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2004-06-07 Arabia

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Posted by Dan Darling 2004-06-07 8:55:21 AM|| || Front Page|| [11129 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 being a good person and all, I'm trying to muster some sympathy for the BBC reporters. While I feel bad for the individuals ...and all that...it's just that, for so long, the BBC has aided and comforted our enemies. The pen is a mighty sword, and the BBC has proven themselves to be formidable combatants for the "other side".

...so I'm digging deep to remind myself that the death of these reporters is not a good thing.

Posted by B 2004-06-07 9:46:33 AM|| 2004-06-07 9:46:33 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Auntie's been hit with the bat she's long admiringly watched being used on others. Perhaps now's the time she's going to ask herself whether she's going to play 'beaten spouse' in her love affair with Mohammed. Sadly, statistics and precedent suggest that she won't end the relationship for quite some time. The BBC is this thug's bitch. She loves him, and that's all that counts.

Posted by Bulldog 2004-06-07 9:59:03 AM|| 2004-06-07 9:59:03 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Security sources said the gunmen fled after the shooting.

Prince Naive: "It was uncertain whether the 'militants' would successfully flee, until our security forces surrounded them, and they then were able to escape"

Posted by Frank G 2004-06-07 10:10:03 AM|| 2004-06-07 10:10:03 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Very well put,Bulldog. It's a horrible thing for the victims and families. What's sad is that this sort of thuggery can be reasonably -- if only sarcastically -- refer to "red on red" or "friendly fire." This is entirely a reflection of the appalling cluelessness and moral imbecility of the BBC. One of the most depressing things I recall reading a while back was how the BBC Arabic service spewed a stew of nonsense not much better than that coming from Arab "media," but with the implied credibility of a western source (Denis Boyles line, perhaps). There's hoping the crocodile eats you last, and then there's trying to pretend that the crocodile has redeeming qualities, or must be understood, or is only eating people because they've provoked him.

Posted by Verlaine 2004-06-07 10:47:30 AM|| 2004-06-07 10:47:30 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Bulldog...well said. 'cept she loving him on your dime. Maybe he wouldn't be quite as handsome if the bills weren't paid and there was no money for baby's (and mommy's) new shoes.

Too bad BBC and NPR aren't like the South Koreans - demanding to be cut loose from mommy's trust funds. Joy to the day that we stop funding their dream lives in the Ivory Tower and they are forced to wake up in the real world.

Posted by B 2004-06-07 11:01:51 AM|| 2004-06-07 11:01:51 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 BBC appeasers are finding out what happens when the women don't wear the burquas, and the men don't have long beards. God is great, kill the infidels, god is truly great!

(Lower case - that god is not the same one as I know)

Posted by BigEd 2004-06-07 11:24:16 AM|| 2004-06-07 11:24:16 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 ALSO-
"Soddies on the hunt for BBC killers"
Why does the Dudley Do-Right music keep running through my head?

Posted by BigEd 2004-06-07 11:26:03 AM|| 2004-06-07 11:26:03 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 On the news over here it says that they were filming outside the house of a known AQ affiliate/sympathiser, OK, Darwin must be spinning furiously down there, but is it so naive to ask why the Saudis aren't dealing with these people, at least with regard to the domestic threat they pose? Hnnnnnnnnngh...

Posted by Howard UK 2004-06-07 2:05:47 PM|| 2004-06-07 2:05:47 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Why isn't this being reported as a friendly fire incident?

Posted by Dar 2004-06-07 2:22:29 PM|| 2004-06-07 2:22:29 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Maybe they should bring in outside help for these terrorist searches, you know, some top men like Hans Blix . . .

Posted by The Doctor 2004-06-07 5:28:40 PM|| 2004-06-07 5:28:40 PM|| Front Page Top

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