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I don't think that Israeli implies to most readers. Saying that they had detained two Arabs makes no sense. Their supposed country of orgin is what should have been disclosed. BTW, what would you have said if they were Iranians?

317 posted on 05/09/2004 8:39:51 PM PDT by ItisaReligionofPeace (I'm from the government and I'm here to help.)

To: ItisaReligionofPeace

...what would you have said if they were Iranians?

That they were Arabs?

335 posted on 05/09/2004 9:45:57 PM PDT by Doctor Stochastic (Vegetabilisch = chaotisch is der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)

To: ItisaReligionofPeace

"BTW, what would you have said if they were Iranians?"

Although a lot of Iranians are good assets of ours, other Iranians would be terrorists. Our Iranian assets know this, given the situation in Iran.

I wouldn't have said anything negative and would have taken a "wait and see" attitude.

But when I see news published about "Israelis" suspected of being terrorists in the USA (or even insinuations of it), it reminds me of some of the neo-Nazi propaganda that was disseminated after the September 11 attacks--propaganda that described mythical suspects exactly as "Israelis" with the intention of readers believing they were talking about "Jews."

355 posted on 05/10/2004 12:14:08 AM PDT by familyop (Essayons)

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