Originally Posted by
KeithLockhart
I can tell you off hand the Phillipines, Abu Sayaf is bombing there because the provinces are split. All the Muslims are in the South (Mindanao) and they're the worst off. The Catholics dominate that country's political system, and they're all up north in the big cities like Manila, and they don't do anything legislatively to help the Muslims in the South. That's kind of why the bombings take place and Al Qaeda has found a breeding ground there.
The Muslims down in the Southern Isles, associate the Northern Catholics/Christians as Westerners similar to America which after Al Al Qaeda goes down there to train Abu Sayaf, they're all on the same page.
And a lot of the other countries you name are simlar to Phillippines. Poverty and Religion being used together to make a statement.
For a country like England, it's simply because they associate England/GBR with USA since we're BFF.