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Friday, August 12, 2005

Guardian Has A Terrorist Contributor

We all laughed when The Guardian re-printed the text of one of Osama bin Laden's speeches in the form of an opinion column. Some of us were a bit worried when it came to light that the paper had an anti-semitic terror-sympathizer on its writing staff.

Now The Guardian has a column up by a man named Saad al-Fagih. Who is Saad? According to The Guardian he "is a leading exiled Saudi dissident and director of the Movement for Islamic Reform in Arabia."

He is, in reality, more "terrorist" than "dissident."

Al-Faiqih seems to have bought the satellite phone which was used by one of the Al Qaeda suicide bombers who blew up the US embassy in Nairobi.

Sa'ad al-Faqih, was "designated" by the United States Treasury on December 21, 2004 and on 23 Dec 2004 was named on the United Nations 1267 Committee consolidated list of individuals belonging to or associated with the Al-Qaida organisation.

On 14 July 2005, the US Treasury "designated" al-Faiqih's "Movement for Islamic Reform in Arabia" (MIRA), a U.K.-based Saudi oppositionist organization, for providing material support to al Qaida:


There's more, so read the whole thing.

Given this situation along with the previous two I've mentioned (in addition to others I'm probably forgetting about) the only question that I feel needs to be asked is: Who's side is the The Guardian on? After three instances like those above one can no longer reasonably attribute the decisions to poor judgment.

Personally, I can't help but feel that The Guardian is making a concerted effort to create sympathy for those who would use terror tactics to defeat the British and American troops currently fighting for Iraqi freedom.

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The Grand Forks Herald (my paper) printed a speech by a member of Al-Qaeda in the form of an op/ed column (I think it was Zarqawi, but my memory is fuzzy).

On the day after the Iraqi election, no less.

Dave on August 12, 2005 at 11:08 am
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Wow...I didn’t know that.

And how is the Herald “your” paper?  Are you from the ND area?


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Rob on August 13, 2005 at 09:08 pm
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Yeah, I live 20 miles south of Grand Forks.

I suppose you could say that both the Grand Forks Herald AND the Fargo Forum are “my” paper, seeing as my town is too small to print a meaningful newspaper.

Dave on August 15, 2005 at 12:09 am
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Well Jeez Dave, you should have said you were a fellow Nodak.

We should get together some time.  Have a few beers, maybe talk politics and try to strangle one another.

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Rob on August 15, 2005 at 12:09 pm
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Have a few beers, maybe talk politics and try to strangle one another.

We’d have to go to freedom-loving Canada… I’m just a lad of 20.  wink

Dave on August 15, 2005 at 02:09 pm
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Oh...well...call me when you grow up then.

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Rob on August 16, 2005 at 05:09 pm
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Oh, come on, Rob. You are a PI, Float him a fake ID for the night. Be a pal.

2Hotel9 on August 16, 2005 at 05:09 pm
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I am quite frankly getting sick of drinking out of plastic cups.

Dave on August 17, 2005 at 09:09 am
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I remember those days, Dave.  Once you get in the bar, though, you’ll be sick of $2.00 shots and $1.50 beers.


When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.

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