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freesoul
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johnslat

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Dear freesoul,
This is just a "shot in the dark", so to speak, but is it possible the Sheikh has invented a new torture form - one the CIA might be interested in:
Sandboarding
Regards,
John
P.S. The moral here is clear: Never film your torture sessions. |
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anaxiforminges
Joined: 15 Apr 2009 Posts: 136 Location: UAE
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Repost. Not that that makes it any easier to watch.  |
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SD BOY
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There have been several negative stories out of the Gulf -including this one, in the US media recently.
I hate to say this..but one wonders if such news reporting would have seen the light of day a year or so ago under an Administration that shall remain nameless.
Apparently, both Cheney and Rummy felt they had the right, no...duty, to control the press. Just ask al-Jazeera or the Guardian. |
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veiledsentiments

Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA
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Ah no, it would have been shown. There is nothing the American media (and the previous administration) loved more than a story which showed Arabs in a bad light. In particular to the admin, it justifies as their crimes...
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SD BOY
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Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 2:27 pm Post subject: |
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Even Arabs that were on our payroll , so to speak? |
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veiledsentiments

Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA
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Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 3:10 pm Post subject: |
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Sure... why not? |
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SD BOY
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Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 3:59 pm Post subject: |
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Must I really explain..why not?
I'll bet you're old enough to remember a little film from the early "80's entitled "Death of a Princess". Our good friends the Saudis made such a fuss at the time that it was not broadcast on PBS. I believe the Dutch were the only Western country with the guts to tell them to go **** themselves and aired the program.
I, myself, happened to be in the Eastern Province when some hapless soul was beheaded for witchcraft...not a word from the State Department , nor-as I recall-from the Jewish controlled US press.
Yes...Arabs and other Muslims may be discriminated against in America...but the "Thobed Ones" are not among them. |
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007

Joined: 30 Oct 2006 Posts: 2684 Location: UK/Veteran of the Magic Kingdom
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Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 4:02 pm Post subject: Re: ABC News Exclusive |
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freesoul wrote: |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2W5rbF8hLU&feature=related
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freesoul, the above video is a Hollywood film made by ABC news, directed by Uncle Sam, and executed by the Sheikh!
In UAE, the Sheikh tortures his enemies using 'Sandboarding', in America, Uncle Sam tortures his enemies using Waterboarding! |
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johnslat

Joined: 21 Jan 2003 Posts: 13859 Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
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Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 5:10 pm Post subject: |
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Dear 007,
Well, you have to give the Sheikh credit for making use of the materials at hand - no water available so he improvised.
Regards,
John |
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veiledsentiments

Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA
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Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 2:04 am Post subject: |
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SD BOY wrote: |
Must I really explain..why not?
I'll bet you're old enough to remember a little film from the early "80's entitled "Death of a Princess". Our good friends the Saudis made such a fuss at the time that it was not broadcast on PBS. I believe the Dutch were the only Western country with the guts to tell them to go **** themselves and aired the program.
I, myself, happened to be in the Eastern Province when some hapless soul was beheaded for witchcraft...not a word from the State Department , nor-as I recall-from the Jewish controlled US press.
Yes...Arabs and other Muslims may be discriminated against in America...but the "Thobed Ones" are not among them. |
Not sure what your examples have to do with any of this, but I will assume that you have never lived in the US or dealt much with the media here... or are aware of how things function... or not...
VS |
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SD BOY
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Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 7:42 am Post subject: |
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veiledsentiments wrote: |
SD BOY wrote: |
Must I really explain..why not?
I'll bet you're old enough to remember a little film from the early "80's entitled "Death of a Princess". Our good friends the Saudis made such a fuss at the time that it was not broadcast on PBS. I believe the Dutch were the only Western country with the guts to tell them to go **** themselves and aired the program.
I, myself, happened to be in the Eastern Province when some hapless soul was beheaded for witchcraft...not a word from the State Department , nor-as I recall-from the Jewish controlled US press.
Yes...Arabs and other Muslims may be discriminated against in America...but the "Thobed Ones" are not among them. |
Not sure what your examples have to do with any of this, but I will assume that you have never lived in the US or dealt much with the media here... or are aware of how things function... or not...
VS |
Oh Perspicacious One!
My point is...that we the People of the United States, the media, the government, the noble association of EFL teachers etc...kowtow to these petty, brutal little autocrats in the Gulf.
We look the other way when they enslave people, we look the other way when they torture their slaves to death.
Now, under Obama, there is a glimmer of a chance that someone might stand up to them.
That was my point.
By the way, I live in West Hollywood...I have something of an idea about the way the press/media work in the US. |
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Never Ceased To Be Amazed

Joined: 22 Oct 2004 Posts: 3500 Location: Shhh...don't talk to me...I'm playin' dead...
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Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 8:24 am Post subject: |
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I was just announced on Fox News that the nuclear power plant project where the U.S. will sell this commercial technology to the U.A.E. has been put on hold while the incident is investigated. Jesus may have screwed the pooch on this one! Boy, I'd like to be a fly on the wall when Khalifa is asking little bro to 'splain his self!
But then again, I heard on Fox News...
NCTBA |
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kiefer

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Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 8:28 am Post subject: |
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I heard this briefly reported on a local radio station during a news update--103-something FM. The two parties involved were refered to as "An Afghani national" and the "Perpetrator" and that although it had been amicably resolved, it was still under investigation. |
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SD BOY
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Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 12:42 pm Post subject: |
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Sorry.
I've just reread my earlier post. The word Jewish should have been placed in quotations. I was trying to make an ironic point. It didn't work.
I am truly sorry. |
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