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| Iraq-Jordan |
| Italian hostage killed |
| 2004-04-14 |
| Aljazeera alert A group calling itself the Green Brigade says it has killed one of the four Italians hostages it had captured. The group said in a statement sent to Aljazeera along with a video tape on Wednesday that it had killed the hostage because the Italian president Silvio Berlusconi said pulling his troops out of Iraq was "not in question." Aljazeera said it will not air the tape showing the killing of the hostage "in order not to upset viewers sensitivities"... Aljazeera are definitely acting as the ’oxygen of publicity’ for the Jihadi groups. |
| Posted by:Lux |
| #12 If they're going to show some atrocities, then show them all. Bingo, Tresho. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-04-14 9:57:01 PM |
| #11 Al J didn't air the tape to protect anyone's sensitivities, but to preserve/promote their slant on the evil of poor innocent Iraqi civilians, children and baby ducks being slaughtered by the Great Satan. The torture-murder of a truly innocent Italian aid worker just doesn't fit in with the aims of Al-J. If they're going to show some atrocities, then show them all. |
| Posted by: Tresho 2004-04-14 9:25:57 PM |
| #10 As I pointed out before, the thing to do is not kill their broadcast, but to subvert and corrupt it to our own propaganda purposes. The computer power available to certain agencies could fake an AJ news broadcast so effectively that nobody could tell the difference by eye. mojo, that is why I mentioned "spoofing." We need to undermine their credibility permanently. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-04-14 6:54:04 PM |
| #9 Not so sure I agree, Shipman. Prodi's already begun to run for PM on a pull-out-of-Iraq platform. |
| Posted by: rkb 2004-04-14 6:30:55 PM |
| #8 Killing hostages without reason is a bad biz. Very stupid. Killing Italian hostages without reason is borderline insanity. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-04-14 6:29:13 PM |
| #7 As I pointed out before, the thing to do is not kill their broadcast, but to subvert and corrupt it to our own propaganda purposes. The computer power available to certain agencies could fake an AJ news broadcast so effectively that nobody could tell the difference by eye. Override their transponders (they're our sattelites, after all - or if they're not, simply out-power them from the ground or subvert the command channels) Even if they tumble to the gaff (pretty likely), nobody will be able to believe a word they say; So go ahead, put a big tattoo on AJ's forehead: "Insert disinformation here". |
| Posted by: mojo 2004-04-14 6:28:03 PM |
| #6 A determined initial strike with cruisemissiles and after that vigilance, any time they put their heads up (start broadcasting) throw a piece of concrete with a J-dam(n) package strapped to it through their location. |
| Posted by: Evert Visser in NL 2004-04-14 6:13:44 PM |
| #5 No physical attack is needed. A simple E-bomb would roast their entire production facility without dislodging a single brick. We have the technology to override, jam or spoof their video broadcast signal at will. Barring that, blow their satellite out of the sky. It looks like they finally realize what thin ice they're skating upon. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-04-14 6:12:51 PM |
| #4 20,000lb bomb on AL J HQ would work too. |
| Posted by: Charles 2004-04-14 6:01:25 PM |
| #3 What would it take to pull their cable? A nice 500lb jdam would do the job nicely. |
| Posted by: Rafael 2004-04-14 5:50:33 PM |
| #2 Wonder what it would take to knock AJ offthe air? They have to be using someones satelites. My direct TV goes out when it rains for gods sake. What would it take to pull their cable? |
| Posted by: Capsu78 2004-04-14 5:40:01 PM |
| #1 al J probably realizes they are in real danger of moving from the pain in the ass list to the "going to do something ABOUT this pain in the ass" list. Otherwise that photo would be right on tv. |
| Posted by: danger danger 2004-04-14 5:10:19 PM |