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“Austrian court unfreezes $10m of Palestinian terror group Abu Nidal’s funds”
Haaretz.com ^ | 12/09/2008 | Yossi Melman
Posted on September 12, 2008 2:31:00 AM PDT by Man50D
http://townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2008/09/12/the_world_still_blames_america
“The World Still Blames America
by Michelle Malkin”
(September 12, 2008)
COLUMN SNIPPET: “Al-Qaida’s media relations department must be seething. Or rather, they must be seething beyond the usual Destroy America/Kill the Jews/Behead the Infidels/Convert-or-Die seething that is their second nature. After years of churning out throat-slitting propaganda videos, investing in the finest video editing software and studio sets, and establishing cozy relations with sympathetic international newspapers and global network news channels, the jihadists still don’t get no respect from world opinion.
They are the Rodney al-Dangerfields of global mass murderers.
A poll released this week of more than 16,000 people in 17 nations revealed that “majorities in only nine countries believe al-Qaida was behind the attacks on New York and Washington that killed about 3,000 people in 2001.” A mere 46 percent of individuals overall said they believed al-Qaida executed the attacks — despite all the back-patting, fist-pumping video productions from AQ’s media arm, al-Sahab, claiming credit.”