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MSNBC unwittingly stumbles on Hezbollah counterfitting operation...and doesn't recognize it.
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Posted on 07/26/2006 5:37:40 AM PDT by MDspinboyredux

July 24: As Israeli assaults continue, the humanitarian crisis in Lebanon worsens. NBC's Richard Engel reports from Beirut.

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KEYWORDS: counterfeiting; counterfitting; hezbollah; ignorantmedia; israel; middleeast; moneytrail; treasury; waronterror
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NBC Nightly News' Richard Engel was on location in Sidon, Lebanon where he reported that 'the financial district' was hit by Israeli missles.

Scattered among the debris was countless sheets of uncut $100 US bills.

Now, since we know that you don't just get uncut currency from the bank, where did they come from???

1 posted on 07/26/2006 5:37:42 AM PDT by MDspinboyredux
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To: MDspinboyredux

Perhaps Mr. Engel's producer wasn't ther to explain that to him...??? LOL! What a doofus.


2 posted on 07/26/2006 5:39:33 AM PDT by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: Romanov; TexasGreg

Ping - ROFLOL


3 posted on 07/26/2006 5:42:59 AM PDT by GarySpFc (Jesus on Immigration, John 10:1)
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To: MDspinboyredux
This story also made the Wall Street Journal yesterday.

http://www.opinionjournal.com/best/?id=110008703
4 posted on 07/26/2006 5:43:46 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia (Democrats, Euroweenies, and the MSM--the Axis of Appeasement)
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To: theDentist
Just when you think these press folks can't get any more silly and irrelevant something like this comes up. They don't have a clue.
5 posted on 07/26/2006 5:43:52 AM PDT by kjo
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To: MDspinboyredux

At 1:07 into the 2:20 segment, FYI.


6 posted on 07/26/2006 5:44:21 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Guns themselves are fairly robust; their chief enemies are rust and politicians) (NRA)
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To: MDspinboyredux

I thought I was the only one who noticed that - now I know I'm not crazy.


7 posted on 07/26/2006 5:44:35 AM PDT by lumber1
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

You're going to love this one :)


8 posted on 07/26/2006 5:44:39 AM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet-pray for Israel))
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To: MDspinboyredux
Did you honestly expect any MSM outlet to report something that would show the terrorists in a bad light? If they can not blame America first then they don't report it.

It is hard to determine which is a greater threat to the USA, the MSM or the muslims.

9 posted on 07/26/2006 5:45:40 AM PDT by Wurlitzer (The difference between democrats and terrorists is the terrorists don't claim to support the troops)
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To: MDspinboyredux

Bttt


10 posted on 07/26/2006 5:48:03 AM PDT by DoctorMichael (A wall first. A wall now.)
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To: Wurlitzer

I think this was just pure stupidity on the part of the reporter. If they wanted to present the enemy in the best possible light and recognized they had uncovered a counterfeiting operation they would have reported from a different location. The only conclusion you can come to from their oversight is they were totally clueless about where they were and the evidence in front of them.


12 posted on 07/26/2006 5:50:38 AM PDT by saganite (Billions and billions and billions-------and that's just the NASA budget!)
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To: kjo

they may have seen it, but the felt it to be irrelevant to their agenda...


13 posted on 07/26/2006 5:51:51 AM PDT by television is just wrong (our sympathies are misguided with illegal aliens...)
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To: saganite

That's the way I read it. Shep Smith has competition for the most clueless reporter over there.


14 posted on 07/26/2006 5:52:19 AM PDT by twigs
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To: saganite

Never ascribe to evil intent that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.


15 posted on 07/26/2006 5:53:18 AM PDT by gridlock (The 'Pubbies will pick up two (2) seats in the Senate and four (4) seats in the House in 2006)
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To: gridlock
Never ascribe to evil intent that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.

Unless you're talking about evil people, of course...

16 posted on 07/26/2006 5:55:40 AM PDT by gridlock (The 'Pubbies will pick up two (2) seats in the Senate and four (4) seats in the House in 2006)
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To: twigs

Yeah...but Shep still wins for the most Botox shots.....


17 posted on 07/26/2006 5:56:55 AM PDT by nevergore (“It could be that the purpose of my life is simply to serve as a warning to others.”)
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To: MDspinboyredux

I guess for me, the "financial district" comment was what was really strange.

Does he think the US Bureau of Printing and Engraving sends out sheets of currency to the bank, and it's up to the banks to cut them??

Or did he just simply not recognize it for what it was?


18 posted on 07/26/2006 5:57:21 AM PDT by MDspinboyredux
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To: MDspinboyredux

bump


19 posted on 07/26/2006 5:57:25 AM PDT by VOA
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To: saganite
I am not sure, CNN admitted the other day that their reports in Lebanon have been censored to the extreme.

Perhaps this was the only way that the reporter could let us see what was really going on.

20 posted on 07/26/2006 5:59:11 AM PDT by mware (Americans in armchairs doing the job of the media.)
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