Reuters Counts 9/11 Hijackers as 9/11 Victims

[MrSanity]

Newsbusters is on a roll!

Reuters Counts 9/11 Hijackers as 9/11 Victims

Reuters has a cute little human interest story about funny people from Vermont holding "town meetings" where they call for President Bush's impeachment. What caught our eye was not the darling little Vermonters, though, but something in this paragraph:

"Doug Dunbebin, who walked door-to-door collecting signatures to get the question onto the town meeting ballot, said there are still unanswered questions about September 11, 2001, when hijacked plane attacks killed 2,992 people at New York's World Trade Center, at the Pentagon and in Pennsylvania."

That number, 2,992, looked unfamiliar to us. We went back and looked at our December item on the Associated Press's bogus "grim milestone" (U.S. military deaths in Iraq surpassing total 9/11 deaths), and sure enough, the AP's 9/11 count was different: 2,973 to be exact.

What's the difference between 2,992 and 2,973? Nineteen. It seems Reuters is counting the terrorists--or should that be "freedom fighters"?--among the victims of 9/11.

http://newsbusters.org/node/11291

[DeclinetoState]

I could understand if some of the hijackers didn't realize they were going to be incinerated. One could argue they were victims of their fellow hijackers' actions. However, since they died while committing a serious federal offense, I wouldn't count them as "victims."

Yes, I'm such a cruel, heartless bastard.

[Lubbock]

Like this merits a news blurb?

It's Rooters. What did you expect?

[The_Elucidator]

Good grief, by the time this hits my grandchildren's history books 2,973 of those capitalistic pigs forced those 19 poor muslim freedom fighters on those planes and flew them into the WTC, Pentagon and PA as a cruel racist joke! AAAGGGGHHHH...

[Wolfcounsel]

"I could understand if some of the hijackers didn't realize they were going to be incinerated." --DeclinetoState

Every single one of those assholes was a cowardly murderer and is not to be counted in any way as any type of victim.

ALL SAND MONKEYS MUST DIE!

[MrSanity]

Like this merits a news blurb?

It's Rooters. What did you expect?Treason from within must be exposed wherever it's found.

[HomeschoolrsRUs]

Good grief, by the time this hits my grandchildren's history books 2,973 of those capitalistic pigs forced those 19 poor muslim freedom fighters on those planes and flew them into the WTC, Pentagon and PA as a cruel racist joke! AAAGGGGHHHH...

Yep, Luc, you got that right -- I said this in another thread to a new member: While Science is where the lefties are most agressive, it's History where they're more subversive. Revisionist history is the norm.

Every single one of those assholes was a cowardly murderer and is not to be counted in any way as any type of victim.

Not according to Bill Maher, and I quote:
"We (the United States) have been cowards lobbing cruise missiles from 2,000 miles away. That's cowardly. Staying in the airplane when it hits the building, say what you want about it, it's not cowardly."

[DoctorDoom]

I could understand if some of the hijackers didn't realize they were going to be incinerated.They knew. This was planned for years. Dying while killing infidels is the Islamic ticket to paradise and an eternity of screwing self-regenerating virgins and boffing boy butts.

Not only did they know it but they were eagerly awaiting it.

As for al Reuters ...

[The_Elucidator]

"We (the United States) have been cowards lobbing cruise missiles from 2,000 miles away. That's cowardly. Staying in the airplane when it hits the building, say what you want about it, it's not cowardly."

Well Bill how about all those punks that plant roadside bombs and run for the hills instead of fighting like a man... Guess we forgot about these "cowards"!!!

[MrSanity]

I can't stand Bill Maher, and I don't even have HBO. Like rotten eggs, he's become a symbol of bad taste. I can guarantee you would have another Vladimir Lenin if he got it on with Joy Behar.

http://www.aeispeakers.com/images/headshots/Maher-Bill.jpg http://aftnn.org/media/content/burnin-heart.pnghttp://www.pocanticohills.org/womenenc/behar.jpg

[Federal Farmer]

Rousseauists always make the perp the victim; its always the fault of an evil society that they became what they became, and did what they did.

[DeclinetoState]

I could understand if some of the hijackers didn't realize they were going to be incinerated.They knew. This was planned for years. Dying while killing infidels is the Islamic ticket to paradise and an eternity of screwing self-regenerating virgins and boffing boy butts.

Not only did they know it but they were eagerly awaiting it.

As for al Reuters ...I'm not so sure, based on the fact that some of them were getting drunk and hanging out with prostitutes the night before. Shouldn't they have been "purifying" themselves for their 72-virgin eternal reward?

That said, I have no sympathy for them, and am willing to count them as "among the dead" (like, say, a criminal who dies in a shootout with police), but not as "victims."

As for Roy-terz, we should keep this little spin of theirs in mind every time they turn out to be the source for a story concerning the Middle East or Islam.

[DoctorDoom]

Shouldn't they have been "purifying" themselves for their 72-virgin eternal reward?Not really. The act of immolating oneself while killing infidels is sufficient to assure paradise. No "purification" is required, although they doubtless went through the ritual ablutions, et., before their deed.

[DeclinetoState]

Having never been a "martyr" myself, it's hard to identify--and identify with--the pre-"event" rituals that one must go through in preparation.

[Maggie_T]

I could understand if some of the hijackers didn't realize they were going to be incinerated. One could argue they were victims of their fellow hijackers' actions. However, since they died while committing a serious federal offense, I wouldn't count them as "victims."

Yes, I'm such a cruel, heartless bastard.

:shame:

Tut-tut. Shame on you, Decline. Remember, we are better than them.