A Tangled Web

WHEN IS A TERRORIST NOT A TERRORIST.



This from Steven Plaut on the shooting of BBC journalists in Saudi.



"I am sure you are sobbing as uncontrollably as myself over the fact

that a BBC journalist was killed in Saudi Arabia yesterday by al-Qaida

terrorists. Incredibly, the BBC described the kills as "terrorists", not

militants, not activists, not "people Israel considers to be terrorists",

but terrorists.



The report came right before the BBC report comparing Marwan

Barghouti, the mass murdering nazi just convicted and sentenced to five

life terms by an Israeli court, to Nelson Mandela. It is not clear why

the BBC did not compare him to Albert Schweitzer.



Have no fear that Barghouti will actually rot in prison, by the way.

Israel mindlessly has no capital punishment. That means that the next

time the PLO or its sisters grab some Israeli hostages, or the next time

Sharon wishes for a nice Kodak moment to take some prosecutorial heat off

himself and his family, Barghouti will be put back on the street, to

revert to his wholesome civics activities."