The two Boston bombers are reported to be two Chechen brothers. They have apparently lived in the US for nearly a decade. Some background digging by the Atlantic Wire here: Note ‘Beliefs’….Islam The BBC made some startling claims, including that by their specialist security correspondent Frank Gardner, that the Boston bombers were most probably domestic, meaning white, right wing terrorists. This was based on no more …
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(Updates added below) Here’s how BBC Radio Five Live’s 1pm news bulletin dealt with the Boston bombing on Tuesday 16 April: listen to ‘BBC R5L news bulletin on Boston bombs, 16.4.13’ on Audioboo Jonathan Marcus: “The United States has a very large and well-developed group of radical extremists of their own. People I suppose you would categorise as being on the far-right, people who are opposed to federal authority, particularly …
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The BBC have given over acres of broadcasting real estate to the critics of Mrs Thatcher who claim that she destroyed the mining industry. I can’t say that they’ve given equal prominence to the fact that, as stated many times across other media, that Labour closed more mines than Mrs Thatcher. They do have space for this though: Why the fuss over George Osborne’s tears? Are they merely trying …
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Warrior and healer Obama has a tough task as innocents die, says Mark Mardell Mardell doesn’t say he believes Obama is an inspirational warrior prophet but clearly he thinks Obama is heaven sent….leaving us with this thought about Obama….. ‘He is at his best when his words seek to leave the world a different place.’ Get a room!
The BBC are continuing down the road of pointing the finger of blame at white, far right groups or individuals and other domestic possible candidates for the Boston bombing…..you have to ask on what evidence?….other than the coincidence of the date of the attack there is nothing else to go on. The German centre left publication Süddeutsche Zeitung writes: “Hysteria is the triumph of terror, but America has …
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Peter Allen relates to Nicky Campbell how when as a young journalist he asked Mrs Thatcher this (5 mins 30 secs) about the Falklands War: ‘Why are you bothering to fight this war when you know perfectly well that you will have to give them back to the Argentinians eventually.‘ Give them back? The Argentinians never owned them. And if anything Spain has a stronger claim than anyone else…other …
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