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The Unseen Bin Laden Tape, Found !!
Bush Country ^ | Reynalds, Jeremy

Posted on 08/05/2002 11:16:40 AM PDT by ranair34


The Unseen Tape
By Jeremy Reynalds (bio)

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All over the country, newsroom staff usually meet in the early morning and early afternoon to decide what we're going to see on our local evening news that night or read in our local newspaper the next morning. And in New York they do about the same thing to prepare for the national newscasts.

Imagine a meeting like this. Sitting around a long table, the talk centers around ways to make conservatives look stupid. After a long discussion about how social conservatives are trying to take over the nation with their "bigoted view of morality," the news director says (for example), "There's an anti-abortion rally at a downtown church (or even on the steps of the Capitol building) tonight. If there's any way possible, get a good soundbite from the pro-choice people but ignore the anti-abortionists. If you absolutely have to interview them, make sure we edit the bite to make their position look really stupid!"

Are there meetings like this that make an overt attempt to slant the news? Not in my experience, but to hear some conservatives talk it would be easy to sometimes assume that there is an organized conspiracy by members of the so-called mainstream media to ignore issues of significance and to slant news to fit the "agenda" of the news networks.

But that notwithstanding, I understand why some people think in a conspiratorial type fashion because sometimes the media appear to so clearly miss the mark by not reporting on issues which we would think of as being significant that it appears to have been done on purpose. For example. Did you know about bin Laden and the so-called "Unseen Tape?"I didn't until I heard about it on Jihad Unspun.

There's a report on that web site at http://www.jihadunspun.com/BinLadensNetwork/news/newsindex.php
which details the existence of this "Unseen Tape."

The report reads:
"Footage obtained by Jihad Unspun in June of this year clearly shows that bin Laden survived the December attacks on Toro Bora. Titled "The Unseen Tape, this footage contains an interview conducted by a reporter for Al Jazeera, the Qatar-based Arabic TV Channel which they chose not to air, a segment in tribute to the Mujahideen martyrs killed at Shar-e Kot, and four minutes of completely new footage of bin Laden and his close associated Al-Zawahari inside Afghanistan in what appears to be early spring. Interestingly enough, this tape was sold to the Sunday Times and then subsequently denounced throughout main stream media but never appeared on air anywhere where it could be open to public scrutiny."

Indeed, why was the tape apparently never aired? I have no idea. I am not for one minute suggesting that there is any sort of "media conspiracy" going on, but don't we as the viewing public at least have the right to make up our minds about what we want to see?

You now have the opportunity to see that tape. The people at jihadunspun.com are making it available. Yes there's a fee involved but jihadunspun's explanation for charging makes absolute sense to me. They write at www.jusplus.com/about.cfm

"Uncut news and footage is hard to come by in these days of censorship. At JUSPLUS, we are committed to bringing you uncut content so you can make your own conclusions on the US war on "terrorism" that has now become a worldwide conflict. Footage, photographs and uncensored news reports from remote areas like Afghanistan, Pakistan, South Asia and Middle Eastern countries is extremely difficult and expensive to obtain. Reporters in these areas take great risks and there are many challenges getting the information they obtain to sources that will publish it. Sometimes footage has to be brought out by human courier which is very dangerous and that can cause lengthy delays. When it is available, sometimes it can't be obtained strictly because of the price and therefore is sold to major news agencies that in turn rarely air it or at best air clips out of context."

Please note that neither this writer or www.bushcountry.org are vouching for the validity of the tape or the motivation of www.jihadunspun.com in offering you the opportunity to see the material, but we thought that at least you may want to know about the existence of the tape and have the opportunity to view it and make up your own mind if you so wish. You can do that by going to www.jusplus.com

Oh, and you may want to call the "big boys" at ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX and CNN and ask them why you haven't seen or heard about this tape on THEIR newscasts.

Jeremy Reynalds is a freelance writer and the founder and director of Joy Junction, New Mexico's largest emergency homeless shelter. He has a master's degree in communication from the University of New Mexico and is pursuing his PhD in intercultural education at Biola University in Los Angeles. He is married with five children and lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. His work can be viewed here and weekly at www.americasvoices.org. He may be contacted by e-mail at reynalds@joyjunction.org



TOPICS: Front Page News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bin; found; hesdead; laden; tape; unseen; video
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1 posted on 08/05/2002 11:16:40 AM PDT by ranair34
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To: ranair34
The Unseen Tape

I thought this was going to be about the unseen Anna Nicole Smith footage.

2 posted on 08/05/2002 11:29:52 AM PDT by wallcrawlr
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To: ranair34
is pursuing his PhD in intercultural education at Biola University

This is a joke, right?

3 posted on 08/05/2002 11:32:04 AM PDT by RippleFire
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To: ranair34
This breaking news story "broke" earlier ...
The "Unseen" Bin Laden Video
      Posted by justme346
On Aug 5 5:36 AM with 19 comments


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4 posted on 08/05/2002 11:35:12 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
I have to wonder why there have been two articles today directing us to a jihadist website where the tape can be purchased for $24.99.
5 posted on 08/05/2002 11:43:50 AM PDT by hellinahandcart
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6 posted on 08/05/2002 11:44:45 AM PDT by Mixer
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To: RippleFire
Not really.
7 posted on 08/05/2002 11:54:38 AM PDT by metesky
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To: ranair34
Bin Ladin..."THE LOST EPISODES".....A Dreamworks Production

How many more of these things are there? This one has him admitting to killing Lincoln & behind the Boston Tea Party.

I seriously doubt ANY of them were authentic!


If the terrorists hate us for our freedoms….
The simple solution is to take our freedoms away

8 posted on 08/05/2002 12:00:46 PM PDT by Suzie_Cue
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To: Mixer
hahahahahahahahahahhahahaha BEAUTIFUL WORK!

i just saw that movie literally scared me...when i saw the tin foil hat scene the only thing i thought was about when i first of the craze on FR

also when i saw the aliens the other thought came to mind

ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US!!!

9 posted on 08/05/2002 1:08:59 PM PDT by MetalHeadConservative35
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To: Mixer
heheheheheheh nice...real nice...ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US
10 posted on 08/05/2002 1:09:33 PM PDT by MetalHeadConservative35
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To: deathscythex
hey..whyd it do that? i hit post once!
11 posted on 08/05/2002 1:10:26 PM PDT by MetalHeadConservative35
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To: wallcrawlr
I thought this was going to be about the unseen Anna Nicole Smith footage.

There is a lot of unseen Nicol Smith footage around because an IMAX Theater is the only place capable of showing all of her A$$ on screen at the same time.

12 posted on 08/05/2002 1:27:42 PM PDT by hflynn
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To: wallcrawlr
She needs to get off the drugs and on a diet, bad!

I almost felt bad for her last night. When a caller to Drudge mentioned the 'countdown clock' to the show, I just had to see what it was all about. It was sad.

( . )( . )

v

13 posted on 08/05/2002 1:32:20 PM PDT by StriperSniper
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To: Mixer
That is too funny. What a hunk this man is.
14 posted on 08/05/2002 1:34:57 PM PDT by Marysecretary
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To: Marysecretary
You like him too?

*Swoon*
15 posted on 08/05/2002 1:48:39 PM PDT by Humidston
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To: Marysecretary
And I'm much better looking than he is.
16 posted on 08/05/2002 1:52:07 PM PDT by Shooter 2.5
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To: Marysecretary; deathscythex
I was looking for the scene where the three of them (two kids and Mel's brother) are all sitting in a row on the couch. That one screams FR!!!! This will do for now though. Glad you liked the work.
17 posted on 08/05/2002 6:49:17 PM PDT by Mixer
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To: Mixer
Thanks again, Mixer. M
18 posted on 08/06/2002 8:27:21 AM PDT by Marysecretary
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To: Humidston
oooh yesssss! Loved Braveheart, even though it was pretty bloody. He's a man's man and he's a fine man, to boot. I like that!
19 posted on 08/06/2002 8:35:11 AM PDT by Marysecretary
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To: Shooter 2.5
Hey, that's cool! Why aren't you in the movies???
20 posted on 08/06/2002 8:43:23 AM PDT by Marysecretary
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