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| Fifth Column |
| All the news that fits By Thomas Joscelyn |
| 2009-01-08 |
| regarding the one sided NY Times coverage of Muhammad Saad Iqbal's story, GitMo - > Pakiwakiland. You would never know from reading the Times' article that Iqbal was accused of plotting to kill a U.S. official in Indonesia. There is no hint of the fact that Iqbal himself admitted to consorting with terrorists. Instead, Iqbal is portrayed as an obvious innocent who was wrongly tortured. As with nearly all terrorism-related matters, there is ambiguity. The full truth of Iqbal's life may be impossible to piece together. Nevertheless, let us consider the available evidence found in the U.S. government's unclassified files, which were produced online by the Department of Defense and then republished by the Times in its own online database. Despite being freely available, the Times ignored most of the files' contents when reporting on Iqbal. |
| Posted by:3dc |
| #4 "And I say don't let the door hit you in the arse." It won't matter with the NYT, bj. A little extra brain damage won't even be noticeable. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-01-08 23:56 |
| #3 Everyone who writes a comment on Rantburg could run a better newspaper than the NY Times. Tell the truth. Be pro-American in America. That seems to be beyond the ability of the NY Times. |
| Posted by: whatadeal 2009-01-08 23:37 |
| #2 The NYT is going broke and I don't see any way for them to avoid that, they'll go out with their Anti-American guns blazing. And I say don't let the door hit you in the arse. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2009-01-08 10:01 |
| #1 Let the NYT management have custody of this guy and full responsibility for any crimes he may commit. As in, he kills - you die! Then read their editorials. |
| Posted by: Richard of Oregon 2009-01-08 07:58 |