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2003-05-28 International

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-05-28 04:14 pm|| || Front Page|| [11131 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 " ... the twisted image given by the media about our region" has harmed tourism."

Is this guy:

(a) in denial (I will avoid the oft-used pun even if they are meeting in Egypt);
(b) so detached from reality as that term is used in countries where killing, maiming and bombing in the name of Allah are NOT the norm;
(c) related somehow to the former Iraqi Minister of Disinformation (who's name I've already forgotten - Andy Warhol where are you);
(d) shooting for the "Chutzpah of the Year" award?

Posted by ColoradoConservative 2003-05-28 16:33:14|| 2003-05-28 16:33:14|| Front Page Top

#2 Egypt's Tourism Minister Mamduh el-Beltagui said Arab countries "are faced with a big danger which weighs particularly on the tourism industry" as a result of people associating terrorism with Arabs and Muslims. "We must work to correct this image and tourism is the best way to do it because it's an industry of peace," Beltagui said.

From the land of the Religion of Peace, now comes the Industry of Peace. Arabs? Muslims? Terrorism?
No way?!
Damn media!

Posted by tu3031 2003-05-28 16:35:55|| 2003-05-28 16:35:55|| Front Page Top

#3 Krazed Killers from Kabul? Do the Jehadi Jerkoff, bay-bee...

Posted by mojo 2003-05-28 16:37:05|| 2003-05-28 16:37:05|| Front Page Top

#4 Surely you should visit Sudan and Mauritania, where -- if you convert to Islam -- you could buy a black slave or two. No stops in Nigeria? -- lots of fun there, especially in the north. In the Philippines, a trip to the eco-resorts on Palawan is certainly worthwhile -- if lucky you might end up with a free trip on a fast boat to Jolo or Basilan.

Posted by closet neo-con 2003-05-28 16:37:35|| 2003-05-28 16:37:35|| Front Page Top

#5 I should have added a stop to take in a beauty contest in Nigeria. How did I overlook that?

Posted by Fred 2003-05-28 16:40:36|| 2003-05-28 16:40:36|| Front Page Top

#6 ...and to pick your Nigerian Email Scam money.

Posted by tu3031 2003-05-28 16:43:57|| 2003-05-28 16:43:57|| Front Page Top

#7 Also from the full version of the article:

Bahrain's Tourism Minister Yaaqub al-Hamr said that the September 11 attacks had influenced Western public opinion "which considers our region to be a terrorism zone that must be avoided at all costs." The obviousness of this is so ... so ... obvious, that this quote floors me.

"Terrorism and extremism have seriously affected tourism and the economy of our region, and our losses will continue to increase if we don't try to save what can still be saved," he said. And what do you propose? Do you think it is finally hitting these guys that murdering tourists (remember the mass slaughter near the Pyramids a couple of years ago) is bad for tourism? These people are simply stunning in their apparent stupidity or maybe it is obstinance in facing up to reality.

Posted by ColoradoConservative 2003-05-28 17:14:38|| 2003-05-28 17:14:38|| Front Page Top

#8 CC---The problem is the same as that of some of the dinosaurs: The stimulus in the tail takes along time to arrive at the brain (if the neural pathway is developed). By the time they process the disaster, all hell has broken loose and they are just THINKING about responding. I wonder how many of them learn Karate.....

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-05-28 18:28:50|| 2003-05-28 18:28:50|| Front Page Top

#9 Don't forget taking in a musical in Moscow!

Posted by 11A5S 2003-05-28 18:38:54|| 2003-05-28 18:38:54|| Front Page Top

#10 No kidding the non-oil Arab Countries really depend on tourism. So much so I would think they would clean up terrorism just to save their economies.

Posted by Jake 2003-05-28 23:42:24|| 2003-05-28 23:42:24|| Front Page Top

#11 You forgot the Buddha statues. (silence)

Posted by Brian 2003-05-29 01:46:08|| 2003-05-29 01:46:08|| Front Page Top

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