ADL: Accounts on net blaming Israel, Jews for Columbia's downing proliferating

Jerusalem Post ^ | Feb. 19, 2003 | MELISSA RADLER

[yonif]

NEW YORK - Conspiracy theories blaming Jews and Israel for the disintegration of NASA space shuttle Columbia last month are circulating the Internet at an alarming rate, the Anti-Defamation League said Wednesday.

The online hate speech, tracked by the ADL on Web sites, chat rooms, bulletin boards and e-mails, includes allegations the US and Israel destroyed the Columbia to divert attention from the Iraq conflict, that Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon was a spy, and that Jews and Israelis were complicit in the shuttle's downing in order to gain sympathy for Israel.

"Even in times of tragedy for the American people, the anti-Semites and hatemongers never let up," said ADL national director Abraham Foxman.

The ADL's sources include a February 4 posting by author Gordon Thomas accusing Ramon of conducting secret military experiments in space, a February 17 article by Hong Kong journalist Yoichi Clark Shimatsu that accused the US and Israel of sabotaging the shuttle to ensure the crew's status as martyrs, and a message from radical British sheikh, Abu Hamza Al-Masri: "This is a divine message to the Israelis, saying that they are not welcome in space." Al-Masri made this comment to London-based daily Al Sharq Al-Awsat on February 4.

[Southern California]

Complete rubbish but predictable. If you want another conspiracy theory one could say it was the "left wing" of the space shuttle that failed. Eh?

[ConservativeConvert]

And that's not all...the Challenger was brought down by those pesky Hebes as well. Didn't you know the Titanic was sunk by Jews? There never was any iceberg...and Nicole Brown Simpson/Ron Goldman? Yep...you guessed it - killed by Jews. OJ had nothing to do with it. I betcha didn't know that the rainforest is being destroyed by Jews, the "I Love You" computer virus was created by Jews and that blizzard that just hit the east coast...Jews. How can they be behind all of this you ask? What most people don't know is that Jews are actually aliens from another planet with special powers to wreak havoc in nature, politics and your family. When your wife tells you she wants a divorce or you catch your kid doing drugs, you know who to blame.

[ffusco]

It rained again today....its those Jews and their damn weathermachine!

[MHGinTN]

Arabs are notoriously superstitious. It is ingrained in Islamic teaching.

[WorkingClassFilth]

How true! Those diabolical Jews will stop at nothing - imagine the cunning minds that decided to blow up the shuttle with an Israeli hero on board to deflect suspicion. How infernally clever of them to kill civilians all across Israel with suicide bomber agents sent by the Mossad. I would look for Israel to bomb itself with SCUD's during the Iraq invasion and blame it on Saddam. Oh, those dastardly sons of Abraham! Will they stop at nothing?

[Damagro]

Complete rubbish but predictable. If you want another conspiracy theory one could say it was the "left wing" of the space shuttle that failed. Eh?

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Not surprised , the left wing is never solid on anything

[ffusco]

My Mom's superstitious, too. But she likes Jews...(scratches head in confusion)

[Damagro]

It rained again today....its those Jews and their damn weathermachine

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You folks better be careful what you put in writing. The national alliance and stormfront may sue for plagiarism

[ffusco]

I was being facetious, I hope I didn't offend....

[Optimist]

Didn't you know the Titanic was sunk by Jews? There never was any iceberg...

A-CHEM! I believe you are incorrect ..... Everybody knows the Titanic was sunk when it came into contact with Iceberg ;-)

[cegfield]

As a Jew I must honor truth and admit that all these things are truly the fault of the Jews, including the space shuttle tragedy, the sinking of the Titanic, and the WTC, just as our great friends in the sandy east have claimed.

You may ask how I know this. My grandfather recently passed and I cleaned up his apartment. I found a very old book, "Meeting Minutes of the Elders of Zion." Apparantly, all these events had been planned since the 20s.

I apologize on behalf of all my people. ;-)

[graycamel]

You'll never stop the conspiracy kooks. For example, Yesterday on Michael Medved's show, some guy said that Eisenhower had Patton killed so he would have an easier time being elected president. The whole accident thing was supposedly staged.

[O.C. - Old Cracker]

As a Jew I must honor truth and admit that all these things are truly the fault of the Jews, including the space shuttle tragedy, the sinking of the Titanic, and the WTC, just as our great friends in the sandy east have claimed. You may ask how I know this. My grandfather recently passed and I cleaned up his apartment. I found a very old book, "Meeting Minutes of the Elders of Zion." Apparantly, all these events had been planned since the 20s. I apologize on behalf of all my people. ;-)

Just as we always suspected! Now one of them has finally come clean after the burden of guilt became too much to bear. Der Juden will not be so easy to vanquish this time around, they have seduced the Evangelical Christians in America to rally behind their banner! We must unite all the nations of the earth to battle this might Zionist conspiracy!

How'd that sound? Too over the top?

[cegfield]

Not at all. :)

[Poohbah]

You'll never stop the conspiracy kooks. For example, Yesterday on Michael Medved's show, some guy said that Eisenhower had Patton killed so he would have an easier time being elected president. The whole accident thing was supposedly staged.

I think he based that on the novel The Algonquin Project, which was made into the movie Brass Target.

[WorkingClassFilth]

"Apparently, all these events had been planned since the 20's."

Completely amazing and fiendishly clever. I must ask though, since you have pierced the veil of Zionist secrecy, how is it that the ploy of creating a Hitlerian Germany was mounted in order to achieve the current Zionist state of Israel?

I ask because this would be instructive about the diabolical Jewish plot to rule the world by killing themselves. Young Islamic minds who are being brainwashed by Israeli Intelligence operatives into becoming human bombs agains Israel might be spared if they knew the depth of Jewish subterfuge.

[Alouette]

Did you know that we also control all the ZOT on Free Republic?

[cegfield]

You'll need to wait for my book.

We are money grubbers you know.