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Praktik
1st February 2008, 07:51 PM
So there's a guy on another forum that posts up Prison Planet crap on a regular basis. This (http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/february2008/020108_second_time.htm) is his latest copy and paste job:

The death of "senior Al-Qaeda leader" Abu Laith al-Libi is being celebrated by Neo-Cons as a reason for continuing the endless war on terror - absent one crucial detail - the corporate media widely reported that another "senior Al-Qaeda leader" named al-Libi had been arrested back in May 2005. The American people have been fooled again in another case of mass public deception.

There was much lip-smacking and high-fiving three years ago about how the capture of "Al-Qaeda number three," a certain Mr. Al Libi, would lead to crucial information about Al-Qaeda's plans and even the whereabouts of fabled Goldstein mirage Osama "bin dead for years" Laden, presumably after al-Libi had received the proper welcome from the land of the free in the form of fifty thousand volts shooting through his genitals.

In actual fact, the al-Libi that had been caught was Abu Faraj al-Libi, not Abu Laith al-Libi. Abu Faraj al-Libi was described as Al-Qaeda "flotsam jetsam" by the London Times, ie some semi-retarded goatherder shoved onto the front lines under the threat of a beheading - and not the fearsome Laith al-Libi, third in command behind Al-Zawahiri and Bin Laden.


Ok. So. Anyone care to explain why they're off the mark here? Given their credibility, I'm assuming this is hogwash.

I would do the legwork, but the thing is I've had my Civ 4 game on pause since the beginning of the week, and the New World is about to receive the civilizing touch of Lincoln's advanced society.

So if someone can debunk this for me, I can fulfill my Manifest Destiny AND have a salvo ready for my ongoing battle with this persistent and unabashed Troofer.

twinstead
1st February 2008, 08:03 PM
Yes, prisonplanet, that bastion of respect journalism. There is a problem with nom-de-guerres clogging up the CIA databases. this problem is discussed here in a story about the first 'al-libi' arrest that PP alludes to:

http://www.here-now.org/shows/2005/05/20050506_9.asp

(real player needed)

So. Who exactly is the REAL al-Libi? I feel comfortable in letting prisonplanet tell me so. Aren't you?

defaultdotxbe
1st February 2008, 09:32 PM
a scant few minutes of investigoogling reaveals "al-libi" is a pseudonym which means "the libyan" or "from libya"

according to wikipedia libya has an estimated population of 6,036,914

Cylinder
1st February 2008, 09:54 PM
a scant few minutes of investigoogling reaveals "al-libi" is a pseudonym which means "the libyan" or "from libya"

according to wikipedia libya has an estimated population of 6,036,914

Right - it's the same as an American referring someone as "Charles from California." It could mean Charles Manson or Charles Shultz - or both.

MetalliSociety
1st February 2008, 10:01 PM
Typical useless PP articles. Where the journalism majors that dropped out of college wind up.

eromitlab
1st February 2008, 11:32 PM
Typical useless PP articles. Where the journalism majors that dropped out of college wind up.

Really? I don't think they even went to college in the first place. Whomever ascribes to AJ's convoluted worldview and can make up stories in something resembling complete sentences gets to be a "reporter". Which would explain why most of the stuff on prisonplanet, infowars, truthnews and like such as is copy-and-pasted from mainstream media sources and blogs that sane people actually read, and re-posted to places where sane people go.

Praktik
3rd February 2008, 11:27 AM
a scant few minutes of investigoogling reaveals "al-libi" is a pseudonym which means "the libyan" or "from libya"

according to wikipedia libya has an estimated population of 6,036,914

Thanks for working so I didn't have to.

You'll be happy to know that by 4am Lincoln had achieved a diplomatic victory in Civ 4, and that by evening time on saturday the troofer had his own work to do..;)

DarkMagician
3rd February 2008, 01:56 PM
Typical useless PP articles. Where the journalism majors that dropped out of college wind up.

I don't even think they were accepted to college, let alone had a journalism major and dropped out.

AZCat
3rd February 2008, 02:12 PM
Thanks for working so I didn't have to.

You'll be happy to know that by 4am Lincoln had achieved a diplomatic victory in Civ 4, and that by evening time on saturday the troofer had his own work to do..;)

Diplomacy is for wussies. I usually spend my time as Gandhi building up an unprecedented ICBM arsenal, then delight in chucking spears of nuclear fire at the Chinese (who always seem to be at the receiving end of my thundering finale).

Praktik
3rd February 2008, 02:25 PM
Diplomacy is for wussies. I usually spend my time as Gandhi building up an unprecedented ICBM arsenal, then delight in chucking spears of nuclear fire at the Chinese (who always seem to be at the receiving end of my thundering finale).

Ya I felt cheated to be honest... there was a whole lotta pain coming...;) Unchecked that victory condition in my next game..;)