,Re: In case no one else saw this

[Mark Kohut]

Not that hard for me not to think of the slogan.
 Sources for al--Qaeda and Isil's murderous ideology are rife and known. 

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On Nov 15, 2015, at 5:31 PM, <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:

> It's hard not to think of the post-colonialist slogan - variously sited as chanted, scrawled on walls - We are here because you were there.
> 
> Seems like it could be an epigraph for some Pynchon book to come.
> 
> Laura
> 
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> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Thomas Eckhardt 
> >Sent: Nov 15, 2015 5:17 PM
> >To: kelber at mindspring.com, pynchon -l 
> >Subject: ,Re: In case no one else saw this
> >
> >Am 15.11.2015 um 18:38 schrieb kelber at mindspring.com:
> >> I did see that. No mention of the Devil, porn stars or right-wing politics. But for all we know, it was the venue, not the band that was the target.
> >
> >Yes. The Bataclan had been threatened and attacked for its pro-Israel 
> >events.
> >
> >"They hate us for our freedoms" is, once again, misleading at best. This 
> >was not or only partly about the hedonistic West, I suggest. It was 
> >mainly about France's substantial contribution to the Syria clusterfuck, 
> >not to mention winning hearts and minds in Libya. I am not talking about 
> >justification here, of course, merely about motive.
> >
> >The terrorists were aiming for maximum media coverage. If those with 
> >tickets for the French-German friendly had managed to enter the Stade de 
> >France, the body count would have been even higher and the bloodbath 
> >would have been on prime time television in France and Germany.
> >
> >The attack was also surprisingly sophisticated not only in planning and 
> >execution but also with regard to the political situation: It seems that 
> >the passport of a Syrian refugee found on the scene has turned out to be 
> >a fake. Nevertheless, it has already provided additional fodder for 
> >right-wingers all over Europe opposing the admittance of refugees from 
> >Syria. A small but significant false flag.
> >
> >Shit. Shit. Shit. What a week.
> >
> >-
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