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is this a news story or a farce?

Date: January 07, 2003 | 3 Dhu-l-Qidah 1423 Hijriah
Blog: veiled4allah
Subjects: media, hype
First, there was this:

Like the posthumous Elvis Presley, Canada's five mysterious terror suspects seem to have popped up everywhere. They were at Akswesasne, being smuggled into the United States by natives. They were at Toronto's Pearson Airport, where they slipped into Canada by claiming refugee status. One was seen on a bus entering the Lincoln Tunnel. Another was spotted on a West Coast ferry.

By the middle of this week, they had starred in hundreds of newspaper and television reports and had been on the lips of everyone from U.S. President George W. Bush to Senator Hilary Clinton, who announced at a press conference that they had entered the United States through Canada.

But yesterday, the FBI admitted that the most important ingredient in the story -- that is, the proof -- is nowhere to be found: "There is no border-crossing information that would say they're here," FBI spokesman Ed Cogswell said. "And to say they came in from Canada is pure speculation."
Now it turns out that...

The FBI has concluded the information that led to a hunt for five men thought to have entered the United States illegally on Christmas Eve was fabricated by an informant, ABC News reported on Monday.
If you've heard about the guy in Pakistan whose photo appeared as one of the suspects, this is the same story.

Story found via Eschaton, which has more links and commentary.

P.S. The end of the first story reads: Asked what might have triggered the initial FBI allegation about the five Middle Eastern men entering the U.S. from Canada, the Mountie replied caustically: "It was a slow week at the White House. They needed something to stir the pot because nothing was happening in Iraq.". LOL.
~ Posted by Al-Muhajabah, a member of the reality-based community, at 12:45 AM

Comments

idrissia said: Total comments: 1  

Its a witch hunt mentality going on now. If you look funny nowadays, people think you are a terrorist. I actually think this is going to get much worse before it gets better. And the folks targeted by McCarthy thought they had it bad? At least they weren't forced to register.

You have a great site. Keep up the good work.
Idrissia

~ Posted at January 7, 2003 07:56 AM | Comment Permalink
Dragon said: Total comments: 12   gold star

their Dastardly ways get to be anoyying

~ Posted at January 7, 2003 08:11 AM | Comment Permalink
umair salam said: Total comments: 2  

this is exactly what i told my wife after i found out that one of the suspected illegal immigrants was a jeweller in pakistan who had never left pakistan..."It was a slow week at the White House. They needed something to stir the pot because nothing was happening in Iraq." how embarassing it should be for the media to be reporting such things...but no one cares after sept. 11, it seems! i hope the world comes to its senses some day soon!

~ Posted at January 10, 2003 09:49 PM | Comment Permalink

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