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That Didn't Take Long: CNN Editor Suggests Zarqawi Death 'Not Going to Be a Big Deal'
CNN/NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

Posted on 06/08/2006 3:56:39 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest

Mark Finkelstein

June 8, 2006

You just knew it. The MSM had to find a way to downplay the significance of the killing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq. Whereas he had been portrayed as the key to violence in the country, now that he's dead, he is described as just one among many.

And sure enough, on CNN this morning at about 6:20 AM, there was Octavia Nasr CNN's senior editor for Arab affairs, interviewed by host Soledad O'Brien, suggesting that Zarqawi's death might not really be such a big deal, after all. She reported that beyond Al Qaeda, there were hundreds, even thousands, of other, home-grown insurgent groups in Iraq.

Concluded Nasr: "Some people say it will enrage the insurgency, others say it will hurt it pretty bad. But if you think about the different groups in Iraq, you have to think that Zarqawi's death is not going to be a big deal for them."That Didn't Take Long: CNN Editor Suggests Zarqawi Death 'Not Going to Be a Big Deal' view edit Posted by Mark Finkelstein on June 8, 2006 - 06:36. You just knew it. The MSM had to find a way to downplay the significance of the killing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq. Whereas he had been portrayed as the key to violence in the country, now that he's dead, he is described as just one among many.

And sure enough, on CNN this morning at about 6:20 AM, there was Octavia Nasr CNN's senior editor for Arab affairs, interviewed by host Soledad O'Brien, suggesting that Zarqawi's death might not really be such a big deal, after all. She reported that beyond Al Qaeda, there were hundreds, even thousands, of other, home-grown insurgent groups in Iraq.

Concluded Nasr: "Some people say it will enrage the insurgency, others say it will hurt it pretty bad. But if you think about the different groups in Iraq, you have to think that Zarqawi's death is not going to be a big deal for them."


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; aqi; aqii; cnn; elvisbinladen; iraq; isis; mediabias; msmmourningzarqawi; nasr; octavianasr; zarqawi; zarqawikilled
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

CNN is a fifth column committed to undermining not only the military and the Iraq mission, but the very foundations of America. Fortunately, no one watches it anymore.


21 posted on 06/08/2006 4:05:14 AM PDT by TheWasteLand
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Tony Blair on now FOX.


22 posted on 06/08/2006 4:05:51 AM PDT by synbad600
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

No informed person is listening, reading or watching CNN.

They are irrelevant.


23 posted on 06/08/2006 4:06:09 AM PDT by ConservativeGreek
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

I don't know - it's a big deal to me. I am buying drinks for everybody and showing pictures of Zarqawi when asked who he was...

Dancing in the Streets in Singapore...


24 posted on 06/08/2006 4:06:31 AM PDT by American in Singapore (Bill Clinton: The Human Stain)
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To: zipper

Just keep them under the Burka until you turn out the lights.


25 posted on 06/08/2006 4:06:37 AM PDT by PeteB570 (Guns, what real men want for Christmas)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

"She reported that beyond Al Qaeda, there were hundreds, even thousands, of other, home-grown insurgent groups in Iraq."

Mike Boettcher of NBC news said the same thing this morning on Imus/PMSNBC


26 posted on 06/08/2006 4:06:49 AM PDT by moose2004 (You Can Run But You Can't Hide!)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

And notice how they found the friendliest, smiley photos of him they could...


27 posted on 06/08/2006 4:07:59 AM PDT by trebb ("I am the way... no one comes to the Father, but by me..." - Jesus in John 14:6 (RSV))
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To: atomicpossum
"The Guardian already had a similar story running."

The who?
Oh that Guardian.
Hey, when are they doing to interfere in our elections again?
We just love it when they do.
Last time round, they helped turn round one county to a George Bush win.
The loony left, permanently stuck on stupid!
28 posted on 06/08/2006 4:08:13 AM PDT by Jameison
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

My earlier report on Octavia wasn't too far off:

"The Daily Talk Show Thread(IV) ^

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On News/Activism ^ 06/08/2006 3:22:29 AM PDT · 1,988 of 1,993 ^


Octavia Nasr, Sssr. Editor CNN on Arab Affairs, in Paris, saying middle east websites immediately talking about replacement for Zaroqawi. Nasr says to be careful describing Zaroqawi, that there are many more insurgent groups more powerful than his group. She says there are thousands of groups like his. She says this is a blow, but it could go either way, by encouraging more to step in. This Octavia gives "what experts say" on both sides, as if she wants to have her ass covered no matter what happens."


29 posted on 06/08/2006 4:08:17 AM PDT by YaYa123
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To: ConservativeGreek

What is this "television" device you speak of?


30 posted on 06/08/2006 4:08:25 AM PDT by Freedom4US
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To: Rocko

31 posted on 06/08/2006 4:08:31 AM PDT by ASA Vet (Those who know don't talk. Those who talk don't know.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

How about we give our guys the $25 million bounty?


32 posted on 06/08/2006 4:08:36 AM PDT by anoldafvet (The two most abundant things in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

She just got hewr DNC talking points. Sounds like Howlin' Howard wrote them himself.


33 posted on 06/08/2006 4:08:36 AM PDT by Gaetano
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To: N. Theknow

New Balance should make a new pair of shoes with Zarqawi on the bottom.

That would be appropriate.


34 posted on 06/08/2006 4:08:53 AM PDT by rwilson99 (Too soon... to forget. See United 93)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

I can hear hillary now saying "But did we have to kill him"?


35 posted on 06/08/2006 4:08:57 AM PDT by John D
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Aren't those Lefties predictible?? We knew by 5 AM EST that Nicholas Berg's father would criticize the killing of Zarqawi. Sure enough, he did that by phone to Fox and Friends before 7AM EST. When do we hear from Cindy Sheehan?


36 posted on 06/08/2006 4:08:57 AM PDT by syriacus (Which humans does Gore accuse of causing the Ice sheets to retreat from Wisconsin?)
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To: armydawg1
It's a big deal to ark-aqi who is on his way to meet allah.


37 posted on 06/08/2006 4:09:41 AM PDT by USS Alaska (Nuke the terrorist savages - In Honor of Standing Wolf)
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To: butternut_squash_bisque
The local liberal MSM here in Pittsburgh, PA is trying to spin the death of Zarqawi as no big deal and that it won't make a difference but I think it's great news. Many innocent lives will be spared thanks to his death.
38 posted on 06/08/2006 4:10:11 AM PDT by mach1
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
I have a feeling this will accelerate any planned terrorist attacks in order for them to save face. Expect something *big* to happen in the near future.
39 posted on 06/08/2006 4:11:36 AM PDT by wolfcreek
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To: PeteB570
Just keep them under the Burka until you turn out the lights.

And take a chance it might be Helen?

40 posted on 06/08/2006 4:12:49 AM PDT by zipper
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