Anticipating the war?

[Jasper Fidget]

Oh yes, this is certainly the kind of wack-ass article I would put into my
own archives (I sincerely hope you were collecting research on wack-ass
articles, Kurt).  This statement is misleading:

"Taliban news sources have been reporting that a joint American and Russian
attack on Afghanistan involving chemical weapons is expected any time. The
Times, a British newspaper, has also acknowledged this fact in yesterday's
issue (http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,32114,00.html)."

The Times article says nothing of chemical weapons and nothing of Russia,
and in fact indicates that the Taliban ignored the wishes and welfare of
much of its citizenry.  From the Times article:

"Many Afghans, particularly in the capital, are hostile to bin Laden and his
followers and unhappy at the prospect of being attacked for harbouring them.
"We are least concerned about what happens to bin Laden," Siddiq Ullah, a
shopkeeper in Kabul, said, echoing the views of many. Most maintain that he
should be asked to leave to save the people."

And later from the Times: "However, in his most recent interview, in January
last year, bin Laden praised the bombers of the embassies and called on his
followers to target US installations..."

>From this posted article: "The use of chemical weapons against civilians
does not come as a surprise from countries that do not even worry about the
safety of their own Armed Forces."

Is this what people read in the Middle East?  Is this what they believe?
All that "Zionist-controlled US" stuff (snipped below) is the worst kind of
alt.conspiracy horseshit--I should be less surprised that this actually
seems to be what people there believe (imagine your daily news is
alt.conspiracy!)--and not worth the bytes needed to store it, but the Times
article is interesting.

Jasper Fidget

----- Original Message -----
From: <KXX4493553 at aol.com>

This I found in my archives - astonishing and completely forgotten...

Thema:   Muslim Source: Attack Expected on Afghanistan
Datum:  22.12.00 21:18:38 (MEZ) Mitteleuropäische Zeit

[...]
It is more likely that the USS Cole was
bombed in a joint Israeli Secret Service MOSSAD and CIA operation in order
to
justify an attact on the Taliban regime in Afghanistan and divert attention
from the Zionist genocide in Palestine. As always, the Zionist-controlled US
Government does not care about the lives of its soldiers and is willing to
sacrifice them in order to preserve its unjust policies and the racist State
of Israel.
[...]
The simple and quickest answer for them to give is to point the finger at
Usama bin Ladin and launch an attack on Afghanistan. As in the 1998 African
Embassy bombings, there is little evidence and facts but more rumours and
propaganda.
[...Ha hah haaaa -JF ...]