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Conspiracy Theory Watch: The Shuttle Disaster |
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by Joe Futrelle
Email: futrelle (nospam) shout.net (verified) |
01 Feb 2003
Modified: 11:45:55 AM |
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The tragic demise of Israel's first astronaut has already, predictably, attracted the usual conspiracy theorists. |
The tragic demise of the crew of the space shuttle Columbia, including Israel's first astronaut, has already, predictably, attracted the usual conspiracy theorists.
At indymedia.org, conspiracy theories on the shuttle disaster are by turns vacuous ("I'll bet the shuttle disaster was a terrorist attack carried out by Arab terrorist vermin"), superstitious ("Why is NASA in the business of witchcraft?") to fundamentalist ("NOTHING can stand in the way of Allah (S.W.T.). Let this be a lesson to those who plot against the children of Iraq and Palestine")
Readers and editors of Indymedia are and should be treating these threads with skepticism. The fact that they appeared immediately after the disaster when essentially no information was available about the cause or even many of the circumstances of the event indicates that the posters are simply exploiting the tragedy to further their political agendas.
Indymedia readers should insist on reporting and commentary based on reality. |
