Sunday, August 01, 2004

Another Bloody Sunday

We suppose we have to give some credit to the Fox News spinners for getting on the job so quickly on the church bombings in Iraq. The spin is as follows:

This proves that the terrorists are engaged in a religious war;
The tactic of church bombings was previously seen in Pakistan, so the perpetrators may well be from Pakistan


What they don't want you to think about:
There have been many bombings of mosques during Friday prayers;
In particular, both Pakistan and Iraq have seen extensive bombings of Shia mosques by Sunni extremists;
Iraqi Christians were not victimised under Saddam


Some things that the spinners don't seem to understand:
Difference between Armenian and Armenian Christian, between Assyrian and Syrian, and they're a bit shaky on the whole Chaldean Christian thing

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