…the coalition terrorists bombed that residential neighbourhood for no reason, killing many innocents? Saddam apparently walking the streets of Baghdad on April 9th.
"Abu Dhabi television said the film was shot April 9, the day U.S forces moved into Baghdad. The footage, if authentic, would mean an April 7 American bombing aimed at killing the Iraqi president was unsuccessful. "
Most likely, killing innocent Iraqis will help the U.S.
Why is Abu Dhabi so interested in Saddam a week later??
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Why is Abu Dhabi so interested in Saddam a week later??
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I think the coalition terrorists are more interested in Saddam. I mean come on, they bombed a residential neighbourhood killing many innocents just because they "though" he might be there. Makes me sick to my stomach.
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I think the coalition terrorists are more interested in Saddam. I mean come on, they bombed a residential neighbourhood killing many innocents just because they "though" he might be there. Makes me sick to my stomach.
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I know. Poor thing. And Saddam's mass graves probably give you a voracious appetite.
Fret, Remember when they dropped a beautiful missile right on that restaurant (a week ago or so), working under the assumption that Saddam Hussein might be there? i can't even remember how many civilians were killed in that incident (12?) and how many more injured. Since they were just Iraqi chefs, waiters, and customers, i guess we will never watch a CNN special about their lives or how their deaths affected their families.
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Fret, Remember when they dropped a beautiful missile right on that restaurant (a week ago or so), working under the assumption that Saddam Hussein *might be there? i can't even remember how many civilians were killed in that incident (12?) and how many more injured. Since they were just Iraqi chefs, waiters, and customers, i guess we will never watch a CNN special about their lives or how their deaths affected their families.
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Exactly Nadia. Imagine if the tables were turned, if another public American building were bombed by Al Queda killing many civilians just because they thought an important US government figure might have been in there. We'd see flag waving and finger pointing for eternity.
sighs makes me wonder that those people were right....who said that Iraq would be better off if Sadam would surrender quietly...
Did he bank on the Iraqi populace... which was already devastated due to decade long sanctions. I mean where were the Republican guards, what was he thinking about. Its just confusing. A case can be made for the sucide bombers from Palestine, however, what about those 'fidayeens' who gave up their life ' for a lost cause.
Fret, yeah its sad.
Better off with Saddam perhapes?
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Better off with Saddam perhapes?
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lesser evil is out [Saddam]
bigger evil is in [USA]
:-)
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Exactly Nadia. Imagine if the tables were turned, if another public American building were bombed by Al Queda killing many civilians just because they thought an important US government figure might have been in there. We'd see flag waving and finger pointing for eternity.
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Fret, that's unimaginable. It would be like 9-11 all over again. Print and visual media would be saturated with pictures, obituaries, commentaries. In short we'd have 24/7 coverage. The obligatory cases of anti-Muslim harassment.
Iraqi restaurant is just that - an Iraqi restaurant. Collateral damage.
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Fret, that's unimaginable. It would be like 9-11 all over again. Print and visual media would be saturated with pictures, obituaries, commentaries. In short we'd have 24/7 coverage. The obligatory cases of anti-Muslim harassment.
Iraqi restaurant is just that - an Iraqi restaurant. Collateral damage.
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You crack me up. Was the Arab media showing specials documenting the lives of the civilians that died at the terrorists hands on 9-11?
This forum is growing amazingly idiotic.
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You crack me up. Was the Arab media showing specials documenting the lives of the civilians that died at the terrorists hands on 9-11?
This forum is growing amazingly idiotic.
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No more then american media showing the crimes against Koreans and Vietnamise or the genocide of heroshima and nagasaki...
This forum is growing idiotic! you are most welcome to leave.
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You crack me up. Was the Arab media showing specials documenting the lives of the civilians that died at the terrorists hands on 9-11?
This forum is growing amazingly idiotic.
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Did you watch al Jazeera? Do you have access to Abu Dhabi tv? Have you ever watched either of them? They are surprisingly not as biased as they might appear to yourself. How do they compare to journalists at CentCom, Qatar, not being able to ask any 'awkward' types of questions to Vincent Brooks?
Western media outlets, particularly in North America, do not show sufficient coverage of Iraqi civilians. Whether or not you agree with it, that's my opinion.
have to agree with this …:k:
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Did you watch al Jazeera? Do you have access to Abu Dhabi tv? Have you ever watched either of them? They are surprisingly not as biased as they might appear to yourself. How do they compare to journalists at CentCom, Qatar, not being able to ask any 'awkward' types of questions to Vincent Brooks?
Western media outlets, particularly in North America, do not show sufficient coverage of Iraqi civilians. Whether or not you agree with it, that's my opinion.
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You didn't answer my question:
Was the Arab media showing specials documenting the lives of the civilians that died at the terrorists hands on 9-11?
Although I haven't seen al Jazeera tv, I've seen their website. It's quite obvious that they are amazingly biased.
But please answer my question. You were complaining how the US media wasn't giving time to the individual Iraqis that have lost their lives in this war. I want to know if the Arab media did that for the lives lost on 9/11 as part of the War on America.
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Most likely, killing innocent Iraqis will help the U.S.
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Your wrong m'lord. Killing innocent Iraqi's harms the U.S.
Abu Dabbai T.V. showed a video of Saddam Hussain for the past couple days. And all the people cheering for him also.
If they cheer for that man. They are mistaken.
But if they have to cheer for that man..they are cheering.
Right? or not ? Nadia?
I suppose Saddam won the peace, but not the battle. I suggest that some of his cronys have been captured. Saddad saved face.
And hmmmm... should the U.S. open up the mass graves or not? Should the U.S. check em out? Or do you think Saddam could just take lifes just because.?
Maybe he should be voted president of Iraq again? Perhaps?
Have a holiday with Saddam.
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**Was the Arab media showing specials documenting the lives of the civilians that died at the terrorists hands on 9-11?
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FuzzNug, i am sure they were not. i hope i am not living under the delusion that Arab media outlets are 100% unbiased and neutral. Manifestly they are not! Many (not all) Arab media outlets are controlled by their respective Muslim dictatorial governments.
What i don't expect, in a democratic government, is for the same type of media control. CNN has no qualms about interviewing twenty Iraq "experts", 95% of whom conveniently happen to be in favour of the war. Recently, on a roughly regular basis, there has been coverage of American prisoners of war, what type of conditions they had to endure, etc etc. Funny how i rarely get to hear the name of one Iraqi civilian, or see a profile of his family in the same manner that families of American POWs are sympathetically interviewed. i don't expect media outlets in dictatorships to be 100% unbiased and neutral, i do expect media outlets in the country that is supposed to be the most democratic country on earth, to show a reasonable level of neutrality and lack of bias. i expect that media outlets in democratic countries will be 'permitted' the fundamental right to exercise some degree of neutrality; i wouldn't expect it in countries such as Kuwait or Saudi Arabia, but surely - one can expect that from a democracy such as the US?
Well,
I know about Ali whose arms were blown off and his parents killed.
I know about that 17 year old girl whose face was burned. BTW, has any middle-east country adopted and offered to pay her bills yet?