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Old 15th Jun 2011, 23:35
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Originally Posted by Chainkicker
I suspect you will find he is using Iraq as the marker, not AFG.

Rightly or wrongly held opinion it may be, but I dont recollect any Islamic terror attacks in the UK prior to the Iraq invasion?
I'm not sure how we got here from selling off our Harriers to Uncle Sam at bargain basement prices but Islamic terrorism certainly didn't start with the invasion of Iraq. In the pre-9/11 days, Arab terrorists committed other atrocities such as as hijacking airliners, shooting their passengers and blowing up the aircraft on remote airfields. Since then, better airport and on board security have caused a change of modus operandi.
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