from today, Who are the car bomb suspects?, in which the BBC tells us:
Eight people were initially held over the failed car bomb attacks on central London and Glasgow. Three men have now been charged, a woman has been released without charge and four men are still being held.
Details have been emerging about their backgrounds.
Strangely, in such a long and detailed article, complete with supporting quotes from people who know the suspects, e.g.:
“I can’t even remotely imagine [Dr. Mohammed Asha] being involved in extremist activities or terrorism.”
…there is no mention of what linked and motivated the suspects, no use of either a certain ‘i’ word or a certain ‘m’ word, something that is rather, er, fundamental to their backgrounds. Good old BBC – telling us the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, as usual.
For those who haven’t seen it, this satirical link is worth a look:
http://www.youtube.com:80/watch?v=Rd8cRvZZv44&NR=1
Great link Mexicano. Ive posted it on one of my favourite message boards.
http://jamesstgeorge.proboards32.com/index.cgi
Looks like the media is following the [secret] EU guidelines;
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/03/30/wislam30.xml
The European Union has drawn up guidelines advising government spokesmen to refrain from linking Islam and terrorism in their statements.
Brussels officials have confirmed the existence of a classified handbook which offers “non-offensive” phrases to use when announcing anti-terrorist operations or dealing with terrorist attacks.
Banned terms are said to include “jihad”, “Islamic” or “fundamentalist”.