wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@>
> 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.
Well, as they say: where there's smoke, there's fire.
I guess being the leading terrorist-supporting nation in the world
doesn't get you the benefit of the doubt sometimes...
>
>
>
> >
> > 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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