"The poor of the earth"?

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Post #50,753 by wharris2 9/6/02 12:30:21 AM Reply	"The poor of the earth"? Near the end of the article, which (although yes it does analyze things) attempts to excuse them, ahem excuse me, but the hijacker/bombers/terrorists were not poor.
Post #50,775 by dmarker2 9/6/02 3:24:43 AM Reply	Re: IIRC - they all came from well off familes I believe you are right - what I think the author might have been trying to get across was that they originally came from historically poorer tribes near the Saudi-Yemen border (as did OBL's poppa). But I think you are quite right in pointing out that the 9/11 human bullets were all from middle-class families & were all well educated. Cheers Doug

good background on radical islamism - (boxley) - (17) - Sept. 5, 2002, 06:25:27 PM EDT

Re: Modesty (grin) - an Excellent link ... Good work - (dmarker2) - Sept. 5, 2002, 07:20:10 PM EDT

A good read, for sure! -NT - (a6l6e6x) - Sept. 5, 2002, 10:15:50 PM EDT

"The poor of the earth"? - (wharris2) - (1) - Sept. 6, 2002, 12:30:21 AM EDT

Re: IIRC - they all came from well off familes - (dmarker2) - Sept. 6, 2002, 03:24:43 AM EDT

And a one-sentence summary: - (Ashton) - (3) - Sept. 6, 2002, 12:42:19 AM EDT

Quibble - (wharris2) - (1) - Sept. 6, 2002, 01:56:55 AM EDT

Re: Wriggle.. it coulda been a ; between them_____:-\ufffd -NT - (Ashton) - Sept. 6, 2002, 02:56:06 AM EDT

Like I mentioned I disagree with the conclusions reached -NT - (boxley) - Sept. 6, 2002, 09:10:54 AM EDT

"The use of force to impose hegemony is a sign of weakness." - (marlowe) - (8) - Sept. 6, 2002, 05:25:01 PM EDT

Yes/No___Black/White___0 or 1____ZZZzzzzzzzzzzzz -NT - (Ashton) - Sept. 6, 2002, 05:59:06 PM EDT

Strength is not using force - (boxley) - (6) - Sept. 6, 2002, 08:07:39 PM EDT

and the Palestinian Arabs as well. :) -NT - (a6l6e6x) - (5) - Sept. 6, 2002, 08:12:16 PM EDT

Ed zackery - (boxley) - (4) - Sept. 6, 2002, 08:17:35 PM EDT

Ah yes, the "final solution". It's been tried before. -NT - (a6l6e6x) - (3) - Sept. 6, 2002, 08:41:15 PM EDT

Sad part is I and the Pals I know around here would settle - (boxley) - (2) - Sept. 6, 2002, 09:45:21 PM EDT

Re: Sad part is I and the Pals I know around here would sett - (a6l6e6x) - Sept. 7, 2002, 09:09:52 PM EDT

Re: OT: house and visit - (a6l6e6x) - Sept. 7, 2002, 09:22:37 PM EDT

Ramble on.
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