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Fri Oct-29-04 06:11 PM
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US Govt had OBL tape edited before broadcast - Andrea Mitchell |
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Edited on Fri Oct-29-04 06:15 PM by troublemaker
Mrs. Greenspan (reporting for MSNBC on Hardball) sez Qatar gave USA a heads up about it (that part confirmed by other sources) and she added that she thinks we prevailed on Qatar to edit the tape before it was broadcast on al Jazeera. Wonder what was cut out?
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Fri Oct-29-04 06:16 PM
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the footage of boosh giving the finger to the camera in the warm-up.
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Fri Oct-29-04 06:16 PM
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2. Osama saying that it was Karl Rove in the other tape maybe? |
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Fri Oct-29-04 06:20 PM
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3. Seriously... this is not a small matter. Every frame of the tape is full |
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of political signiffigance. If true, this story means the White House essentially CREATED the tape as it was released.
With film the final cut is everything; the editor becomes the ultimate author.
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Fri Oct-29-04 06:23 PM
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WASHINGTON (AFP) - US diplomats in Qatar were given a copy of a videotape in which Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden (news - web sites) threatens new attacks on the United States before it aired on Al-Jazeera television and unsuccessfully sought to prevent the network from broadcasting it, a senior State Department official said.
"We got a copy of the tape a few hours before it aired," the official told AFP on condition of anonymity. "We asked them not to air it because we don't think they should give a platform to terrorists like this who call for the killing of innocents."
The official said the request for the Doha-based Al-Jazeera not to broadcast the tape was made to the Qatari government, the head of which, Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, is the main backer of the channel. Other Qatari officials sit on the Al-Jazeera board.
The official suggested that there may have been more to the tape than the 18-minutes aired by Al-Jazeera during which bin Laden threatened the United States with attacks similar to September 11, 2001 and accused US President George W. Bush (news - web sites) of "misleading" the American people.
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Fri Oct-29-04 06:31 PM
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Fri Oct-29-04 06:36 PM
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Fri Oct-29-04 07:13 PM
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16. Thanks. Gave it a 5. This is worth looking into. |
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You have given the news article US asked Qatar, Al-Jazeera not to air bin Laden tape a rating of 5. Its current average rating is 4.30 with 16 vote(s).
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Fri Oct-29-04 06:23 PM
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5. Say what? This is some strange stuff -- |
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Fri Oct-29-04 06:25 PM
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'new terrorist threats' ... just in time for Tuesday ... :(
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Fri Oct-29-04 06:39 PM
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9. Fortunately, this will only influence some people. |
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Fri Oct-29-04 07:41 PM
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19. Don't act so surprised. They have been telegraphing this move for months. |
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They were QUOTED in a news story (will try to find it - archives closed) as saying that they would run on terror. KKKarl said they would have a few surprises for Kerry this month. They floated stories about schools as targets and election day as a target. It is absolutely predictable that there would be a tape and a threat right now. I'm just surprised that it is happening at the very last minute. I expected it earlier.
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Fri Oct-29-04 06:45 PM
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10. Remember in 2002 Powell had an advance copy of an OBL tape |
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when he was shilling at the UN? Again al-Jazeera, it was an audio tape. Someone from al-Jazeera was interviewed on BBC earlier and confirmed they edited today's tape before broadcast.
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Fri Oct-29-04 06:50 PM
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11. They probably edited out his endorsement of Bush |
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Fri Oct-29-04 06:52 PM
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12. The GOP has a real knack for editing and photoshopping... |
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Not to mention a pure ignorance of "reality-based" facts! :grr:
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Fri Oct-29-04 07:00 PM
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13. I said on a previous thread I thought this tape was suspicious..... |
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....and I was ignored. Now it turns out that it's been stepped on by BushCo. What's up with that?
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Fri Oct-29-04 07:06 PM
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Fri Oct-29-04 07:07 PM
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15. The Osama mask being pulled off to reveal George Bush.. |
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who then flips off the camera and says "TRICK OR TREAT, ASSHOLES! BUWAHAHAHHAHAA!!!"
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Fri Oct-29-04 07:33 PM
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If the Bush teams is saying bin Laden is the devil trying to influence the election, and the Bush team edited the tape to suit their purposes before it aired, then the Bush team is the devil trying to influence the election:
"They seem to have aired only excerpts," said the official, a fluent Arabic speaker who watched the complete broadcast on Al-Jazeera. "That may be their way of trying to be accommodating."
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Fri Oct-29-04 07:38 PM
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18. From the al Jazeera broadcast it seemed that there was Iraq talk |
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that was not broadcast. They only aired four paragraphs or so interspersed with commentary/summary; if the transcript I was reading was correct.
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Fri Oct-29-04 07:43 PM
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21. Wait, does al Jazeera have the whole thing? Did they air it? |
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Is there an English transcription anywhere? Is the video downloadable?
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Fri Oct-29-04 07:41 PM
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20. Randi Rhodes had the "missing" translation from the tape: |
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Basically, Osama said he had had no trouble dealing with Bush because many leaders from his part of the world are like him...either military dictators, or the sons of kings........
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Fri Oct-29-04 07:44 PM
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22. WHICH MEANS THEY TIMED IT AFTER THE PENTAGON STORY |
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THIS IS THE POINT WE SHOULD BE DRIVING HOME..THE WHITE HOUSE VIA THE PENTAGON GAVE THE 7TH EXCUSE AND STORY FOR AL CAACAA and then released THIS TO get rid of the sorry lie they told.
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Fri Oct-29-04 09:11 PM
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23. editing Osama before release to the electing public--convenient? |
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