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Originally posted by RACooper
Uh, the current US policy in Iraq and the War on Terror have been repeatedly called/viewed as a crusade by Christians against Mulsims by the extremists (of course Bush using the term crusade back in '01 didn't help) - perhaps this is what they are refering to, perhaps trying to link past and present in an effort to market their message more effectively to the fringe and those ignorant?
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Having the degree in political science, I understand that.
That is not however, how it was presented on the NBC newscast. I was just repeating what was said on NBC.
So one of several things is possible:
1) The claim of responsibility just said it was due to the crusades.
2) NBC stated it that way - which they did.
3) The claim of responsability really said it was due to the Iraqi / Afghanastani actions and that was the crusade they were refereing to.
4) NBC messed up.