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September 29, 2004
The search for victims.....
Can anyone identify the victims in these two stories? First, reporters from the New York Times have been implicated in a plan to tip off a terrorist "charity" about an impending raid: September 29, 2004 -- The Justice Department has charged that a veteran New York Times foreign correspondent warned an alleged terror-funding Islamic charity that the FBI was about to raid its office — potentially endangering the lives of federal agents.I'm glad they deny it. I'd hate to think that there might be a double standard by a news outfit that expresses outrage about other tipoffs. Then there's this emerging report from Reuters about an attempt to crash a Norwegian plane: OSLO (Reuters) - A man attacked two pilots and a passenger with an axe on a domestic Norwegian flight on Wednesday, police said.I am surprised that Reuters would dare to report that the axe wielder was Algerian. This not only verges on racism, but it might actually incline bigoted people to imagine that the man was a "terrorist." (A word Reuters will not allow to be used.....) More on the man here: The motive for the attack was not clear but police said it could be tied to the man's asylum status.I guess that means that applications for asylum should be granted, lest the applicants take it the wrong way, and try to bring down planes by attacking pilots with axes. Who was he seeking asylum from? The Algerian government? I thought they were cracking down on terrorism...... (More here.) Why aren't we given more details? posted by Eric on 09.29.04 at 10:53 AM |
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