A space shuttle breaks apart during a scheduled flight - and the media immediately pounces on this golden opportunity to cash it - and make all efforts to prove that it was an act of TERRORISM - the news statement goes as ;
Officials in Washington said that there was no immediate indication of terrorism, and that President Bush was informed and awaiting more information from NASA
The incident is sad - with loss of lives
May their souls rest in peace
Re: Another act of terrorism ??
It may turn out to be an act of terrorism. However, it does not look like that,at this point in time.
You state that they are trying “make all efforts to prove that it was and act of terrorism”.
I don’t agree. I see nothing in what you have here, including your link,to suggest that what you say is true.
OK :)
but u overlooked what i really meant to say
IS IT REALLY NECESSARY TO MENTION THE WORD TERRORISM with every unfortunate incident that occurs anywhere in the world ??
and that too without any preliminary info ?
In light of the pending world war and the terrorist acts throughout the world, that in itself would be enough, I beleave.
But adding that the first Israeli astronaut was onboard, It certainly does make sense
and I guess all eyes would immediately be turned towards the so called AL-Qaeda too ??
based on an assumption that an israeli was on board ?
terrorism? does alqaeda now have sleeper cells in space?
Probably just a technical error.
The thing was 39 miles above Earth and travelling at Mach 18. Terrorists cannot reach that altitude with anything. No one can fire anything to that altitude.
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The thing was 39 miles above Earth and travelling at Mach 18. Terrorists cannot reach that altitude with anything. No one can fire anything to that altitude.
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you just blew your once in a lifetime chance of being hired by the FBI as a top agent :D
There is less than 1 million'th chance that the disaster was due to "terrorists". Space travel is dangerous - period.
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and I guess all eyes would immediately be turned towards the so called AL-Qaeda too ??
based on an assumption that an israeli was on board ?
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There is no one except you that has brought Al-qaeda into this except you,which i can understand since your mission with this thread was to do just that.Oh no its terrorism that mad man Bush is going to bomb some country for this and its gonna be a muslim one,you spin it so much its a natural reaction for you.
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There is no one except you that has brought Al-qaeda into this except you,which i can understand since your mission with this thread was to do just that Oh no its terrorism that mad man Bush is going to bomb some country for this and its gonna be a muslim one,you spin it so much its a natural reaction for you.
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No - you got it all wrong
The world is going to be fooled YET AGAIN - by an act of TERRORISM - if so desired by THEM. This seemingly technical failure of a space shuttle can be turned expertly into an act of sabotage - within no time.
Read my initial post - IS IT REALLY NECESSARY TO MENTION the word TERRORISM with every accident that happens around the world ??
I was watching Fox News and they are saying:
"allegedly disintegrated......"
They are desperate to blame Muslims for this-they had the Israeli ambassador to the UN on there station and .......
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I was watching Fox News and they are saying:
"allegedly disintegrated......"
They are desperate to blame Muslims for this-they had the Israeli ambassador to the UN on there station and .......
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What do you expect them to say but allegedly,how do you expect them to know for sure what happened,the Isrealis lost someone in the accident,why should he not be asked on the television.
It seems to me,you guys are the ones seeing terrorism everywhere.
The constant whining by some about how the media wants to pin anything bad that happens on Muslims has become a worn out song and dance. The vast majority of media reports have stated terrorism is highly unlikely the cause of today’s terrible tragedy...the media is not prosecuting Muslims, stop the pity party.
I had to turn off MSNBC news. I didn't like the way the anchor made mention of terrorism.
There is no evidence to support any type of terrorism. I think its just the media trying to stir the pot. Perhaps they feel they will have more of an audience when that horrible word is mentioned.
Well ... in my case they were wrong..and I changed the channel.
I just can't stop thinking about the families of those brave astronauts that were awaiting the homecoming of their fathers, mothers, brothers and children ...and instead experienced the horror of watching the Columbia disintegrate. So sad. Made me cry.
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I had to turn off MSNBC news. I didn't like the way the anchor made mention of terrorism.
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Guess what, its part of American life, get use to it. The media is not overplaying the terrorism card at all. To not mention the possibility of terrorism would be very odd. I do not see or hear the media selling fear today, but just the opposite repeating again and again that terrorism is unlikely the cause.
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**I had to turn off MSNBC news. I didn't like the way the anchor made mention of terrorism*
I just can't stop thinking about the families of those brave astronauts that were awaiting the homecoming of their fathers, mothers, brothers and children ...and instead experienced the horror of watching the Columbia disintegrate. So sad. Made me cry.
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exactly my point AAG :)
Underthedome,
I had to turn of MSNBC because this woman anchor must have mentioned the word terrorism 5 times in the one short clip. The way it was said was offensive to me.. seemed like she was trying to insinuate that terrorism may have had a roll, though all the other news channels were denying it. Was just the way it came across to me.
Of course terrorism will be mentioned and likely to continue to be mentioned everytime a disaster occurs.... that's the terrorists fault and likely the reaction they intended to instill.
The thought of terrorism does create the emotion of fear. Absolutely. It's unfortunate that in the case of fear..the terrorists win. And they win everytime the act of terrorism is brought up by re-instilling that fearful emotion. We shouldn't let em win.
Lets put it like this: IF this was an act of terrorism, I have to give those *******s some respect for being able to pull it off.
That said, it is highly, to the point of absurdity, unlikely that this is an act of terrorism.
And I agree that it is a sad state of affairs that people would even mention terrorism while reporting this. Seems paranoia runs deep. The current global climate does NOT necessitate the mention of, even if to disprove, terrorism. This is only goes to show that media really does cater to the sixth-grade intellect.