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Post #41,956
by bepatient
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6/11/02 12:19:44 PM
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New I wonder...
...[link|http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/06/11/dirty.bomb.suspect/index.html|why "our interest is not in trying him"?]

Maybe because they can't prove anything in Court...or even in a Tribunal?



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Post #41,958
by drewk
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6/11/02 12:29:20 PM
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New Here's what I wonder...
From your link:
Federal officials said Monday that Padilla, 31 -- who also goes by the name Abdullah Al Muhajir ...
Why does the press keep referring to him this way? Whenever a government spokesperson talks about him, they use his Muslim name, only occasionally mentionining his original name. Do sports writers talk about, "Cassius Clay -- who also goes by the name Muhammed Ali ... Lou Alcindor -- who also goes by the name Kareem Abdul Jabaar ..."

Do they have a problem with the fact that he apparently didn't file official name-change paperwork in the U.S.? Or is this their not-so-subtle way of thumbing their collective nose at the government's not-so-subtle attempt to make him appear more alien (and thus frightening) by only using his Muslim name?

Although I believe the government's decision to use his Muslim name has little to do with a respect for his wishes, and everything to do with making him sound more foreign, I still think the media should use his Muslim name.
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     Dirty bomb suspect bagged - (marlowe) - (16) - June 10, 2002, 11:34:46 AM EDT
         Hmmm. - (Brandioch) - (10) - June 10, 2002, 12:30:23 PM EDT
             Lots of things to make you go hmm... - (Simon_Jester) - (5) - June 10, 2002, 04:03:00 PM EDT
                 He doesn't even get a Tribunal - (gdaustin) - (1) - June 11, 2002, 11:34:08 AM EDT
                     Are you sure they haven't? - (Brandioch) - June 11, 2002, 04:33:39 PM EDT
                 Well...was he planning on exploding a bomb? - (Simon_Jester) - (2) - June 11, 2002, 12:08:39 PM EDT
                     I wonder... - (bepatient) - (1) - June 11, 2002, 12:19:44 PM EDT
                         Here's what I wonder... - (drewk) - June 11, 2002, 12:29:20 PM EDT
             What "enemy" is that, (tt)Lord Protector? - (jb4) - (3) - June 11, 2002, 12:26:43 PM EDT
                 Declaration of War - (wharris2) - (2) - June 11, 2002, 01:26:53 PM EDT
                     WDY(both)HASM!?! - (Brandioch) - (1) - June 11, 2002, 04:26:35 PM EDT
                         You FUEL! How COULD you be so Pollyannaish?!? -NT - (jb4) - June 11, 2002, 06:03:19 PM EDT
         This is hilarious, Ashcroft has really done it now - (boxley) - June 10, 2002, 01:19:47 PM EDT
         Guess I'm somewhere on that list too, then. Qualifications: - (Ashton) - June 10, 2002, 04:46:34 PM EDT
         Let him go / Tracking Device - (gdaustin) - (2) - June 11, 2002, 01:10:05 PM EDT
             Well..he's not exactly sweet 'n innocent... - (Simon_Jester) - (1) - June 11, 2002, 02:18:15 PM EDT
                 Gives new meaning to 'Paper Doll' - (Ashton) - June 11, 2002, 06:02:37 PM EDT

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