Reply #26: Yeah, it's just that I'm pretty amused

[GermanDJ]

You know, because currently the US military is slaughtering civilians in Falluja, but there is no real outcry in our 'free' press about this. More or less at the same time I learn that John Negroponte will soon be announced as new ambassador to Iraq and seemingly no one remembers that under his supervision as ambassador to Honduras the US has conducted countless terrorist acts against Nicaragua, killing tens of thousands of innocent people. Or US General Kimmit is asked if he isn't bothered that Arabic TV stations document the killing of hundreds innocent civilians (a clear terrorist act by all means, although conducted by the West) and he calmly answers "if you're bothered change the TV channel".

I beg you not to think that this statement of mine is meant to be snotty. It's not. I've seen the same pattern and the same excuses when my own country was involved in illegal bombings of Serbia (attacking TV stations, etc).

But back to my statement from before:

I remember vividly that the Telegraph and especially the Hollinger group was often attacked last year in the run-up to the Iraq war (also an example for a terrorist act which killed several tens of thousands people). People were very aware at that time, that Perle was using his media conglomerate to spread his (the PNAC) point of view.

It's not easy to prove my statement from before, because I was referring to non-english newspapers, but I think I can show you nevertheless some examples:

- The Scotsman: Reports rather unbiased, reports equally about critics and supporters of the Libyan government, mentions criticism of Libya's human rights status as well as the "remarkable progress" in shedding its rogue nation status, including abandoning its nuclear weapons programme and settling the Lockerbie and UTA airliner bombing cases.

http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=476572004

- Netherlands Expatica deals with the same subject as the remarkably one-sided Telegraph article: The Expatica article mentions terrorism as well, but puts it in a meaningful context:

"When asked about Libya's past support for organizations generally regarded as terrorist groups he made it clear he had no qualms about his own country's actions.
(...)
"We were in a phase of fighting for emancipation, liberation.... We were accused of being terrorists, but that is the price we had to pay. If that is terrorism, then we are proud to be terrorists because we helped the liberation of the (African) continent", Qaddafi said."

http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=48&story_id=7044

- The Bulgarian News Network deals mainly with the case of several Bulgarian medics who are accused of deliberately infecting children with the HIV virus:

"The Libyan leader said he had intervened to ensure the trial of five Bulgarian nurses and one doctor, accused of infecting 426 children, was fair and just. A verdict is due on May 6.
"I have used my moral influence with the judiciary system in Libya for them to call any lawyers and to allow the presence of the ambassador and the government of Bulgaria to be witness to any ruling of the court," Gadhafi said.
"I believe that the world will witness now that this court is public, open and fair and just," he added. Prodi voiced sympathy for the families and children infected at the Benghazi hospital and hinted that Brussels could offer some aid to help close the case."

http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?sid=4768