That is not terrorism!

An Algerian came to a room about Al Jazeera in Skypeland and started talking about terrorism. He said that all the turmoil in Iraq was caused by the USA to give it a reason to stay in Iraq. He was asked about the foreigners in Iraq who were engaged in terrorism, and he denied that they existed. He was told that 2500 Saudis and 1500 Iranians had been arrested in Iraq for engaging in terrorism and he did not have much to say. He was asked if people who strap bombs to themselves in Iraq are terrorists and he said they were not. However, he said people who strap bombs to themselves in Algeria are terrorists.

He said he gets all his news from Al Jazeera and he believes they tell nothing but the truth. He was given examples of lies in Al Jazeera, such as misrepresentation of US Congressional actions, with examples and evidence of their lies. He claimed that what Al Jazeera said was true since he heard it on Al Jazeera. He claimed that it did not say it in the evidence he was given. The host disagreed. He wanted to nit-pick. He was given two articles, one from Al Jazeera and one from the US media. It turned out after a lot of arguing, he had not read the US media account. He was asked to read it. He refused to read it. He claimed he had promised to read it, but just wanted to argue instead. Wow, how rational and reasonable...

He said that there were no problems between Shia and Sunni, and never had been. When I talk to Shia, sooner or later many of them will tell me that Sunni are not real Muslims, but are infidels, and deserve to die. Similarly, many Sunni will tell me that Shia are infidels and not real Muslims and deserve to die. According to a friend who is knowledgeable about such things, the Shia and Sunni have different prayers and even use different use different versions of the Koran. There is a long history of conflict between these groups in many places, contrary to his claims:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunni-Shia_relations