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The point is that Wikipedia more or less represents the dominant position on groups like AQIM. I am simply trying to figure out which part you think is 'brainwashing' and which part you accept.

I do not deny the existence of this group.

I said it sounds like brainwashing because the amount of coverage Al-Qaeda gets. When you repeat something over and over again to me it sounds like brainwashing. I have no proof of this but its the impression I get.

I mean, I assume you accept Al-Zawahiri is real?

Yes he's real. XD

It has been reported widely that he has called the cooperation a "blessed union". It has also been widely reported that the Salafist Group for Call and Combat (GSPC) had renamed itself to Al-Qaeda in the Maghrib (AQIM). Is that something you accept?

Yes

If your view is simply that Al-Qaeda is not somekind of hierarchical military organization, then I completely agree with you. I think the dominant view (also in the West) is that it is more of a loose association of different groups. So you are not saying anything extraordinary there.

OK

What made you ask these questions?
 
What made you ask these questions?

Well, you initially seemed to agree with Jedi_Mindset that there is no such thing as Al-Qaeda and that mentioning them was "like brainwashing" by the media.

I asked those questions to figure out what you meant with that. It appears your position is a lot more nuanced than it appeared. So all is good. Sorry for the questioning :p.
 
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Well, you initially seemed to agree with Jedi_Mindset that there is no such thing as Al-Qaeda and that mentioning them was "like brainwashing" by the media.

I asked those questions to figure out what you meant with that. It appears your position is a lot more nuanced than it appeared. So all is good. Sorry for the questioning :p.

No need to apologies. I was confused.
 

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