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Reader comment on item: [William Blum and] Al-Qaeda's Leftist Brigade
Submitted by David Lincoln (Canada), Jan 24, 2006 at 12:09
As I read this piece about William Blum, American renegade in the spotlight at this time, it dawned on me that I have seen this before.Kim Philby, Burgess, MacLean, and Blunt also despised their origins, and they went to work for the other side.
I guess we have another exhibit that what we learn from history is, we do not learn from history.
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| Will.Blum- What about 'Operation Splinter Factor' [38 words] | bob mcglynn | Apr 29, 2007 20:56 | 91078 | ||
| read for yourself here: [40 words] | booger | Mar 28, 2007 01:37 | 88094 | ||
| RE WILLIAM BLUM [53 words] | JIM SAWYER | Feb 9, 2007 18:40 | 76656 | ||
| The impartiality of Mr Blum and his sources [595 words] | John, UK | Mar 12, 2006 18:56 | 39876 | ||
| Look at the Sources [113 words] | Anthony Giordano | Mar 4, 2006 15:08 | 38877 | ||
 the Left specifically propagandises for Osama bin Laden [104 words] | alan | Mar 8, 2006 09:38 | 38877 | ||
| Good ole poppycock [153 words] | D Williams | Sep 3, 2006 21:16 | 38877 | ||
| Read before you comment [156 words] | Andy Miller | Feb 2, 2006 18:03 | 33556 | ||
| about time [1160 words] | a Filipino liberal | Jan 30, 2006 04:10 | 33078 | ||
| [William Blum and]Al-Qaeda's Leftist Brigade Art.3308 [46 words] | S.C.Panda | Jan 28, 2006 05:16 | 32900 | ||
| using free info [23 words] | janet cohen | Jan 26, 2006 07:41 | 32518 | ||
| The correct way to combat terrorism [420 words] | frank | Jan 25, 2006 22:38 | 32487 | ||
| Reply to Frank [415 words] | Sidda | Jan 26, 2006 09:34 | 32487 | ||
| Someone TURN ON THE LIGHT! [1119 words] | D Williams | Sep 3, 2006 20:31 | 32487 | ||
| l'espace francophone, islamisme, gauchisme, pro arabe...même combat [25 words] | Le Ray | Jan 25, 2006 17:32 | 32466 | ||
| Live in a glass house... [276 words] | Harrak | Jan 25, 2006 09:17 | 32412 | ||
| ...dont throw stones at it. [89 words] | D Williams | Sep 3, 2006 21:23 | 32412 | ||
| ALL IN ONE [187 words] | A AHMED | Jan 25, 2006 08:57 | 32409 | ||
| to A Ahmed [363 words] | Sidda | Jan 26, 2006 10:04 | 32409 | ||
| ALL IN ONE [174 words] | Ianus | Jan 26, 2006 14:00 | 32409 | ||
| Hmm, easy on the one view buster [162 words] | D Williams | Sep 3, 2006 21:32 | 32409 | ||
| WOW [11 words] | D Williams | Sep 3, 2006 21:35 | 32409 | ||
| No Sidda, you are not wrong! [53 words] | Moshe | Sep 6, 2006 03:01 | 32409 | ||
| As long as it's Bibi its all right to interfere [79 words] | y Brandstetter MD | May 28, 2015 01:17 | 32409 | ||
| Foggy Bottom-Feeders [236 words] | orange yonason | Jan 25, 2006 00:48 | 32387 | ||
| Blum & Al Quaeda [114 words] | Steven l | Jan 24, 2006 22:53 | 32385 | ||
| Conspiracy theory as leftist weltaanschauung - can OBL read english? [40 words] | Ben van de Polder | Jan 24, 2006 21:04 | 32379 | ||
| In the name of freedom [139 words] | F. Shakki | Jan 24, 2006 20:39 | 32377 | ||
| What's next with Wm Blum? [299 words] | yzolsage | Jan 24, 2006 20:14 | 32375 | ||
| Birds of a feather [83 words] | Darwin Barrett | Jan 24, 2006 19:52 | 32374 | ||
| 1 | Today's leftists are tomorrow's Islamists [197 words] | Ianus | Jan 25, 2006 06:42 | 32374 | |
| World lefties [152 words] | Tellis | Jan 24, 2006 19:18 | 32371 | ||
| Simply deal with a Devil [320 words] | Boris | Jan 24, 2006 18:23 | 32367 | ||
| William Blum [27 words] | R. Hickethier | Jan 24, 2006 18:03 | 32365 | ||
| Selling one's soul to the Devil [248 words] | Ianus | Jan 24, 2006 17:34 | 32359 | ||
| blum's religion [81 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | alan jay gerber | Jan 24, 2006 17:29 | 32358 | ||
| Clever bin Laden [155 words] | Alex | Jan 24, 2006 16:05 | 32349 | ||
| Far left is safer than being a friend of Israel [198 words] | y brandstetter MD | Jan 24, 2006 15:57 | 32346 | ||
| Response to Dr. Brandstetter [144 words] | Merry Whitney | Jan 27, 2006 00:35 | 32346 | ||
| But they won't leave [148 words] | Sidda | Jan 24, 2006 15:43 | 32343 | ||
| WORLD DESTRUCTION [472 words] | howlin | Jan 24, 2006 15:21 | 32338 | ||
| Is prosecution in order here? [66 words] | Jonathan | Jan 24, 2006 15:08 | 32336 | ||
| Saboteurs and other creatures [232 words] | Shmuel HaLevi | Jan 24, 2006 14:38 | 32334 | ||
| From their rhetoric I gain strength [75 words] | JOHN MANITTA | Jan 24, 2006 14:34 | 32333 | ||
| A more cunning infiltration or Partners in hatred [471 words] | Reuben Horne | Jan 24, 2006 14:26 | 32332 | ||
| Moore or less [30 words] | Virginia guy | Jan 24, 2006 14:05 | 32331 | ||
| The polarities who merged [172 words] | batya dagan | Jan 24, 2006 13:40 | 32327 | ||
| The Only Real Polarities [223 words] | Miguel Lahunken | Sep 1, 2017 07:59 | 32327 | ||
| Criticism is easy [156 words] | Gunther Steinberg | Jan 24, 2006 13:10 | 32324 | ||
| RE: Criticism is easy [108 words] | Ianus | Jan 24, 2006 16:37 | 32324 | ||
| You reap what you sow [62 words] | abd_abdal | Jan 24, 2006 18:24 | 32324 | ||
| HES RIGHT ON THE MARK [187 words] | A Ahmed | Jan 25, 2006 08:52 | 32324 | ||
| Theo van Gogh? [15 words] | John Pepple | Jan 25, 2006 13:08 | 32324 | ||
| Tsk tsk tsk [45 words] | D Williams | Sep 3, 2006 21:44 | 32324 | ||
| Why would they reform if victory seems so probable? [170 words] | Marcus Julianus | Jan 24, 2006 13:03 | 32322 | ||
| Is Blum a recent convert? [69 words] | Pigoot | Jan 24, 2006 12:48 | 32320 | ||
| Mainstreaming the Unholy Alliance [186 words] | Lee D. Cary | Jan 24, 2006 12:28 | 32317 | ||
| Amazon Ranking Issue [247 words] | JK | Jan 24, 2006 12:27 | 32316 | ||
| Oh, Please, JK [67 words] | Merry Whitney | Jan 27, 2006 01:00 | 32316 | ||
 Some things do not change [62 words] | David Lincoln | Jan 24, 2006 12:09 | 32314 | ||
| Blum's in bloom [320 words] | John W. McGinley | Jan 24, 2006 12:08 | 32313 | ||
| Blum [71 words] | Donald W. Bales | Jan 24, 2006 11:48 | 32312 | ||
| The Left and Islam [143 words] | Vinodgupt | Jan 24, 2006 16:13 | 32312 | ||
| The Left Has Always Betrayed [130 words] | Behrouz Azarnia | Jan 24, 2006 11:43 | 32310 | ||
| Left and Islam [43 words] | Vinodgupt | Jan 24, 2006 16:02 | 32310 | ||
| The Left Has Always Betrayed ...but sometimes been betrayed [94 words] | Ianus | Jan 24, 2006 16:13 | 32310 | ||
| Reply to Ianus - The Left Has Always Betrayed [167 words] | Behrouz Azarnia | Jan 25, 2006 05:38 | 32310 | ||
| An instructive lesson from recent Iranian history [363 words] | Ianus | Jan 25, 2006 16:59 | 32310 | ||
| Iran's suffering [623 words] | D Williams | Sep 3, 2006 22:20 | 32310 | ||
| treason no longer stylish [223 words] | festine | Jan 24, 2006 11:35 | 32308 | ||
| what are you trying to say? [119 words] | a Filipino liberal | Jan 30, 2006 04:42 | 32308 | ||
| Kudos to bin Laden, curses to American leftists [240 words] | Jane | Jan 24, 2006 11:20 | 32307 | ||
| Reply to Jane, "Kudos to bin laden..." [62 words] | Darwin Barrett | Jan 24, 2006 20:31 | 32307 | ||
| it's the hypocrisy, stupid [313 words] | a Filipino liberal | Jan 30, 2006 04:34 | 32307 | ||
| McCarthyism and Jihadists controlling America, Jane? [173 words] | Propaganda Anyone? | Feb 14, 2006 19:00 | 32307 | ||
| See What I mean [68 words] | D Williams | Sep 3, 2006 22:28 | 32307 | ||
| So no one is right? [16 words] | D Williams | Sep 3, 2006 22:30 | 32307 | ||
| Blum is a Jew and bin Ladin touts his book? [36 words] | R. Davidson | Jan 24, 2006 11:19 | 32306 | ||
| RE: Blum is a Jew and bin Ladin touts his book? [74 words] | Ianus | Jan 24, 2006 15:55 | 32306 | ||
| I'm ashamed [20 words] | Yitzhak Benshushan | Jan 27, 2006 15:00 | 32306 | ||
| I'm ashamed [70 words] | Ianus | Jan 27, 2006 18:27 | 32306 | ||
| Typical [285 words] | James Biga | Jan 24, 2006 10:30 | 32304 | ||
| 1 | Comments to "Typical" by James Biga [254 words] | Steve R | Sep 3, 2006 20:18 | 32304 | |
| My Final Comment [127 words] | D Williams | Sep 3, 2006 22:40 | 32304 |
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