Al-Qaeda Problems

The state of TIAH

March 19th, 2007

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Alternate Historian's Note: I promised you a collection, and we are working on it – but real life is getting in the way. Fortunately, the worst part of the real-life problems we were having has been resolved. I have found new employment (yay!). We're going to aim for an April release for the collection, and will make more announcements about it as we draw closer to actually making that a reality. And, speaking of April, our Guest Historian, Stephen Payne, suggested that it was time for a contest, so we're going to have an April Fool's Day Contest! Email us up to 3 entries for an alternate April 1st and we will post the best 10, with your own credit and link to your website (if you have one). My lovely Co-Historian says that if we can get 30 entrants, we can offer an ultimate winner a complimentary TIAH mug, but we only have 2 entrants so far! Get researching those alternate histories now, folks! The deadline is March 29th.

in 2003, President Gore of the US announces the capture of Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan. Although the announcement is greeted with snores by his political opponents, experts in anti-terrorism declare the capture of the head of Al-Qaeda to be a highly significant step in reducing world-wide terrorism. Several neo-conservative pundits say that Gore should go further in addressing Islamic fundamentalism, and move against Saddam Hussein in Iraq. President Gore points out that Hussein has no actual ties to terrorist groups other than some of the more extreme Palestinian organizations, but they have been making this argument since the 90's, and don't let the facts stand in their way. John McCain even uses it in his unsuccessful presidential bid in 2004.

Leopoldo Galtie..	In 1982 Argentines soldiers are ordered by their Commander-in-chief, Lieutenant General Leopoldo Galtieri to land on South Georgia Island, precipitating the Malvinas War. Along with signs of economic recovery in early 1983, the 'Malvinas Factor' created by Argentine victory played a decisive role in the re-election of Eva Perón.
~ entry by Steve Payne from counter history in context - you're the judge!

In 2002 the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, Operation Anaconda ended after killing 500 Taliban and al Qaeda fighters with 11 allied troop fatalities. Both sides were now locked in a desperate race against time to recover the Extraterrestrial Technology (ET) buried in Iraq	Operation Anaco..
~ entry by Steve Payne from Counter History in Context - You're the Judge!

Sydney Harbour ..	In 1932 the Sydney Harbour Bridge was opened. This outstanding piece of engineering was still intact on 21st January 2127 when Mullah Elijah Rafsanjani arrived on the south-east coast of the Dreaming that being the continent renamed Australia during the western epoch c1770 – 2081. Homeless and starving people slept inside ..
.. the Sydney Opera House whilst in the interior First Nations enjoyed an unprecedented level of prosperity. Sydney Shanty town was another humanitarian disaster of the post-Jihad era.
~ entry by Steve Payne from counter history in context - you're the judge!

In 2013 Harry Turtledove published the counter-history novel Burning Bush, in which he posed the million dollar question – what if al-Qaeda and not the United States had recovered the Extraterrestrial Technology (ET) buried in Iraq?	Harry Turtledove
~ entry by Steve Payne from Counter History in Context - You're the Judge!

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