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| FOX Grovels for CAIR |
| 2005-02-09 |
| Notwithstanding either the serial pro-terrorist pronouncements by CAIR leaders, and the arrests of 3 of their leaders, for Patriot Act violations, CAIR has coerced FOX to disclaim any possible suggestion that there is general Muslim opposition to the counter-terror war, that might arise from the current storyline of "24." World Net Daily, February 9, 2005 ...The Fox show, which has a story line that runs the entire season, is based on 24 hours at a counter-terrorism unit. In its fourth season, this year's story centers on a terrorist sleeper cell planning an attack on the United States. CAIR is a spin-off of the Islamic Association For Palestine, a group identified by two former FBI counter-terrorism chiefs as a U.S. front group for the terrorist group Hamas. Since 9-11, CAIR has seen three of its former employees indicted on federal terrorism charges. Randall Todd "Ismail" Royer was sentenced to 20 years in prison on charges he trained in Virginia for holy war against the United States and sent several members to Pakistan to join Lashkar-e-Taiba, a Kashmiri terrorist group with reported ties to al-Qaida. Bassem Khafagi, was arrested in January 2003 while serving as the group's director of community relations. The previous December, Ghassan Elashi, the founder of CAIR's Texas chapter, was indicted for financial ties to Hamas leader Musa Abu Marzook. Current CAIR leaders also have made statements in support of Hamas and the domination of the U.S. by Islam. As WorldNetDaily reported, CAIR's chairman of the board, Omar Ahmad, was cited by a California newspaper in 1998 declaring the Quran should be America's highest authority. He also was reported to have said Islam is not in America to be equal to any other religion but to be dominant... You calling us out, CAIR? FOX's snivelling weasel-words: "Hi. My name is Kiefer Sutherland. And I play counter-terrorist agent Jack Bauer on Fox's 24. I would like to take a moment to talk to you about something that I think is very important. Now while terrorism is obviously one of the most critical challenges facing our nation and the world, it is important to recognize that the American Muslim community stands firmly beside their fellow Americans in denouncing and resisting all forms of terrorism. So in watching 24, please, bear that in mind." OK FOX, quote a single major American Muslim leader who has ever denounced or resisted either Hamas or Hizbollah terror. |
| Posted by:IToldYouSo |
| #6 Lol, Shaiter Uloluper1664, for a moment I couldn't find your point, but there it is: on top of your head! FOAD / HAND. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-02-09 6:51:54 PM |
| #5 "IToldYouSo"? FOAD, you arrogant self-important snot, lol! Shhhhh, Dot Com. I hear your mother coming down the hall. Better log off and pull your pants up... |
| Posted by: Shaiter Uloluper1664 2005-02-09 3:54:46 PM |
| #4 I applaud fox for continuing the story against pressure from terrosits groups like CAIR. One of my favorite Clancy books "The Sum of All Fears" was ruined by the PC movie that changed the Arab Terrorists for Neo-Nazi. I have no love for either but the former is more likely to set off a nuke in a populated area. Changing the story line caused the movie to bomb, partially because most Clancy fans refused to go see it. 9/11 showed the world as to what lengths Arab/Muslim terrorists are willing to go to and changing the story line didn't change that fact it just made a good book into a bad movie. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2005-02-09 1:22:40 PM |
| #3 Separately, Fox may be having Kiefer Sutherland speak the disclaimer, but they are not discontinuing the story line. And that is the key. We already know not all Muslims are evil terrorists -- President Bush has been saying that since 9/11. And the kind of people who watch 24 are not going to have their minds changed by the statement either. More likely, they will be annoyed by the pressure exerted on the network to include it, and become more suspicious of American Muslim officialdom -- ie CAIR. This is one of those Pyrrhic victories for CAIR ... Americans do not like to be told how to think. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-02-09 1:03:30 PM |
| #2 This rude child posted such things yesterday as well. Perhaps its mother didn't love it enough to spank it when it was younger. At any rate, it hadn't told us so before, and so isn't entitled to make the claim now. Perhaps if it would state its position clearly and logically, with the points well defended by historical facts -- and stood firmly against ignorant disagreement from the denizens of this site ... and then was justified by the unfolding of events... then its nym would be legitimate. I speak here as a mother of children, who knows well whereof she speaks. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-02-09 7:25:46 AM |
| #1 If this had been posted by someone with a normal nym, I might've been sympathetic - I heard the blurb myself Monday night and was appalled by its scope, which is clearly bullshit... But hey, I'm an American. I don't like assholes who think they have any special dispensation or are arrogant about something everyone here knows - hell, probably 100x better, lol, so it rubs me wrong when they haven't the smarts to be cool. "IToldYouSo"? FOAD, you arrogant self-important snot, lol! |
| Posted by: .com 2005-02-09 6:17:59 AM |