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The making of the terror myth (BBC documentary, terror is a myth!!)
Guardian UK ^ | Friday October 15, 2004 | Andy Beckett

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaedauk; documentary; jihadineurope; myth
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To: hipaatwo
BBC documentary, terror is a myth!!

About as much a myth as Hitler and The Luftwaffe bombing London, Conventry, etc.

The BBC and the American MSM: evil twins.
21 posted on 10/15/2004 2:21:00 PM PDT by VOA
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To: Trippin
Talk about having your head stuck in the sand.

thanks for using "the sand".
I would have been less charitable.
(presuming they are terrans at the BBC, equipped with the usual alimentary canal and
lower opening/sphincter).
22 posted on 10/15/2004 2:22:22 PM PDT by VOA
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To: Stellar Dendrite
I should have been more clear, the growing muslim population within england is overwhelming them.

We should still stand tight with Blair/the UK.

And even more so with Australia; Howard was busy repelling illegal immigrants
(including IRAQIs) despite protests from bleeding hearts in the days leading
up to 9-11.

And the Aussies had the good sense to vote again for Howard.
23 posted on 10/15/2004 2:25:35 PM PDT by VOA
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To: hipaatwo

I'll bet this story is based on documents that were faxed to the BBC from a Kinko's in Abilene, Texas.


24 posted on 10/15/2004 2:34:48 PM PDT by FreedomCalls (It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
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To: hipaatwo
"Al-Qaida ... is not an organised international network. It does not have members or a leader. It does not have "sleeper cells". It does not have an overall strategy. In fact, it barely exists at all, except as an idea about cleansing a corrupt world through religious violence. "

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?

25 posted on 10/15/2004 2:45:41 PM PDT by FreedomCalls (It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
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To: hipaatwo
You know, thats funny. We visited New York recently, and where twin towers once soared there was a large hole in the ground. Thank goodness The Guardian is here to tell me that terrorism is a myth.
26 posted on 10/15/2004 2:51:25 PM PDT by Plutarch
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To: mtbopfuyn
On the terrorist warning color chart, what colors are nuisance and myth levels?

Tangerine and mauve...

27 posted on 10/15/2004 2:55:25 PM PDT by stands2reason
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To: VOA

"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%.


28 posted on 10/15/2004 3:13:45 PM PDT by Stellar Dendrite (Liberalism IS a mental disease, thanks to Gramsci, Marcuse and others from the Frankfurt School.)
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To: hipaatwo
Tell 'em to read all these links to many more links, twice, and then get back to us:

-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...--

-IRAQ- some links to terror--

-The Web of Terror--

-Terror Tips--

-The Fire Down South...( Latin America--)--

Castro, the Carribean, and Terrorism

-Terror Strike! Madrid--

Nuclear, Biological, & Chemical Warfare- Survival Skills, Pt. II

-The Poor-Boy Nuke-- Bioterrorism***

-Jemaah Islamiah- Islamic Community, or Islamic Threat?--

-The Bali Horror- a partial Archive--

29 posted on 10/15/2004 3:42:44 PM PDT by backhoe (-30-)
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To: hipaatwo

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


30 posted on 10/15/2004 6:20:44 PM PDT by The Loan Arranger (At least Jane Fonda "apologized".)
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To: hipaatwo
There is a long tradition that if you divert all your resources to a threat, then you exaggerate it.

Oh, no, I think he stole this line from Hermione in the second Harry Potter tome.

31 posted on 10/15/2004 9:32:52 PM PDT by sockmonkey
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To: Trippin

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?


32 posted on 10/16/2004 12:32:03 AM PDT by PowerPro (Still Praying America Wakes Up In Time)
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To: NYC GOP Chick

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.


33 posted on 10/16/2004 7:03:49 PM PDT by finnman69 (cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos)
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To: finnman69

Good grief! He makes Mikey Moore-on look almost sane!


34 posted on 10/16/2004 7:29:26 PM PDT by NYC GOP Chick (Kerry has more positions than the Kama Sutra)
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To: Signmeup

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


36 posted on 02/17/2005 7:47:02 AM PST by MadIvan (One blog to bring them all...and in the Darkness bind them: http://www.theringwraith.com/)
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To: hipaatwo

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.


37 posted on 07/31/2005 4:28:03 PM PDT by GeorgiaYankee
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