According to Urban Legends at about.com
(http://www.urbanlegends.about.com/library/weekly/aa091101aa.htm):
News footage of Palestinians celebrating the attacks was old or faked
RUMOR: "I've received several copies of a message alleging that CNN is using
1991 footage of celebrating Palestinians and passing it off as 2001 footage
of Palestinians supposedly celebrating the attacks on the World Trade Center
and Pentagon."
STATUS: False. Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat wouldn't be on record as
condemning such demonstrations if they hadn't happened, besides which they
were also documented by news outlets other than CNN. Eason Jordan, CNN's
chief news executive, called the rumors "baseless and ridiculous" and says
the footage in question was shot by a Reuters crew in East Jerusalem on
Tuesday.
<< > in my humble opinion, we need to be very careful about believing/
buying
> into / reacting to the aforementioned images which depict
celebrations in
> the street which were supposedly in response to the tragedies of
last
> Tuesday. ... by this I mean that such images can easily be planted
to suit
> the needs of the media in further fanning the flames. Who knows when
those
> celebrations really took place and in what honour. And who knows
what
> bullshit is being fed over there about the US et al. Just a few
thoughts on
> this monday eve.
This is something that occurred to me too. How do we know what those
celebrations were about or when they were filmed? It's too easy to
just believe everything you see & hear on tv.
Mark E
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