Israeli, US astronauts die in shuttle blast over ‘Palestine’ (BARF ALERT -- Saudi viewpoint)

Arab News ^ | 2 February 2003 | Barbara Ferguson

[M Kehoe]

Psycho Constitutionalist signed up 2003-01-22.
This account has been banned.

Looks like the AM is doing a good job.

5.56mm

[amom]

I love efficiency. :-)

[Stultis]

Bruce Gagnon, international coordinator for the Global Network against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space

"Global Network Against Americ...," er, uh "...Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space" (yeah, that's the ticket) home page.

Praise & publicity from The Communist Party USA.

[jedwardtremlett]

Did it really break up over Palestine, or are they just pulling our legs?

J

[Orion78]

[JavaTheHutt]

Did it really break up over Palestine, or are they just pulling our legs?

From what I understand, it was directly above Dallas when it started breaking up. They are reporting that debris has been found in New Mexico, Arkansas, and as far south as the Houston area. Some debris may have ended up in the Gulf of Mexico. With a debris field that wide, you could technically argue that it broke up over most of the cities and towns in Texas.

[babaloo999]

You do realize it's Palestine, Texas? Pronounced Pala-steen.

[amom]

hee hee hee

thanks for sharing

:-)

[babaloo999]

It just happens to be in the general area and nothing more than a bad coincidence. I took off my tin foil hat long ago.

[Howlin]

Me, too! I look longingly at that NASA channel!

Imagine the views they have had for the last 16 days.

[Nam Vet]

That is great.

Nam Vet

[Nam Vet]

I read another Freeper's comment on another thread that was spot on. Seems in the 'Bible Belt' there are MANY towns with Biblical names.

To me, this was just some idiot, liberal journalist's back-handed slap at our pro- Israel stance.

Nam Vet

[Sonar5]

A Memorial I did this morning in Photoshop.

I am using this for my desktop. Feel free to use it or post
it anywhere you like.

The Background was taken by Digital Camera from this
shuttle mission.

The rest of the pics are from Nasa's website.

There is a larger version on my website here:

http://home.attbi.com/~Sonar5/Shuttle/memorial-sts-107.jpg


Regards,
Joe

[DonQ]

Palestine, Texas, is a middle-size city about 100 miles South East of Dallas. Since the shuttle was breaking up on a west-to-east trajectory and began breaking up before it was over Dallas, the shuttle was probably already completely shattered before it passed over the city of Palestine. In other words, this cutesy-poo irony mentioned in the Arab News is forced and false.

[Centurion2000]

Whatever the cause, the accident dealt a powerful shock to American confidence and throws into doubt the entire manned space program.

This kind of crap from our 'allies' is why we should put another one up ASAP. God know our enemies our rejoicing today over our tragedy.

Next thing you know, Kim Jong and the DANKs will come out saying how this validates them having nukes or something stupid like that.

To President Bush: With all possible speed, please get our space programs back up speed.

[KeyLargo]

Its funny now even FOX News is reporting that only one or two arabs have said derogatroy things about the death of the Isralie astronaut and that even the Palestinians send their regrets. Barf..... Come on its the usual muslim religion is the religion of peace crap. The arabs have demonstrated their hate for America and will not rest until all of us are dead.

[jedwardtremlett]

Yes, I do. : ) Sorry for not being more precise in my posting.

pala-steen it is.

J

[jedwardtremlett]

Okay. Thanks : )

J

[anotherview]

The debris field is hundreds of miles long. More came down over Nagadoches than anywhere else, and Palestine, TX isn't fare from there.

This is typical Arab media spin for domestic consumption. The Saudis aren't as blatant as the Iraqis who claimed the tragedy was "Allah's revenge" on the Americans and Israelis, but this is there not-so-subtle way of delivering the same message.

I did give a BARF ALERT with this post, and I did it for good reason.