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US 'Tried to Hide' Bomb Blunder (BOTULISM BARF-O-RAMA ALERT!!)
BBC Online ^ | July 29, 2002 | Kylie Morris

Posted on 07/29/2002 10:12:28 AM PDT by wimpycat

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To: Sal
You're right about that. The mere hint of a U.S. coverup will be automatically taken as the gospel truth by the Eurosnots and other tinfoil-hatters, no matter how much it's based on hearsay by questionable sources and unsubstantiated rumors.
21 posted on 07/29/2002 12:08:24 PM PDT by wimpycat
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To: *southasia_list; *war_list; *UN_List
Index Bump
22 posted on 07/29/2002 12:40:57 PM PDT by Free the USA
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To: Stultis
What kind of man serves as a U.N. Criminoligist?

Read on... SAUDI MAN LEAVES U.S. AFTER POSTING BOND IN MARCO SEXUAL ASSAULT CASE

23 posted on 07/29/2002 12:52:47 PM PDT by weegee
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To: wimpycat
"A spokesman for the United Nations in Afghanistan stressed the UN report is only preliminary and neither fully documented nor sufficiently substantiated"

...Then why did anyone bother writing an article on it? The US was very clear in the beginning of the investigation that we were removing evidence, such as cartridges and blood for analysis.

The UN has known this all along, and it has access to said evidence. The only reason to stick it in this article, in THIS context, is to give the impression that the US is covering up something...total BS....just like the claim that the UN found "evidence" that womens' hands were tied...uh...DUH!

Unless the UN was AT the site within a couple of hours of the attack, no such evidence exists. If any does, odds are it's fabricated, and considering these people's backward nature, they'd be lucky to have one operational camera among them.

This article is bogus. Thanks for the barf alert.

24 posted on 07/29/2002 1:00:12 PM PDT by cake_crumb
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To: cpdiii
"If true it means that civilians were probably tied and restrained in an area from which anti-aircraft fiere was coming from. If true this was a deliberate attempt by the taliban and or Al Queda to cause civilian casulties to creat and incident"

Well, it looks like we walked right into it. Again.

25 posted on 07/29/2002 1:02:18 PM PDT by cake_crumb
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To: RonF
"Was there small-arms fire from the location?"

That's one of the things that gets me. There were an AWFUL lot of cartriges in the area. And a lot of bullet holes in walls. We didn't attack with rifles. We used rockets. Oh, then there was the Reuters photo of the natives proudly standing around what they claimed was a ctater made by a rocket during that attack. There was no ejecta, no scorching...and there was GRASS growing inside the hole.

Besides, the initial Afghan claims of 400 hundred killed, and transported by a hospital with no transport facilities, make everything else they say suspect.

26 posted on 07/29/2002 1:07:22 PM PDT by cake_crumb
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To: cake_crumb
...Then why did anyone bother writing an article on it?

LOL! You answered your own question further along in your post.

The Eurosnot press has no problem reporting anything from unnamed sources or dubious sources, or preliminary unsubstantiated UN reports. No problem at all. And those already predisposed to believe the U.S. automatically lies about any and everything will believe this.

Notice how the part about the report being preliminary and unsubstantiated is buried in the story.

It's typical for these bozos to write a screaming headline such as "US COVERS UP EVIDENCE OF MASSACRE" and then in small print somewhere deep in the story, ...according to a preliminary, unsubstantiated report that relies on shadowy, nebulous, unnamed "eyewitnesses."

27 posted on 07/29/2002 1:07:47 PM PDT by wimpycat
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To: wimpycat
"Notice how the part about the report being preliminary and unsubstantiated is buried in the story."

Typical, token disclaimer, added for no reason except for the publication to point to should the US take offence at their publishing of incitement propaganda.

28 posted on 07/29/2002 1:23:45 PM PDT by cake_crumb
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To: cake_crumb
"ctater" was supposed to be "crater"...sheesh. "Ctater" sounds like a specialty potato chip.
29 posted on 07/29/2002 1:25:50 PM PDT by cake_crumb
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To: wimpycat
The Pentagon insists it chooses targets carefully

This statement speaks volumes and reassuredly so.

These Afghan subhumans can no longer play both sides, grin and claim a "wedding party" or new order supporters are going off in a caravan bristling with weapons...

And the US will simply nod and pat them on the butt and send them on their way.

The foreign infidel actually has not only the means to think, but to deliver retribution as necessary, for duplicitous conduct.

That is certainly reassuring.
We need more accidents.

30 posted on 07/29/2002 1:40:43 PM PDT by Publius6961
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To: RonF
And I don't want to hear it from the U.N., or the BBC, or anyone else, I want to hear an honest answer from the U.S. Military.

There is that kindergarten phrase again: I want.

Perhaps you and Jane Fonda can go to Afghanistan and pick up all the answers first hand?
Unarmed, of course. Just you, your wits and your morally superior posturing.
Let us know how it goes.

31 posted on 07/29/2002 1:43:47 PM PDT by Publius6961
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To: RonF
"The UN investigation is also reported to have found that women at the bomb site had their hands tied."
What the hell does this mean?

It means those clever two-faced Afghanis actually managed to have some westerners "find" the evidence of "war crimes" that they so carefully manufactured.

If it weren't so tragic it would be comical.
In this part of the world, haven't you noticed certain patterns that don't seem to occur anywhere else?
Just in muslim countries?

32 posted on 07/29/2002 1:48:03 PM PDT by Publius6961
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To: Publius6961
I don't agree with your characterization of Afghans as "subhuman", but they certainly have a different sense of truth and fiction.
33 posted on 07/29/2002 1:48:26 PM PDT by wimpycat
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To: Publius6961
"In this part of the world, haven't you noticed certain patterns that don't seem to occur anywhere else?
Just in muslim countries?"

I know I have...and have been really peeved for a lot of years that so few, even in our own government, ever noticed. Until now that is. To President Bush's credit, he mentioned the other day that Pali homocide bombings seem to be deliberate responses as attempts to derail impending peace and cease-fire agreements.

The president is right. They are.

34 posted on 07/29/2002 2:03:04 PM PDT by cake_crumb
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To: RonF
Maybe having a bunch of tied up women around is part of the local marriage customs. The local equivalent of when I go to a Polish wedding and the women come up to the bride after the ceremony and tie an apron around her waist.

Something similar, if a bit more extreme, is also practiced in certain corners of San Francisco, New Orleans, and other interesting cultural centers. But that apron stuff sounds kinky even for those crowds.

-archy-/-

35 posted on 07/29/2002 2:17:28 PM PDT by archy
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To: Publius6961
O.K. Let's try it this way:

I need accurate answers to the above information if I, as a citizen of a democratic republic, can make intelligent decisions on how and when to "peacably petition" my government, and ultimately to vote for it's members (or it's replacements).
36 posted on 07/29/2002 2:53:48 PM PDT by RonF
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To: Publius6961
Is it a war crime for Palestinians to dress in the uniform of Israeli soldiers and kill civilians? Where are the trials?
37 posted on 07/29/2002 3:37:25 PM PDT by weegee
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To: RonF
Honest !! where do you get that ?? never heard two of these go together! the source you want to hear reporting and the report itself.
No way jose.
38 posted on 07/29/2002 4:07:50 PM PDT by Zubercyber
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To: AmericanCompatriot
You must be an Alien since in this forum I havent seen another soul from planet earth describing their parent's act which resulted in their very own conception.

You most certainly arent an earthling but from a planet situated much lower in the system as reflected by your views and language.

Get a passport to Planet earth and come to the forum we have classes forming for those who are ill educated to post in a foum.

Good bye !!

39 posted on 07/29/2002 4:12:14 PM PDT by Zubercyber
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To: RonF
I second your plea for facts.
40 posted on 07/29/2002 4:13:15 PM PDT by Zubercyber
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