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To: McGruff
This is a good example of a piece of pure BS written by Debka is dangerous. Many of Debka's defenders bemoan the people here who voiciferously attack its falsehoods, saying that if people don't like it, they should simply not read it and quit the attacks.

Rubbish.

False stories have a tendency to get picked up by other news organizations, and before you know it, it seems to have some credibility because it's been "widely-reported."

It's the same thing that happened this weekend with the reports that Saudi Arabia has asked the US to leave the airbase there. It's completely false, but many here believe it because a headline said so.

24 posted on 01/20/2002 10:02:51 AM PST by Dog Gone
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To: Dog Gone
Or because they want to.
26 posted on 01/20/2002 10:05:45 AM PST by Howlin
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