[Reader-list] CNN footage of Palestinians celebrating is actually fake

[philip pocock]

Harsh Kapoor wrote:

> COUNTERPUNCH.ORG reports that the CNN footage of Palestinians celebrating is
> actually fake.  ... Please distribute this news widely

> Check out counterpunch's front page:
> <http://www.counterpunch.org>http://www.counterpunch.org

i did check out this page and you ought to be ashamed for recommending such
hogwash!

here is a couple of paragraphs from that page you recemmend as 'news' i am
adding CAPITAL LETTERS to parts for emphasis:

If Holywood rules necessitate
      a short, sharp war against the new enemy, the AMERICAN CAESAR
      would be best-advised not to insist on Pakistani legions. The
      consequences could be dire: a brutal and vicious civil war creating
      more bitterness and encouraging more acts of individual terrorism.
      Islamabad will do everything to prevent a military expedition
      to Afghanistan. For one thing there are Pakistani soldiers, pilots
      and officers present in Kabul, Bagram and other bases. What will
      be their orders this time and will they obey them? Much more
      likely is that OSSAMA BIN LADEN WILL BE SACRIFICED
      (incorrect spelling by the article author) in the interests
      of the greater cause and his body dead or alive will be handed
      over to his former employers in Washington. But will that be
      enough?
The only real solution is a
      political one. IT REQUIRES REMOVING THE CAUSES THAT CREATE
      THE DISCONTENT. It is despair that feeds fanaticism and it is a result
      of Washington's policies in the Middle East and elsewhere.

DISCONTENT!!! DISCONTENT!!! MASS MURDER OF 5000 SIMPLE PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF

LIFE IS DISCONTENT!!!

PLEASE DESIST FROM LITTERING THE LIST WITH SUCH YELLOW JOURNALISM.

it is an embarrasment to the members to recommend such hate, which is simply
and transparently utter rhetorical garbage propaganda.

it undermines open and honest criticism and dialogue concerning real human
issues and a complete waste of
at least my time.






Harsh Kapoor wrote:

> fyi
> ========
> COUNTERPUNCH.ORG reports that the CNN footage of Palestinians celebrating is
> actually fake.  Researchers at a Brazillian University have found identical
> footage from 1991.  Also note, it was night-time in Palestine when the news
> arrived.  Please distribute this news widely as that footage is inspiration
> for a lot of hateful feelings right now.
> --Naeem Mohaiemen
>
> Check out counterpunch's front page:
> <http://www.counterpunch.org>http://www.counterpunch.org
>
> http://www.chicago.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=4395&group=webcast>
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