Dr. Joe Baptista wrote: >I have many american friends who are very angry these days. Many very depressed. Many have lost a great deal. And this is fueling a potential war which will make vietnam look like a broadway comedy. many american boys are going to die over

Re: MARTIAL LAW Cypherpunks and terrorism

2001-09-14 Thread !Dr. Joe Baptista
James - I find your statements incredible. America is being attacked for being rich and free? I don't think so. That is however a good argument as to why people immigrate there - but that's the extent of it. If these people are arabs - and i still don't have any proof of that - then we can ass

Re: MARTIAL LAW Cypherpunks and terrorism

2001-09-14 Thread jamesd
-- Dr. Joe Baptista > They are the symbols of a struggle that has been going on > for many years. A struggle against oppression and planned > genocide in which the United States has been a significant > contributor and supporter. i.e. Israel's oppression of the > palestinians, i.e. south

Re: MARTIAL LAW Cypherpunks and terrorism

2001-09-13 Thread cubic-dog
On Thu, 13 Sep 2001, !Dr. Joe Baptista wrote: > Arabs are by default very nobel, trustworthy and honourable people. But > they are not cows. They will not bow their heads as their civilization is > brutalized and raped. They will fight back with the vengence that is > the holy jihad. Not too

Re: MARTIAL LAW Cypherpunks and terrorism

2001-09-13 Thread !Dr. Joe Baptista
On Thu, 13 Sep 2001, Declan McCullagh wrote: > At 09:57 PM 9/12/01 -0400, !Dr. Joe Baptista wrote: > > >That's not an answer - thats an interview with little details. > > If you look at the links from that page, you'll see it's actually an > extraordinary lengthy interview that details bin Lad

MARTIAL LAW Cypherpunks and terrorism

2001-09-12 Thread baptista
On Wed, 12 Sep 2001, Len Sassaman wrote: > I'll inevitably be accused of being cowardly or selfish for switching my > system over to middleman mode. To the cypherpunks making those > accusations, I ask: Do you run a remailer? your showing a level of concern which is understandable. but what i s

Re: MARTIAL LAW Cypherpunks and terrorism

2001-09-12 Thread Declan McCullagh
On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 08:06:14PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > so far i have not figured that one out. sure arabs are dancing in the > street - their happy - poor arafat was doing penance today by giving > blood. and i understand the japanese red army is also being blamed for > this. but