Is Debka.com gaining credibility? [my title]

New York Observer ^ | 9/28/01 | Sridhar Pappu and Gabriel Snyder

[foreverfree]

FYI

foreverfree

[Aquinasfan]

Interesting.

[Ron C.]

Most interesting insight to the new-kid on the block. Not exactly 'teenagers' doing the job - rather experienced people instead. But, notably with a self-decribed Israeli bias.

If Shamis has worked since the 70's in Israeli military and intelligence reporting, he has no doubt many contacts with 30 years of experience under his belt.

Something to keep an eye on, in my estimation.

[JohnHuang2]

Something to keep an eye on, in my estimation

Indeed, Ron...

[piasa]

I'm curious as to why two Israelis, one of whom once wrote a guidebook (1973 "The Jerusalem guide" by Giora Shamis), would register their domain and have an obscure dns administrator in Langley/Surrey , British Columbia, Canada.

[JohnPaulJones]

Unofficial Reports of Major Clash Saturday SE of Kandahar Between US Special Forces and Taliban Troops Afghan Casualties Said Heavy against Low Number of US Wounded

[piasa]

Unofficial as in what is the source?

[No Truce With Kings]

And in any case, having an agenda does not necessarily mean that your information is always inaccurate. Just ask Matt Drudge about that blue Gap dress.

I recently had a thread pulled because the source was DEBKA. It involved the reluctance of the Saudis to give us bases. A week later, it is pretty apparent that there was at least as much "fire" generating the "smoke" of that article as most of the "mainstream" press articles posted on here.

The thread nanny insisted I "prove" DEBKA was reliable before he or she would permit it. This attitude, as well as the chicken little approach towards military news stories is not producing ignorant terrorists. It is producing ignorant Freepers.

We have met the enemy and he is us.

[Riley]

Wasn't it Debka that was recently saying that there were brigade-sized Iraqi units in Jordan, moving toward the Israeli border? What happened to them?

[JohnPaulJones]

Didn't the Washington Post say that X42I Clinton hadn't did anything wrong....

[eastforker]

It would suffice to say that the people at debka better start looking over thier shoulder and sleep with one eye open.Some one will get to them before long.As time goes by, and we get into the thick of things, we will start hearing more and more. Some of the things we hear might be better kept quiet.

[eastforker]

I am sure they report without verifying from some of thier scources.I wouldn't be surprised if they had many.Sounds like with two people in the office running things they don't have the ability to verify everything.

[rdww]

If Debka wants credibility as anything other than a propaganda shill for Israeli extremists, it's got a long way to go.

[piasa]

For a journalist Giora sure doesn't leave much of a trail on google.

[FReethesheeples]

bump

[prognostigaator]

FReethesheeples>informthesheeples bump

[ScholarWarrior]

Like the New York Observer knows anything, with that Clinton ass kisser Joe Conason.
Get a life. Debka is a front for Mossad, like AWAST is our Defense Dept plant.

[xm177e2]

Debka isn't always right (especially about international stuff, they have a better record on internal Israeli happenings), but it's ALWAYS interesting!

[RasterMaster]

Just proves Israeli spies are alive and well in America as well as abroad.

[XJarhead]

The Debka reports on the 101st, 82nd, and Saudi willingness to let the U.S. use its basis does not mean that it had any intelligence. Those are reasonable predictions that a lot of folk could have made simply by having a general awareness of the U.S. military and middle east politics. Not inside information -- just a good guess. And it's made enough bad guesses to support the conclusion that they really don't have "inside" information.