If the Palestinians weren't cheering in the streets over the attacks on the
World Trade Center and Pentagon don't you think that the Palestinian leaders
would protest the footage instead of threatening reporters if they showed
the video. This article references a veiled threat by the Palestinian
Cabinet Secretary Ahmed Abdel Rahman against news agencies for showing
celebration video,
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2001/09/13/palestinian.htm
I also saw a report on CBC that stated that AP had an even more inflammatory
video but refused to release it due to threats from Palestinians against the
life of the cameraman that captured the celebration.
-----Original Message-----
From: Raynold D Cruz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 9:13 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: OT [7:20266]
> > > Propaganda Watch
> > > CNN Used 1991 Film To Incite Against
> Palestinians
> > > Posted: 26 Jamad-u-Thani 1422, 14 September 2001
>
> > > CNN showed Palestinians cheering the death and
> > destruction of 11
> > > September. The scenes were repeated throughout
> the
> > day and around the
> > > world to sow hatred against the "callous"
> > Palestinians.
> > >
> > > Now it turns out that it used footage from 1991
> > and just claimed that it
> > > was today's footage. A contributor to
> CounterPunch
> > > > >
> > (edited by Alexander
> > > Cockburn) reports that he and his colleagues had
> > compared this tape with
> > > one from 1991 showing Palestinian cheering, and
> > found them to be
> > > identical. Here are excerpts from that letter by
> > Marcio A. V. Carvalho at
> > > State University of Campinas - Brazil:
> > >
> > > "All around the world we are subjected to 3 or
> 4
> > huge news
> > > distributors, and one of them - as you well know
> -
> > is CNN. Very well, I
> > > guess all of you have been seeing (just as I've
> > been) images from this
> > > company. In particular, one set of images called
> > my attencion: the
> > > Palestinians celebrating the bombing, out on the
> > streets, eating some cake
> > > and making funny faces for the camera.
> > >
> > > Well, THOSE IMAGES WERE SHOT BACK IN 1991!
> Those
> > are images of
> > > Palestinians celebrating the invasion of Kuwait!
> > It's simply unacceptable
> > > that a super-power of communications as CNN uses
> > images which do not
> > > correspond to the reality in talking about so
> > serious an issue.
> > >
> > > A teacher of mine, here in Brazil, has
> videotapes
> > recorded in 1991,
> > > with the very same images; he's been sending
> > emails to CNN, Globo (the
> > > major TV network in Brazil) and newspapers,
> > denouncing what I myself
> > > classify as a crime against the public opinion.
> If
> > anyone of you has
> > > access to this kind of files, search for it. In
> > the meanwhile, I'll try to
> > > 'put my hands' on a copy of this tape.
> > >
> > > But now, think for a moment about the impact of
> > such images. Your
> > > people are hurt, emotionally fragile, and this
> > kind of broadcast have very
> > > high possibility of causing waves of anger and
> > rage against Palestinians.
> > > It's simply irresponsible to show images such as
> > those."
> > >
> > > Marcio A. V. Carvalho State University of
> > Campinas - Brazil.
> > >
> > >
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