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Originally Posted by TheDaddy
50000 people outside the airport indicate to me we hadn't out stayed our welcome at all, you know how many fatalities the army has suffered in the last 5 years over there, one in an accident, whilst I'm not diminishing that tragedy for a so called forever war that is pretty low
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They're not looking for us to stay. They just want a free plane ride out into our countries. Just look at the number of them that have previously come here.
Eg
Abu Hamza
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15 April 1958 - born Alexandria, Egypt
1979 - travelled to England
1987 - meets founder of Afghan Mujahideen
1997 - arrives at Finsbury Park Mosque
2002 - gives speech praising 9/11 hijackers
2004 - arrested on terrorism charges
2006 - convicted and jailed for seven years
2012 - extradited to the US after a long legal battle
2014 - goes on trial in New York
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If the departure had been announced in advance, that would've given time for an even greater horde to turn up from outside Kabul, all looking for that free plane ride.