On Mon, 1 May 2006 19:53:19 -0500, "Wolfgang" wrote:


wrote in message
.. .
...note that bin Laden (and al
Queda/Islamic nutcases in general) has kept a pretty low profile as far
as activity against the US since Afghanistan and Iraq, courtesy of Bush,
Cheney, and Co....

Yeah, otherwise they'd probably have a kiosk set up at the Mall of America,
huh?

Yep, pretty much - prior to the fall of the Taliban in Afghanistan and
Saddam in Iraq, but after 9/11, they were a lot more open and
confrontationally operational worldwide.

Now, even "Islamic" countries, whether they have secular or Islamic
governments, are at least distancing themselves, if not actively
containing the elements, resources, and activity of the al Queda-type
radicals.