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Politics : America Under Siege: The End of Innocence
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To: Teresa Lo who started this subject9/14/2001 7:21:53 AM
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Nostradamus Hoax Info from CNET Editor

CNET | Digital Dispatch
Beware hoaxes that prey on our fears
September 13, 2001
Vol. 7, No. 37

Words fail us at times like this. They can mislead us as well. In
the wake of Tuesday's tragedy, I received a few copies of a
horrific piece of e-mail: a verse attributed to 16th century
prophet Nostradamus. The eight lines seem to predict the World
Trade Center attack and the subsequent start of World War III. If
you've received this e-mail, please don't forward it: it's a
malicious hoax. Some of the words do indeed come from Nostradamus
(though they've been spliced, diced, and rearranged to form a
coherent prediction). But the most worrisome specifics--lines
such as "In the city of York there will be a great collapse, two
twin brothers torn apart by chaos" and "The third big war will
begin when the big city is burning"--are fabricated whole cloth.
Shame on those who would spend their energies spreading fear
while we're all so vulnerable.

--Steve Fox, editor in chief, CNET.com
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