wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@>
> wrote:
> >
> > There has been a huge buzz in the blogosphere and in some
> mainstream
> > media in the past few days over a report that the Iranian
> parliament
> > has just passed a Nazi Germany-like law requiring non-Muslims to
> wear
> > badges identifying their religions.
> >
> > Turns out the report, from a right-wing Canadian publication, was
> > made up out of whole cloth, apparently a bit of disinformation
> > planted to stir up fear of Iran.
> >
> > http://tinyurl.com/gxa84
> >
> > Blogs are now in the process of spreading the word that the story
> is
> > a hoax. Will the media who reported the bogus tale do the same?
> > Don't hold your breath.
>
>
>
> I am finding this story fascinating.
>
> What I would like to know is: did ANYTHING prompt the story at
> all? Could it have been that a bill was being debated in the
> Iranian parliament about dress code and, from there, it went to a
> fictional "wearing of badges" for Christians and Jews?
Read the page at the link I provided. Most
disinformation is deliberately constructed around
a tiny kernel of truth so it's harder to dismiss.
In this case there was a discussion in parliament
about dress, but nothing whatsoever about
identifying religious minorities. There's no way
it could have been a misunderstanding.
>
> Of course, if the story was about, say, Ireland then it would have
> been considered a hoax right away. But because it was Iran even a
> false story was considered believable.
>
> It will be interesting to see how it plays out.
>
>
>
>
> >
> > In the current climate, we need to be skeptical. Remember the
> > stories about Iraqi soldiers ripping babies from incubators?
Same
> > deal: black psy-ops.
> >
> > A well-reasoned op-ed column in the Newark Star-Ledger by two
> Middle
> > East experts on why the notion that Iran is a threat to Israel is
> a
> > crock:
> >
> > http://tinyurl.com/jg6ja
> >
>
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