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2004-09-27 Iraq-Jordan
Arab media, viewers ambivalent over Iraqi kidnappings
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Posted by Dan Darling 2004-09-27 3:01:56 AM|| || Front Page|| [11133 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Then, many Arab commentators warned that the kidnappers’ actions could irrevocably tarnish the image of Islam and the Arab world.

Understatement of the day. It is already irrevocably tarnished. Infidels have learned that Islam says that it's OK to lie, murder, etc. if it is for the cause, yada yada yada......
Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-09-27 6:37:29 PM||   2004-09-27 6:37:29 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 The beginning of the end for Islam:
translating the qu'uran into English, German, etc.

They had long ago decided to spread Islam by any means available.
Posted by .com 2004-09-27 6:42:16 PM||   2004-09-27 6:42:16 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Islam is the only "reilgion" lower than Scientology.
Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom  2004-09-27 6:45:48 PM|| [http://www.slhess.com]  2004-09-27 6:45:48 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Let's face it - we don't really know how the polling was done. Look at how the liberal media in this country produces poll results that erroneously but consistently favor Democrats and liberal issues. Think about the biases of a government-controlled Arab media that endorses the Protocols of the Elders of Zion and think about how they may be distorting their polls as well. The Arab media are like the liberal media, but worse by orders of magnitude. Anything they say needs to be taken with a grain of salt.
Posted by Zhang Fei  2004-09-27 6:58:00 PM|| [http://timurileng.blogspot.com]  2004-09-27 6:58:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 SPoD, scientology is a cult!

Waitaminit...

Could it be that Islam...? Naw, can't be, could it?
Posted by Memesis 2004-09-27 6:58:06 PM||   2004-09-27 6:58:06 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Note also that Iraqi polls taken during Saddam's reign overwhelmingly opposed the US and an invasion. Post-invasion, perhaps 20,000 guerrillas are fighting US troops, out of a population of 2m people. This is why polls sponsored by the Arab government media are not to be trusted. And where do Western media companies go to for expertise on how to conduct polls in Muslim countries? You guessed it.
Posted by Zhang Fei  2004-09-27 7:01:19 PM|| [http://timurileng.blogspot.com]  2004-09-27 7:01:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Make that 25M, bro.
Posted by .com 2004-09-27 7:02:33 PM||   2004-09-27 7:02:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 The misinformation coming of the press is just Orwellian. Just about every aspect of war coverage is so contaminated with ideological bias that you have to read the coverage with the kind of care that Russians used to reserve for Soviet-era Pravda and Isveztia.
Posted by Zhang Fei  2004-09-27 7:03:33 PM|| [http://timurileng.blogspot.com]  2004-09-27 7:03:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 .com: Make that 25M, bro.

Sorry. Missed a digit there.
Posted by Zhang Fei  2004-09-27 7:04:39 PM|| [http://timurileng.blogspot.com]  2004-09-27 7:04:39 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 ZF, that would be about 25M, not 2M.
Posted by Memesis 2004-09-27 7:04:44 PM||   2004-09-27 7:04:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Amen, ZF... Digital bird-cage liner. On a good day.
Posted by .com 2004-09-27 7:05:03 PM||   2004-09-27 7:05:03 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Fucking bloggers. Fact checking every word. We had a good thing going 'til this goddamned internet thingy showed up. Assholes.
Posted by .Abu MSM 2004-09-27 7:06:58 PM||   2004-09-27 7:06:58 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 Sorry for redundancy.
Posted by Memesis 2004-09-27 7:06:58 PM||   2004-09-27 7:06:58 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 Abu MSM, LOL!
Posted by Memesis 2004-09-27 7:07:59 PM||   2004-09-27 7:07:59 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 I believe that was DOT Abu MSM, Memesis. He's a touchy mofo, the prick.
Posted by .com 2004-09-27 7:09:32 PM||   2004-09-27 7:09:32 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 While the number quoted was, in fact, factually "inaccurate", we believe it portrayed the truth - less one digit place
Posted by Dan Rather  2004-09-27 7:20:05 PM||   2004-09-27 7:20:05 PM|| Front Page Top

#17 It's got to be true! I read it in the Sun!
Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom  2004-09-27 7:23:20 PM|| [http://www.slhess.com]  2004-09-27 7:23:20 PM|| Front Page Top

#18 .com, OH! Did not see the DOT. Not sure of the significance, but will tak your word for it.

So, you sayin' that was not a sarcasm?
Un-fcuking-believable!
Posted by Memesis 2004-09-27 7:36:52 PM||   2004-09-27 7:36:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#19 Memesis - Lol! Naw, I just place a dot in front when I change nyms for effect - don't wanna be charged with trolling, heh.
Posted by .com 2004-09-27 7:41:24 PM||   2004-09-27 7:41:24 PM|| Front Page Top

#20 "Missed a digit.."I sympatise,Zang.Me too.
Posted by Raptor 2004-09-27 9:06:06 PM||   2004-09-27 9:06:06 PM|| Front Page Top

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