Today's must read - al Qaeda's war

One of the more irritating of the false memes of the global left is that US actions in the mid-east since 9/11 are responsible for terrorism. The claim is made, repeatedly, that the US invasion of Iraq in particular is responsible for "creating a new generation of terrorists," as if there were no terrorism before US troops deposed Saddam Hussein. Bill Roggio and Marvin Hutchens at Winds Of Change have addressed this with a spectacular flash presentation on al Qaeda and a history of their attacks.

There have been 30 major mass casualty attacks directed against the United States, Britain, France, Spain, Pakistan, Kenya, Tanzania, India, Iraq, Morocco, Yemen, Tunisia, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and North Osetia. 14 of the 30 attacks were conducted prior to the invasion of Iraq, making claims of the occupation of Iraq as a casus belli for al Qaeda’s terrorism to be disingenuous at best. 4,895 people have been killed in these attacks, and 12,345 plus have been wounded. The majority of the countries attacked are Muslim countries. And although not stated, the vast majority of the victims of al Qaeda's violence are Muslims.

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