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To: Raymond Duray who wrote (2913)	5/18/2005 8:46:43 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 9838

Why does the New York Times insist on calling jihadists "insurgents"? slate.msn.com

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (2913)	5/18/2005 11:47:48 AM
From: Brasco One	Respond to of 9838

Seven More Bodies Found West of Baghdad AP - 1 hour, 18 minutes ago BAGHDAD - Insurgents gunned down a senior Iraqi Interior Ministry official Wednesday and the bodies of seven men shot in the head were found dumped west of Baghdad, part of an escalation in violence that a senior U.S. military official attributed to an order from terrorist mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. The spiraling violence has killed nearly 500 people since the April 28 announcement of the new Shiite-dominated government. Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari recently pledged to use "an iron fist" to prevent an outbreak of sectarian violence — which al-Zarqawi and his al-Qaida in Iraq group have tried to foment.

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (2913)	5/18/2005 5:42:42 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 9838

Bill Clinton: Iraq Changes Good for Region By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press Writer COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) -- Former President Clinton said Wednesday the political changes in Iraq, including parliamentary elections in January, will help bring stability to the region. Clinton met with Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen and a number of Danish lawmakers during his visit. The former president spoke with reporters before flying to Jordan for a poverty conference. "The Sunnis and the Shiites, the Kurds and all the various tribes can work out accommodations that will allow them to build a stable society, I think that will be good for Iraq and good for the Middle East," Clinton said at the end of a two-day visit to Denmark. In January, Iraq held the its first democratic parliamentary elections to choose a 275-member National Assembly and provincial legislatures. "There is no point living in the past," Clinton said. "Look at where we are now. Everyone, all freedom-loving people would be better off with a genuinely representative, effective, free government in Iraq whatever your feelings are about what went on before." hosted.ap.org

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (2913)	5/19/2005 8:33:59 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 9838

Who you gonna believe, the administration or al Qaeda? - (Liberal media sides with Al Qaeda) LIBERAL LUNACY.NET ^ \| MAY 18, 2005 \| Newsweek retracts story but the liberal media says it's probably true anyway and points the finger at the bullies in the administration. Newsweek has rejected the resignation of Michael Isikoff, which is probably the correct thing to do. Although the fabricated story was written by Isikoff, it was Newsweek that published the libel and it is Newsweek that is responsible for the deaths in Afghanistan. But all the big shots at Newsweek were innocent. In the case of the Koran item, Newsweek Managing Editor Whitaker said he did not see the final version because he was traveling on personal business. Managing Editor Jon Meacham said he was out of town for an interview and for the White House Correspondents Association dinner. Now, the mainstream press press is circling the wagons and coming to the defense of their colleagues at Newsweek. And in their analysis and reporting of Toiletgate, the liberal media is employing the Dan Rather/Memogate technique of denying any culpability while repeating the libel and slander endlessly. The press is defending Newsweek with one of two theories. The first is al Qaeda doesn't lie. The second is it's not Newsweek's fault. The folks adhering to the first theory have adopted the position that when it comes to deciding who to believe, they'll stick with al Qaeda. CNN's Anderson Cooper: "Is it beyond the realm of possibility that a tactic like this was used?" CNN terrorism expert Peter Bergen: "It's not just the British detainees who've reported this (the Koran flush). Other detainees have reported this. So, you know, I think it's still an open question." CBS Evening News' anchor Bob Schieffer: "In any case, Newsweek's decision to retract the report is not likely to make much difference to outraged Muslims. For them, the damage has been done, and it can't easily be undone." CBS' Richard Roth: "Detainees released in 2003 came home claiming American guards had routinely provoked them by sitting on the Koran, or putting pages in a toilet." CBS Evening News' John Roberts: "The report does mirror claims made by former Guantanamo detainees that they were subject to religious harassment." On ABC's Nightline, Eric Saar, co-author of "Inside the Wire": "I don't believe there was the proper amount of respect given to Islam, in the camp, especially in the interrogation booth." The folks accepting "the devil made me do it" hallucination blames the Bush Administration and acquits Newsweek. Notice, the liberal media spin on the Newsweek retraction. It doesn't place the focus on the fact the story was false. The focus is on the "pressure applied by the administration." New York Times reported the following, "After a drumbeat of criticism from the Bush administration and others, Newsweek magazine yesterday went beyond an apology it issued Sunday and retracted an article published May 1, that stated that American interrogators at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, had tried to rattle Muslim detainees by flushing a Koran down a toilet." The Washington Post, "Newsweek issued a formal retraction yesterday of the flawed story that sparked deadly riots in Afghanistan and other countries, after the magazine came under increasingly sharp criticism from White House, State Department and Pentagon officials." Craig Crawford of Congressional Quarterly and CBS News charged that the Bush administration may well have "set up the news media": "The government had the opportunity to see this report before it was published -- and passed. This is a pattern we've seen before." CBS's Bob Schieffer: "Good evening. I am Bob Schieffer. Under pressure from the White House, Newsweek today retracted a story that led to deadly rioting in Afghanistan." ABC's World News Tonight. Martha Raddatz: "In the many places where the article caused so much anger, people today were skeptical about the Newsweek admission, feeling the magazine had simply buckled under U.S. government pressure." ABC Nightline's John Donvan: "It would certainly be convenient to say that all this is Newsweek's fault. The problem is, America also has a credibility problem in the Muslim world." ABC Nightline's Chris Bury speculated: "Do you think the volume of the protests [from Bush administration officials] is, perhaps, a bit calculated to deflect some attention away from the policies at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo?" Bury followed up: "But given the other abuses, I guess what I'm getting at here is, does Newsweek deserve all the blame," for the violent reaction, "assuming that its story was incorrect?" MSNBC's Keith Olbermann: "Something smells funny to me about this Newsweek apology, then retraction. Do you sense the same thing? And what the heck are we smelling?" These thoughts and opinions come from "responsible journalists." You ought to read the unbelievably insane rants coming from the loony-left on the Internet. The mainstream medai forgives Newsweek for its shoddy journalism and accepts the al Qaeda's version of events. As long as they can continue to hammer the administration, they will suspend all rational thought. The press has been screwed ever since Woodward and Bernstein invented "Deep Throat" and ushered in the age of "Gotcha Journalism." The only problem with this form of yellow journalism is that it's only applied to Republican governments. When Bill Clinton was serially abusing American women and Hillary was running scams out of the White House, the press was not only silent, but complicit. Now we are at war and because the administration is Republican, the press has taken sides. And the liberal press has decided to side with the terrorists, adopting the old Muslim adage, "the enemy of my enemy is my friend."