hostage takers arent terrorists

* (from prev dispatch "* apparently blair runs to run his campaign on domestic issues" should have read "* apparently blair wants to run his campaign on domestic issues") (i prolly make similar mistakes all the time, i just happened to notice that one...)

* speaking of blair, i cant beleive he (and the cadmin) can get away with this tripe: ""The problem is I can apologise for the information that turned out to be wrong but I can't, sincerely, at least, apologise for removing Saddam. The world is a better place with Saddam in prison not in power," - on the one hand i got bad advice, on the other hand, saddam is in jail... they are all so damned effective at framing the discussion. no mention of, say, the war. and if anyone brings it up, the obvious and childishly effective "would u prefer saddam in power?" - which 'our side' then gets dragged into. faux news was astonishingly demanding someone answer whether would they prefer to have obl in jail instead of saddam. the idea of blair insincerely apologising for something is kinda funny tho.

* heres a joshmarshall bit on rove. no shame. whats next karl? 5 juicy weeks to prove yuor worth once and for all. u can tell your grandkids that you 'were so good u even got 43 re-elected' - you'll have historians musing about how u did it for generations. and 49.9% of voters. and 80% of the rest of the world.
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/week_2004_09_26.php#003523

* xmph referred to this article from jun3 (farooq was killed this week)"Pakistan's establishment recently labeled Amjad Farooqi as al-Qaeda's mastermind in the country. However, Asia Times Online contacts vigorously dispute this claim. Certainly, Amjad is wanted in connection with the murder of US journalist Daniel Pearl in Karachi in 2002. The contacts claim, though, that Amjad is in fact a "stand-alone" operator who does not draw support from any one organization, as he is able to gather his own manpower and financial resources.
The contacts suspect that Farooqi has already been arrested in Karachi, and that he will be "presented" at a later date."
how often do we see this sort of thing... thats why i get concerned about all the zarq media. in case its pre-media. cos he's a chem expert. apparently.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/FF05Df03.html

* "The alleged top al-Qaida operative in Lebanon who was captured in a security operation that broke up a terrorist network died of a heart attack Monday" http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040927/ap_on_re_mi_ea/lebanon_al_qaida_8

* neocreep novak "Is CIA at war with Bush? September 27, 2004 BY ROBERT NOVAK
...the unavoidable conclusion that the president of the United States and the Central Intelligence Agency are at war with each other." hmmm.. 'dear porter - enjoy your first day. and dont get uppity'
http://www.suntimes.com/output/novak/cst-edt-novak27.html

* we dont negotiate with terrorists. unless they can speak english.

* imagine if soros or someone, perhaps in conjunction with a publishing house,
offered 100 scholarships for whistleblowers - where they get a 3 year job guaranteeing a 50% salary premium and/or a book deal and a legal team. or some such. and/or witness protection.

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