re: #183 Charles

Perhaps I should have been more clear:

In summation, there is ample evidence that something happened there was some discussion of bombing Al-Jazeera’s headquarters, and depending on who you listen to it was either a joke or a serious attempt discussion about attempting to continue to stifle Al-Jazeera through violence.

From Al-Jazeera’s perspective, there had been a number of incidents with the US military over the previous five years. The bombing of the Kabul office, the detention of a Al-Jazeera cameraman, the bombing of the Baghdad office. In lights of this, it is understandable that Al-Jazeera would be worried about alleged discussions of an attack on their headquarters.

To be clear, I’m not claiming that there was in fact a deliberate campaign of violence against Al-Jazeera, only that it’s possible that they felt there was.

We’re arguing over the reverberations of whispers here. There is no clear evidence of intent in any of these cases, but there is also no clear evidence that all of these incidents were accidental (aside from the military saying they were, which they would even if they were not).