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Al Jazeera riddle.

Digery Cohen | 23.11.2005 09:47

The Bin and The Bum.

The Bum and The Bin

Bomber One wanted to bomb Al Jazeera in Doha.

Bomber two bombed the twin Towers.

One is a terrorist.

One is not.

Which is which?

Digery Cohen
e-mail: digerycohen@yahoo.co.uk

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Bin Laden is a Terrorist- Bush is an idiot

23.11.2005 10:47

Easy to spot really

Grace

...one of them is alleged to have pondered bombing a TV station, something he denies, while the other cheerily admits to demolshing the WTC with 3,000 people inside.

Which is probably why one of them is called a terrorist and the other isn't (except on Indymedia, where one is not a terrorist and the other is).

FTB

And is the rumour true anyway?

23.11.2005 12:51

When the Telegraph claimed that documents proving George "never mind my constituents, I've got money to make" Galloway was on the take from Saddam had been found in the rubble of Baghdad, Indymedia types rushed to say that it was obviously a fraud, that this was the only evidence and that it was clearly unreliable.

Every time the police pick someone up because their house was full of instructions on making bombs, Indymedia types rush to their defence, saying it's obviously all been planted and that there's no other evidence to support it.

Yet when a national tabloid that famously published fake pictures from Iraq turns up a piece of paper that supposedly puts George Bush in a bad light, suddenly it's rock-solid proof, no questions asked.

I'm not saying it's fake, I'm not saying it's real, but the double standards here are pretty hard to swallow.

FTB

this game is fun

23.11.2005 15:49

how many civillians has bin laden killed. 3,000 in NY, and lets say another 1000 max from various other attacks over the past 20 years.

Bush has killed 150,000 in just 2 years and only in 1 country. We also have the afghan ones he killed.

They are both terrorists, only 1 is more dangerous for the world.
Can you guess who??

PS it was all good when the US was funding bin laden to impose his extremist taliban regime in afghanistan in the 80s. The taliban govt in afghanistan were funded by the USA all the way up untill 11th of September 2001.

So you get an extra bonus if u spot the hypocrite too.

can pick me pick me

Hoodwinked by the Coalition

23.11.2005 16:41

There is no free Arab press.
The Emir of Qatar owns Al Jezeera.
Coalition forces are Headquartered in Qatar...
Do the math

...

23.11.2005 17:01

Well, I guess one big difference is that Bush and his regime have killed far more innocent people in their crusade than Al Qaeda ever did. But both believe God is on their side, and that the 'sacrifices' are worth it in fighting their jihad/crusade. Both are the spoilt rich children of oil families.

FTB, the reason we doubt everything the government ever says is because, quite frankly, they have shown they deserve this distrust, since they have lied time and time again, and can be shown, quite easily, to have been deceiving us. Mr. Galloway, on the other hand, has been proved to be right about a great many things, about how the Iraq war would develop, about the absence of weapons of mass destruction, and his accusations have been shown to be correct over time.

Now, whether or not I like him is besides the point. Who has proven to be correct? Who has shown themselves as more trustworthy? I'm not inclined to believe Galloways accusers, since they are the same people who have lied to us constantly from the beginning. Maybe they're correct this time, but you know what, I'm going to take everything they say with a big pinch of cynicism, because they have done NOTHING, absolutely NOTHING, to earn my respect and trust. They lie and spin and defame, and then people like you come along to lie and spin and defame for them.

Hermes

Faulty Premise

23.11.2005 19:34

Actually, while there is solid proof that Bush bombed al Jazeera, while his illegal war of aggression for profit in Iraq was just beginning, the same cannot be said of Osama bin Laden, or as he was known as a CIA Operative, Tim Osman.

Where Is The Evidence?

Sad

23.11.2005 23:39

And we're supposed to believe that the deaths of so many unembedded (uncontrolled) journalists in Iraq, the shelling of the Palestine Hotel, and the attempted assassination of Italian journalist Sgrena, who covered the US War Crimes at Fallujah, were all "accidents".

Fascists Target Civilians

Prosecutions as proof

24.11.2005 19:27

>> Yet when a national tabloid that famously published fake pictures from Iraq turns up a piece of paper that supposedly puts George Bush in a bad light, suddenly it's rock-solid proof, no questions asked.

If you're referring to the torture pictures set in trucks which were depot'ed in the UK at the time, personally I thought that was a deliberate PR stunt by the army. IIRC there was never any explanation via an investigation as to who faked those pictures and how they did it.

The fact that two civil servants are being prosecuted under the Official Secrets Act also proves that the memo must have been genuine. The government would not shoot themselves in the foot by doing that if they knew that this information wasn't truthful and incriminating.

anon

George Bush was re-elected with a massive majority!

25.11.2005 11:38

People should remember that George Bush was re-elected with a massive majority by the American people so that is an endorsement that he made the right decision when he decided to declare war on terrorism. George Bush is also the best person to protect America, he has taken the fight against terrorism to the terrorists themselves. As he says "we are fighting terrorists abroad so that we don't have to fight them at home".

People also forget that dozens of other similar September 11th style terrorists attacks on the United States have been thwarted. That even here in Britain dozens of terrorist attacks have also been thwarted. And that we are winning the war on terrorism with thousands of terrorists arrested and thousands more killed. We have got the terrorists on the run!

Realist

Realist Perceptions of Democracy

25.11.2005 13:35

Ok Realist lets take your definition of democracy. A group of peoplpe in one country can elect a representative to decide what happens to a group of people in another country. Thats democracy. The people of the USA decide what happens to the Iraqi people. And let me reming you that Iraq was never connected to Al-Quaeda before the war unlike the USA who trained the Leader of that group and taught him everything he knows. The most dangerous terrorists are the British and US govts as well as all the countries that support them. And i hope you are right. I hope those terrorists will be on the run. Fuck your government dickhead. Iraq will be the new Vietnam and i for one will be glad to see your fucking troops returning in coffins on a daily basis. The Iraqi people have spoken and they want you out.

you suck dipshit

Bin in the Bush

26.11.2005 09:18

" ... while the other cheerily admits to demolshing the WTC with 3,000 people inside. "

has he ever admitted this? I've never seen him admit to anything. I've seen him call a holy war to defend Islamic nations from the satanic threat, but i have never seen him admit to anything at all.

many folk in afghanistan believe he died long ago and is just put on screen from time to time to scare americans. afghans also (mostly) believe that there is no such network of people call Al Qaeda and that this is also a term used by western elite to keep their populations scared.

(my partner is over there as a care worker and is sending me back this information after talking to people there)

bush is an idiot. that's why he's useful. people look at him and think "there's no way that guy is a military mastermind" and it's true. he just does what he believes and doesn't interact with the world much. the people backing him that are working endlessly to consolidate their power (military, economic, political) - they're the ones to watch.

londoner

UK Indymedia