Al Qaeda flag flies over Benghazi - Polidicks

[QUOTE=Jsm;33062929]There's quite a few rumours (I think it was even confirmed) that a lot of insurgents from Iraq left to fight Gaddafi.[/QUOTE] Not really.

daily mail: flag with arabic on it = terrorist flag

It's not strictly the al-Qaeda flag, it's an Islamic independence flag isn't it? al-Qaeda have used similar ones, but not the same one.

Huh, since when did Al-Qaeda have a flag?

[B]Mods. Please.[/B] [I]For the love of God[/I] make posting the Daily Mail as a source a[B] bannable offense[/B]. it's akin to posting The Onion.

[QUOTE=Zeke129;33062825]That's a pretty great flag[/QUOTE] better than libyas old one

[QUOTE=MrEndangered;33064258][B]Mods. Please.[/B] [I]For the love of God[/I] make posting the Daily Mail as a source a[B] bannable offense[/B]. it's akin to posting The Onion.[/QUOTE] Is the Daily Mail really that bad? Being an American, I'm not familiar to what it may be akin to.

[QUOTE=beanhead;33064269]better than libyas old one[/QUOTE] fact:libya went through a green crayon shortage when khaddaffi implemented mandatory schooling

[QUOTE=ewitwins;33064325]Is the Daily Mail really that bad? Being an American, I'm not familiar to what it may be akin to.[/QUOTE] It's the UK version of Fox News in handy paper format. Same thing with The Sun. Oh, and the Daily Express. (Yes, most of our national newspapers are scaremongering bullshit rags)

[QUOTE=ewitwins;33064325]Is the Daily Mail really that bad? Being an American, I'm not familiar to what it may be akin to.[/QUOTE] Well the issue is it's the same in reverse, the only US news outlet I can compare them to is like a muted version of Fox news. They're articles are basically written to incite fear in everyone, nearly every day they have something about an everyday object giving you cancer, or immigrants taking all the jobs. It's a very annoying thing to read honestly

[QUOTE=ewitwins;33064325]Is the Daily Mail really that bad? Being an American, I'm not familiar to what it may be akin to.[/QUOTE] Is isn't as bad as some people make out but it is pretty shitty. They stretch stuff to the extremes to meet their right wing agenda. Not to mention they seem to neglect to report on some things. They also go out of their way to incite fear (claiming everything causes cancer, claiming that the UK is being overrun by immigrants etc). They don't quite make up news stories though, I think that's where they draw the line.

[QUOTE=Deiru;33062750]It's not that flag. I'm pretty sure that it is this one. [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b6/Flag_of_the_Islamic_State_of_Iraq.svg/221px-Flag_of_the_Islamic_State_of_Iraq.svg.png[/img] If so, that's a flag of the Islamic State of Iraq, which is apparently an umbrella organisation of various insurgent groups, including Al Qaeda. Of course, wikipedia was the source here, so take it with a pinch of salt. [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_State_of_Iraq[/url][/QUOTE] It's an Al Shabaab flag: [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_shabab[/url]

[QUOTE=TheTalon;33062045]That's just great. We fight them for 10 years only to help give them their own fuckin' country![/QUOTE] Al Qaeda =/= Taliban

[QUOTE=OvB;33064570]It's an Al Shabaab flag: [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_shabab[/url][/QUOTE] Assuming it is that flag then its a massive journalist fail. This is why people who should do their research before they post things on the internet (and I am not talking about the OP). It seems that the photographer saw Arabic on a flag and assumed it was Al Qaeda and then mainstream media (IE the Daily Mail) picked up on it. Of course its very hard to tell from the low res images. The file photo they are claiming is the Al Qaeda flag is the Al Shabaab flag. That's shocking journalism really.

[QUOTE=Jsm;33064808]Assuming it is that flag then its a massive journalist fail. This is why people who should do their research before they post things on the internet (and I am not talking about the OP). It seems that the photographer saw Arabic on a flag and assumed it was Al Qaeda and then mainstream media (IE the Daily Mail) picked up on it. Of course its very hard to tell from the low res images. The file photo they are claiming is the Al Qaeda flag is the Al Shabaab flag. That's shocking journalism really.[/QUOTE] Well from what I understand Al Shabaab has affiliations with Al Qaeda. Being that it's the Daily Mail I'm not all too surprised. These are the same guys that use "man-eater", "jaws" and pictures of scary great whites for all shark attack cases. Sensationalism to the max.

[QUOTE=MrEndangered;33064389]It's the UK version of Fox News in handy paper format. Same thing with The Sun. Oh, and the Daily Express. (Yes, most of our national newspapers are scaremongering bullshit rags)[/QUOTE] That's okay, most American News Stations are heavily biased one way or another.

[QUOTE=OvB;33064969]Well from what I understand Al Shabaab has affiliations with Al Qaeda. Being that it's the Daily Mail I'm not all too surprised. These are the same guys that use "man-eater", "jaws" and pictures of scary great whites for all shark attack cases. Sensationalism to the max.[/QUOTE] According to Wikipedia they are allies in the Somalia civil war. Doesn't explain why the Daily Mail (or anyone) would class their flag as the flag of Al Qaeda though.

[QUOTE=MrEndangered;33064258][B]Mods. Please.[/B] [I]For the love of God[/I] make posting the Daily Mail as a source a[B] bannable offense[/B]. it's akin to posting The Onion.[/QUOTE] Just because a news source is unreliable, it doesn't make all news sources unreliable. Its the same for people hating muslims, just because someone is a terrorist, does it mean the whole religion is about terrorizing people?

[QUOTE=NoDachi;33062859]An absolute bastard for school kids to draw[/QUOTE] Not if you use crayon! Crayon shows up on black paper. [editline]1st November 2011[/editline] I miss using crayons, I think I'm going to buy some tomorrow

[QUOTE=Zeke129;33067767]Not if you use crayon! Crayon shows up on black paper. [editline]1st November 2011[/editline] I miss using crayons, I think I'm going to buy some tomorrow[/QUOTE] Which brand? German crayons are best crayons.

[QUOTE=proch;33067780]Which brand? German crayons are best crayons.[/QUOTE] I don't know but when I was a little kid I knew the crayola ones tasted pretty good

[QUOTE=Zeke129;33067841]I don't know but when I was a little kid I knew the crayola ones tasted pretty good[/QUOTE] I prefer the Herlitz ones.

[QUOTE=Jsm;33064808]Assuming it is that flag then its a massive journalist fail. This is why people who should do their research before they post things on the internet (and I am not talking about the OP). It seems that the photographer saw Arabic on a flag and assumed it was Al Qaeda and then mainstream media (IE the Daily Mail) picked up on it. Of course its very hard to tell from the low res images. The file photo they are claiming is the Al Qaeda flag is the Al Shabaab flag. That's shocking journalism really.[/QUOTE] But Al Qeada in Iraq uses the same flag design [IMG]http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/diyallah_Islamic_state_iraq.jpg[/IMG]

Fuck al Qaeda.

OH NO! A FLAAAG! EVERYBODY PANIC! [editline]1st November 2011[/editline] If i put a swastika flag up on my local town hall, does that make my town fascist?

[QUOTE=Drsalvador;33070915]OH NO! A FLAAAG! EVERYBODY PANIC! [editline]1st November 2011[/editline] If i put a swastika flag up on my local town hall, does that make my town fascist?[/QUOTE] Yes

[QUOTE=Zeke129;33062825]That's a pretty great flag[/QUOTE] That's a pathetic design. I prefer this: [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg[/img]

more fear mongering by shitty tabloid newspapers

When did it become okay to put words on flags? Draw that shit you lazy fuckers

[QUOTE=Gareth;33071828]more fear mongering by shitty tabloid newspapers[/QUOTE] I was about to say this. I would like to add the word political to that though.