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To: A. Pole
Compare and contrast Deichmann's statement from the story printed in LM:

The fact is that Fikret Alic and his fellow Bosnian Muslims were not imprisoned behind a barbed-wire fence. There was no barbed-wire fence surrounding Trnopolje camp. It was not a prison, and certainly not a "concentration camp," but a collection center for refugees, many of whom went there seeking safety and could leave again if they wished.

to the testimony of Deichmann and LM editor Hume at the libel trial:

There has never been any question in my opinion or in the article that I published that this camp was anything other than a grim place at which there were beatings, there were killings and there were rapes. There has never been any question of that. We have never argued contrary to that. - Michael Hume

I do not say that they at the time were able to leave and there - you know, there were fences, there were guards, which we have seen here, armed guards. - Thomas Deichmann

Do you see the difference there A. Pole?

Yeah, you got me alright - the only outrage over the LM verdict is from those interested in propagating the Serbian disinformation campaign waged over events in Bosnia.

44 posted on 10/10/2004 7:21:06 PM PDT by Hoplite
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To: Hoplite
Do you see the difference there A. Pole?

We can parse the various (correct or incorrect) statements for ever. The fact is that the photo in question was indeed presented in a misleading way by the media and the peculiarity of British libel law was apllied.

Also your use use of Hitler analogy is disingenuous - you could "prove" any accusation of genocide that way.

45 posted on 10/10/2004 7:37:42 PM PDT by A. Pole (MadeleineAlbright:"I fell in love with Americans in uniform.And I continue to have that love affair")
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