by Gouda » Tue Sep 12, 2006 5:57 am
About 10 hours ago, I saw that the CNN international website (and I think Raw Story also linked to it) headlined a story with the explosive title: "911 memorial attacked". Intrigued, I checked out the link with a video clip and saw that the solemn 911 memorial was being held by troops at a US camp near the Afghan-Pakistan border. Who was reporting? Anderson Cooper. A couple of seconds into the video spot, a kind of distant muffled thud is heard and the troops start to lazily scurry for cover in a most unconvincing fashion. Cooper reports that it seems the camp has drawn some fire and that they'd better also take cover. But no one is <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>really</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> frantic, nothing seems too urgent about it. Shortly thereafter, the video shows a few troops calmly firing their howitzer cannons into the the distance. Return fire they said. Later that evening Cooper reports that something like 6 rounds had come in at them. I was unsure about posting this earlier - it looked like more 911 "let's not forget what this fight is all about" propaganda to me, as almost everything does, or is, but on rechecking now, I could not find the link or story anywhere. I had to do some search and digging at CNN. Found it buried here, in A. Cooper's blog, under the unrelated heading "A helicopter ride to remember": <br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/anderson.cooper.360/blog/">www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/....360/blog/</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>Video link still there. See it while it still exists. Link is called: <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>"(Watch Anderson Cooper dodge rocket attack -- 2:24)" </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br><br>Could have been great psyop material! So why did they bury it? <p></p><i></i>