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To: Prodigal Son
I'm actually stunned that the AP is putting this story out. I guess a few things can still get past the "diversity"/"religion of peace" police.
12 posted on 07/04/2002 5:38:08 AM PDT by self_evident
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To: self_evident
I'm actually stunned that the AP is putting this story out. I guess a few things can still get past the "diversity"/"religion of peace" police.

The New York Times also has it (exact same from the AP) and in fact that is where I originally read it, but I try not to post from them whenever I can find an alternative. But at any rate, if the NYT covers it, a lot of the other majors will cover it as well just for the competition reasons.

What I was surprised about was that the original story about the gang rape got any play. The thing is- a lot of the lefty human rights groups are upset about this so once they got wind of it, it was inevitable. The left also doesn't mind, I believe, because Pakistan is technically our "ally" and while this doesn't necessarily reflect negatively on the Bush admin, it doesn't reflect positively either. It lets the pundits take cheap shots like "Nice people you got us in bed with Mr President" and things of this nature.

14 posted on 07/04/2002 5:49:10 AM PDT by Prodigal Son
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To: self_evident
Yeah, really! I mean, all the articles I've read on this atrocity before this one concealed the religion that inspired it, so much so that freepers were arguing over whether it was Muslims or Hindus. I guess the bit about the Quran could be considered a dead giveaway....
21 posted on 07/04/2002 7:21:48 AM PDT by kaylar
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