[Rosinante]

Pardon, but the article offered looks exactly like the one Asia Times has on its site today: http://atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/HJ18Aa01.html.

What is the difference?

[Admin Moderator]

Why are you asking?

[BubbaHeel]

Thanks; the correct URL is

http://atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/HJ18Aa01.html

Looks like the Asia Times editorial staff backed down, and Spengler's forum is back up, as well.

It'll be interesting to see whether there are any differences between the official, published version, and the cached version that Ozone34 posted above.

[justapleeb]

I read the original and the only difference I noticed was in the following text:

"Much of what is incomprehensible in Arabic makes good sense if one reads the text instead in Syriac, the liturgical language of pre-existing Christian communities in the Middle East, according to "Christoph Luxenburg"; "

In the original, if I recall correctly, Spengler goes on to give the example of an Arabic word translating as "Virgin" but the same word in Syriac translates as "Raisin". Apparently there is disagreement about whether a suicide bomber can expect 72 virgins in paradise or 72 raisins.

Could this be what the ATOL editors had a problem with?

Anyone notice any other differences?