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2007-05-09 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

'Army of Islam' claims responsibility for Johnston's abduction

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Posted by tu3031 2007-05-09 09:35|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 I am sorry about Johnston and ever more sorry about Shalit, Goldwasser et al.
Should be a good lesson to the BBC (and maybe to the Guardian and to the Journalist association) not to send people to Gaza and to impose a complete gag order on Gaza and the West Bank. No more publicity about the plight of anybody...........

Posted by Caesar Hupaise9769 2007-05-09 11:29|| 2007-05-09 11:29|| Front Page Top

#2 What's a dirham worth in real money?

About a quarter.

From Wikipedia: On 28 January 1978, the dirham was officially pegged to the IMF's Special Drawing Rights (SDRs)[2]. In practice, it is pegged to the U.S. dollar for most of the time[3]. Since November 1997, the dirham has been pegged to the 1 U.S. dollar = 3.6725 dirhams[4], which translates to approximately 1 dirham = 0.272294 dollar.

Posted by Thinemp Whimble 2007-05-09 11:35|| 2007-05-09 11:35|| Front Page Top

#3 The headline would have been cooler if it read,

"'Army of Islam' claims to have abducted Alan"

(even better if the reporter spelt his name with two Ls

Posted by mhw 2007-05-09 12:52|| http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/]">[http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/] 2007-05-09 12:52|| Front Page Top

#4 I feel no more pity for the man than if the Nazis had sent Lord Haw Haw to the camps. Good riddance to bad rubbish.

Posted by Excalibur 2007-05-09 15:30|| 2007-05-09 15:30|| Front Page Top

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