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"Imprisoned and killed without trial..."

I see the sensationalism has already got you salivating. I know all this "Prisoner X" thing and the possibility this Ben Zygier guy was Mossad can capture the imagination - and hey, there may be room for a Litvinenko-scale conspiracy here - but facts carry stories, not speculation. The official story is that he was imprisoned, tried, and comitted suicide. Whether or not you believe this is irellavent because at this stage this is all the information we have.

Even the Coalition is left short of ammo in regard to using it to attack Bob Carr or the Gillard Government. They know as much as the rest of us. They may want to criticise Carr for his very slightly changing story as to when the Australian Government was made aware of the situation but really despite it involving an Australian citizen it's an Israeli matter - and I doubt they will be particularly forth-coming with the details.

There very well might be a deep dark story here and there'll be a few articles questioning a cover-up in the Daily Telegraph I'm sure - and admittedly it seems likely something questionable may have taken place. But things of this nature require actual investigative journalism to flesh out and investigative journalism is not exactly the Australian media's, (by which I mean predominantly Fairfax and News Ltd,) strong point. Unless something new comes out I give it less than a week.

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2013-02-14 02:49:46

#2114

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|7020

He's a dual citizen, not like the Australia government can give any governmental assistance due to master nationality rules.

2013-02-18 00:23:40

#2115

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,817|6409|eXtreme to the maX

Gillard's approval rating is lower than Abbotts.

That has to hurt.

Fuck Israel

2013-02-18 00:24:33

#2116

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,817|6409|eXtreme to the maX

Ty wrote:
"Imprisoned and killed without trial..."

I still haven't seen anything which suggested he was charged, tried or sentenced.
Like 99% of the people in gitmo

Fuck Israel

2013-02-18 01:40:20

#2117

Ty: Mass Media Casualty; +2,398|7078|Noizyland

Gillard kind of deserves an approval rating lower than Abbott at the moment. She got to call the election she should have been ready to go all out. So far her big strategy for the year has been putting on glasses. Meanwhile the infighting and knee-capping is going on quite comfortably in the ALP thank you very much while the LNP is all lined up behind Captain Dickface ready to march of whatever cliff he thinks might get him the higher polling numbers.

Honestly if Abbott loses this election he will be one of the the biggest failures in Australian politics ever. A nutless monkey could win this election judging by the state of the ALP.

Also if you're basing your opinion re: Prisoner X on what you haven't seen you may as well claim he was eaten by a Tyrannosaurus for all it matters.

In fact fuck it, he was eaten by a Tyrannosaurus. Wearing a yarmulke.

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2013-02-18 04:03:11

#2118

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,817|6409|eXtreme to the maX

He committed suicide in a cell certified by Mossad to be suicide-proof?

Yeah I totally buy that.

Either Mossad killed him or they encouraged/allowed him to kill himself.

Fuck Israel

2013-02-18 10:51:31

#2119

Ty: Mass Media Casualty; +2,398|7078|Noizyland

You're entitled to think that but you're going to have a hard time proving it.

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2013-02-19 02:26:19

#2120

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,817|6409|eXtreme to the maX

There were 4 cameras in his cell so it should be straightforward to prove it one way or another.
Unless they were switched off.

Fuck Israel

2013-02-19 08:31:13

#2121

Spark: liquid fluoride thorium reactor; +874|6978|Canberra, AUS

please take your israel palestine bullshit elsewhere kthx

The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
^{~ Richard Feynman}

2013-02-19 09:00:50

#2122

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|7020

oh noes he has aussie citizenship WHY CANT WE DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. oh wait he has israeli citizenship too so master nationality rules apply kthnx.

2013-02-19 14:17:40

#2123

Adams_BJ: Russian warship, go fuck yourself; +2,054|6926|Little Bentcock

kthnx

2013-02-21 21:05:53

#2124

Adams_BJ: Russian warship, go fuck yourself; +2,054|6926|Little Bentcock

Why exactly is a bunch of swimmers drinking and doing prank phone calls front news?

2013-02-21 21:09:21

#2125

AussieReaper: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°); +5,761|6456|what

The media care about article clicks and Twitter mentions more than they do for investigative journalism with integrity.

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