Posted on 10/15/2004 1:51:23 PM PDT by hipaatwo
Since September 11 Britain has been warned of the 'inevitability' of catastrophic terrorist attack. But has the danger been exaggerated? A major new TV documentary claims that the perceived threat is a politically driven fantasy - and al-Qaida a dark illusion. Andy Beckett reports
Andy Beckett Friday October 15, 2004
The Guardian
Since the attacks on the United States in September 2001, there have been more than a thousand references in British national newspapers, working out at almost one every single day, to the phrase "dirty bomb". There have been articles about how such a device can use ordinary explosives to spread lethal radiation; about how London would be evacuated in the event of such a detonation; about the Home Secretary David Blunkett's statement on terrorism in November 2002 that specifically raised the possibility of a dirty bomb being planted in Britain; and about the arrests of several groups of people, the latest only last month, for allegedly plotting exactly that. Starting next Wednesday, BBC2 is to broadcast a three-part documentary series that will add further to what could be called the dirty bomb genre. But, as its title suggests, The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of the Politics of Fear takes a different view of the weapon's potential.
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I'll bet this story is based on documents that were faxed to the BBC from a Kinko's in Abilene, Texas.
In that context there was no such thing as high seas piracy in the 18th and 19th centuries. There was no organized network, no "members", not a single leader, and no overall strategy other than getting rich. So was Jefferson wrong when he sent the U.S. Navy after the Barbary Pirates? I don't think so.
A modern day example is the people who write and launch computer viruses. Are they not a threat because they are not organized globally and don't issue ID cards?
Tangerine and mauve...
"We should still stand tight with Blair/the UK."
I do. However, it seems the people at the BBC and those who believe their stories are living in a fantasy world. I have never seen propaganda so dangerous.
I also do not like the leader of the Tories for undermining Blair's decision with rhetoric that sounds just like what leftists spew in this country.
>And the Aussies had the good sense to vote again for >Howard.
That's true, but I wonder why they do not support Bush.
I saw a poll today on Neil Cavuto's show (first time I've watched cable news in like 6 months), it said: Europe (70%Kommie/14%Bush) and Canada (60%Kommie/20% Bush), but Russia (52% Bush/48% Kommie) and Israel (70% Bush) showed strong support. Austrailia went for Kommie though, I can't remember those exact numbers either...but I think Bush had 30%.
-Islam, a Religion of Peace®? Some links...--
-Time to kick the tires & light the fires, folks- terrorism gathers across the World...--
-Jihad! Across the World....--
-All Terror, All the Time-- FR's links to NBC Warfare, Terror, and More...--
-The Fire Down South...( Latin America--)--
Castro, the Carribean, and Terrorism
Nuclear, Biological, & Chemical Warfare- Survival Skills, Pt. II
-The Poor-Boy Nuke-- Bioterrorism***
Here's some of the places these lunatics get their ideas from:
http://www.hiddenmysteries.com/index2.html
http://www.publiceye.org/Icke/IckeBackgrounder.htm
Oh, no, I think he stole this line from Hermione in the second Harry Potter tome.
Bump
Isn't it a wonderful thing that this same newspaper feels the need to help educate undecided voters in Ohio as to whom they should vote on November 2?
Have you seen this. The guy actually implies the Madrid bombings were not so bad and so infrequent the war or terror is fake?
it just makes me shake my head
...ont a lighter appropriate note, I'm about to go see Team America...on IMAX.
Good grief! He makes Mikey Moore-on look almost sane!
Do shut up with your leftist drivel. There has always been one struggle - the struggle of liberty versus dictatorships. The two cannot co-exist peacefully. In the 19th century, Britain had to fight that war, in particular against the slave trade. In the 20th century, Britain and America fought side by side, increasingly with America in the predominant role. Now America is the superpower and Britain fights by her side. The struggle must be continued until all the dictatorships lie in ruin.
As for not everyone wanting to live like Americans, you might want to ask why so many people aspire to it, why it's possible to go the most remote village in Kenya and see people wearing Michael Jordan t-shirts. People aspire to liberty, and America is the most visible example they have.
Ivan
BUMP!
FR Memory Division!
BBC airs a documentary saying Al Qaeda is a myth, then gets hit less than a year later.
And the Ostrich award goes to the BBC and Adam Curtis.
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