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Saddam Translator: ABC Re-interpreted Tapes
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| 2/17/06
Posted on 02/17/2006 10:45:00 AM PST by areafiftyone
The FBI translator who supplied the 12-hours of Saddam Hussein audiotapes excerpted by ABC's "Nightline" Wednesday night now says the network discarded his translations and went with a less threatening version of the Iraqi dictator's comments.
"What you heard on ABC News was their translation," former U.N. weapons inspector Bill Tierney told ABC Radio's Sean Hannity on Thursday.
"They came up with something different on a key element regarding terrorism in the United States," Tierney insisted.
In the "Nightline" version of a 1996 recording, Saddam predicts that Washington, D.C. would be hit by terrorists. But he adds that Iraq would have nothing to do with the attack.
Tierney says, however, that what Saddam actually said was much more sinister. "He was discussing his intent to use chemical weapons against the United States and use proxies so it could not be traced back to Iraq," he told Hannity.
In a passage not used by "Nightline," Tierney says Saddam declares: "Terrorism is coming . . . . In the future there will be terrorism with weapons of mass destruction. What if we consider this technique, with smuggling?"
Tierney's full translations are set for release this weekend by The Intelligence Group in Washington, D.C.
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It figures!
To: Itzlzha
omg...im SHOCKED!! /sarcasm
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posted on
02/17/2006 10:45:34 AM PST
by
Stellar Dendrite
(There's nothing "Mainstream" about the Orwellian Media!!!)
To: areafiftyone
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posted on
02/17/2006 10:47:46 AM PST
by
ocr1
To: areafiftyone
Did Dan Rather start working for ABC?
What we need is the transcripts in the original language and someone who can provide a word for word translation to verify what side is correct without question.
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posted on
02/17/2006 10:47:49 AM PST
by
mnehring
(Perry 06- It's better than a hippie in a cowboy hat or a commie with blue hair.)
To: areafiftyone
The media sensationalizes and hypes the news.
Except when that could help Republicans.
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posted on
02/17/2006 10:48:15 AM PST
by
AmishDude
To: areafiftyone
so ABC makes it look like Hussein was the good guy warning the U.S. about a strike when it actually translated what they WANTED us to know, not what was actually said...
Yet another reason why the MSM is starting to lag way behind..
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posted on
02/17/2006 10:48:39 AM PST
by
GeorgiaDawg32
(Islam is a religion of peace and they'll behead 13 year old girls to prove it...)
To: mnehrling
Agreed 1,000%. I'm sick of the Antique Media "interpreting" facts for us poor, dumb unwashed masses.
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posted on
02/17/2006 10:49:34 AM PST
by
kromike
To: areafiftyone
I knew there was a catch if ABC was involved.
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posted on
02/17/2006 10:49:41 AM PST
by
mlc9852
To: areafiftyone
Heehee.
The media's main objection against the war...that Saddam had no ties to terror...is being blown to bits.
To: mnehrling
Well, the ABC "translation" seems similar to the ones Loftus was releasing, IIRC.
BTW, was this around the time of OKC?
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posted on
02/17/2006 10:51:33 AM PST
by
Shermy
To: areafiftyone
In a passage not used by "Nightline," Tierney says Saddam declares:
"Terrorism is coming . . . . In the future there will be terrorism with
weapons of mass destruction.
What if we consider this technique, with smuggling?"
Thanks ABC...for "burying the lead".
With SIX of our major ports about to be taken over by an entity from
the United Arab Emirates, even an reporter for a high-school
newspaper would know this is HOT stuff.
But I can understand the MSM/ABC missing this.
They are in grief over the fact that Cheney didn't kill a man.
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posted on
02/17/2006 10:51:58 AM PST
by
VOA
To: areafiftyone
Now lets get back to what is really important.
Is it true that Cheney was using depleted uranium pellets in a shotgun given to him by Jack Abramoff?
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posted on
02/17/2006 10:52:08 AM PST
by
phugg
To: areafiftyone
ABC News apparently didn't learn anything from their phony story against Food Lion and the "tainted meats" from years ago. I hope this hits the fan...
To: areafiftyone
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posted on
02/17/2006 10:52:56 AM PST
by
weegee
("...the left can only take power through deception" -W. Chambers, former mem of Communist Party USA)
To: areafiftyone
ABC; supporting and covering for terrorists around the globe.
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posted on
02/17/2006 10:52:57 AM PST
by
Chena
(I'm not young enough to know everything.)
To: areafiftyone
Surpise! Surpise! Surpise!
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posted on
02/17/2006 10:53:05 AM PST
by
Andy from Beaverton
(I only vote Republican to stop the Democrats)
To: areafiftyone
Did ABC get their translation from Kinkos?
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posted on
02/17/2006 10:53:38 AM PST
by
colorado tanker
(We need more "chicken-bleep Democrats" in the Senate!)
To: Stellar Dendrite
What did we expect. These are the same people who cherry-picked the Kay, Duelfer, 9/11 and Senate Intel Reports. These people have intentionally ignored and suppressed the most damning information that would support the war, while dangerously misinforming America on what the truth is.
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posted on
02/17/2006 10:53:44 AM PST
by
cwb
(Liberalism is the opiate of the *asses)
To: TommyDale
I hope this hits the fan...}
Sorry to say but I doubt it. This story only appeared in NewsMax and CNS which is hardly mainstream. The American public will never know unless the media picks this up.
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posted on
02/17/2006 10:54:30 AM PST
by
areafiftyone
(Politicians Are Like Diapers, Both Need To Be Changed Often And For The Same Reason!)
To: areafiftyone
I wondered by Tierney would TRUST ABC...
I know he was with Fox before the war...and I have seen a few reports by him on Fox since.
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posted on
02/17/2006 10:55:01 AM PST
by
Txsleuth
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