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Pryderi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 11:42 PM Original message |
Interesting. Fox News saying "Usama bin Laden" on their website. I wonder |
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arcane1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. Typo prevention :) |
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highplainsdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 11:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. That's what Keith Olbermann was speculating on Twitter. |
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highplainsdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 11:45 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. Keith's tweet about this: |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. There are two accepted spellings |
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ChazII (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 11:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Thank you for this information. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 11:52 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. The Brits use it mostly |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
3. It's their way of making him sound as foreign as possible |
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Geostudent (27 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
4. The spelling of the FBI and CIA |
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ingac70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
6. Probably so they don't accidentally put Obama instead. n/t |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
7. Yes, they've always tried to use U instead of O. Sometimes they slip. |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
8. IDK. They certainly had a lot of 'slips' calling Barack 'Osama.' So did all the GOP candidates. |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
9. It can be spelled either way. Arabic transliterations tend to be |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
10. Yep. It's like when the fundie billboards read, "Believe ON the Lord Jesus Christ." |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
12. It's like a Gaddafi / Quadafi / Khadhafy thing. I wish Middle Eastern scumbags could settle on one |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-02-11 12:01 AM Response to Reply #12 |
21. Nice bit of ignorance about Arabic. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
13. But did they put a D after his name? |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
14. Maybe if they type the "U" they won't follow it with a "b". |
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lynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
16. FBI spells it "Usama" based on their website - |
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MiniMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
17. Osama or Usama, it is a translation from Arabic |
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Adenoid_Hynkel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
18. they did immediately after 9/11 |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-11 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
20. I think a US gov't agency did that, so they decided to. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-02-11 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
22. So their sheeple will think it's someone else? |
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Pryderi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-02-11 12:43 AM Response to Original message |
23. I thought it might have to do with right-wing messaging. |
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