by Larisa Alexandrovna
March 15, 2007
http://www.atlargely.com/2007/03/ksm_deflector_a.html
I had wondered how purgegate would be removed from 24-7 news coverage, what spin could possibly knock this story out of our attention. Perhaps, I thought, finally Osama bin Laden would be conjured up in the flesh. I was close. The next best thing to a PR Osama, is the real mastermind of the September 11 attacks and boy, he is singing just in time and like a canary.
"Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, confessed at a Guantanamo Bay military hearing that he planned and funded that al-Qaeda operation and said he was involved in more than two dozen other terrorist acts around the world, according to documents released by the Pentagon yesterday.
In a rambling statement delivered Saturday to a closed-door military tribunal, Mohammed declared himself an enemy of the United States and claimed some responsibility for many of the major terrorist attacks on U.S. and allied targets over more than a decade. He said that he is at war with the United States and that the deaths of innocent people are an unfortunate consequence of that conflict."
News?
KSM was arrested four years ago and has been tortured since that time. Now, had this confession showed up a bit, um, sooner, I might find it less staged. But given how the Bush administration abuses the tragedy of September 11 for political reasons and how often they do it, plus the timing of this "confession,' I am highly skeptical. No, I am more than skeptical.
There is no question that KSM is a terrorist and that he likely played a role in the attacks of September 11. But that no longer matters as he has been in custody for four years now. More importantly, nor is it news that KSM was involved. We knew this four years ago. What is the news here then? That he delivered a just-in-time mention of September 11?
A tortured captive delivering a just-in time PR gift is not news. It is manipulative and deceptive. It is ugly even.
Oh, KSM confession bogus folks
by Larisa Alexandrovna
March 15, 2007
http://www.atlargely.com/2007/03/oh_ksm_confessi.html
I was just watching TV and it appears that now KSM has also confessed to the murder of Danny Pearl. That just exposed this confession as a lie. Why? Danny Pearl was murdered by Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, while tracking a money transfer from Pakistan (on the orders of then Pakistani General Mahmoud Ahmad to Dubai to September 11, 2001 lead hijacker Atta. More importantly, why are there only 2 pictures and no video of this man? Why is the tribunal closed? Why is he delivering his so-called confession in writing? I want to see a video of this man's confession, not a piece of paper. Where is Waldo?
Does this administration think we are so stupid that we would confuse reality for made-for-politics justice? And where the hell is the healthy skepticism of the fourth estate? I mean really, if you cannot see the man or hear the man, then what makes you so certain he is even alive at this point? I see there is a transcript, so apparently someone actually spoke. Why can't we hear this? What possible reason is there for our limited access to information about an event that is so important to our nation?
I call BS and I suggest that the media stop playing games with our national tragedy!
More on Omar:
British-born Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh has been sentenced to death for abducting and murdering US journalist Daniel Pearl.
Omar Sheikh, 27, was born in London, attended the London School of Economics and was a close associate of Maulana Azhar Masood - founder of the banned Jaish-e-Mohammad (JEM) group, which India blames for an attack on its parliament in December 2001.
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