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Ben Werner,
Student Newspaper Editor
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Al Qaida is the organization of Saudi billionaire, Osama bin Laden, and has been accused, by the US, of organizing the two 1996 embassies bombings in East Africa.
They affirmed the current campaign against the Al-Qaida network and the Taliban in Afghanistan is an important step in a global war against terrorism and its sponsors everywhere in the world.
Al Qaida and the Taliban remaining in Afghanistan must not be allowed to present a renewed threat to either legitimate government in the country or international security.
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John Carthy,
Gun Shop Sales Assistant
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And why is al-Qaida likely to strike again to protest a civilian terrorist trial but not a military one unless the military trial is held in such secrecy that no one even knows one is happening?
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Bori Gonbutoren,
Reindeer Herder
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The attacks usually come from the direction of Pakistan, where remnants of al-Qaida and the Taliban movement have found refuge in the lawless tribal areas that hug the border.
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Jack Crawford,
WWII Veteran
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There were many Taliban and Al Qaida fighters left because of the botched campaign the US and its allies undertook before Christmas.
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Khalid Binalshibh,
Taxi Driver
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Osama bin Laden and Al Qaida are from the larger Sunni part of Islam.
The al-Qaida terrorists of Osama bin Laden, pariah of a wealthy and prominent Saudi family, claim to act in Islam's name.
Usama Bin Laden and Al Qaida have been engaged in a jihad against the United States, and its allies.
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Josh Hogan,
Commander
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Afghan and Coalition forces began operations against Taliban and Al Qaida forces in caves south of Gardez.
Afghan and Coalition forces continued operations south of Gardez against several hundred Taliban and Al Qaida fighters.
Taliban, al-Qaida and Afghan factions that want more power all could have motives to attack the Afghan government, Rumsfeld said Monday.
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