"Reuters rejects as utterly baseless an allegation being circulated by e-mail and the Internet claiming that it circulated 10-year-old videotape to illustrate Palestinians celebrating in the wake of the September 11 tragedies in the United States. Reuters welcomes a statement by the Universidad Estatal de Campinas-Brasil (UNICAMP), one of whose students was the author of the original e-mail, setting the record straight. The videotape in question was shot in East Jerusalem by a Reuters camera crew on September 11 in the immediate aftermath of the attacks on the United States. The footage was broadcast by CNN and other subscribers to the Reuters video news service."
"CNN did not air decade-old footage of Palestinians dancing in the streets. Eason Jordan, CNN's Chief News Executive, confirmed that the video used on CNN was in fact shot on Tuesday, 11 September 2001, in East Jerusalem by a Reuters TV crew, not during the Persian Gulf conflict of 1990-91 — a fact proved by its inclusion of comments from a Palestinian praising Osama Bin Laden (whose name was unlikely to have come up ten years earlier in connection with the invasion and liberation of Kuwait) as well as the appearance in the video of post-1991 automobiles."
I am saddened, that conspiracy theories abound, wrt the WTC and the attacks against the US 9/11.
If OBL is not behind 9/11, then why not have Al Jazeera run a video tape of him, denouncing these events. They certainly seem to be given access to info. Instead, we get this: "In 1998, several al-Qaeda leaders issued a declaration calling on Muslims to kill Americans—including civilians—as well as “those who are allied with them from among the helpers of Satan.”
Further, after 9-11, the arab talkings heads, were quick to point out, that while the attack were horrendous, that the US was perhaps partly responsible for repsonses against the US.
I find it incredolous, that respected news organizations, who reside in parts of the world, where free speech is a right, is disregarded and information from sources like Al Jazeera is held in higher esteem.
Wonder who they will claim did the attacks in Saudi, Spain, Khobar Towers, UN Building, Bali Disco, WTC bombing 1, US embassy in Nairobi ? I know, it is a vast zionist conspiracy!
Honestly, I understand, that the vast majority of people on this earth wishes to live in peace, whether they are Muslims, Christian, red or Blue, but there are those that do not wish this to be. Turning a blind eye to this fact, is not a prudent thing for us to do!
Last edited by Diesel8; 4th June 2004 at 15:09.