I clicked on the FOX "News" website earlier today, because of something I'd heard on the radio. I don't even remember what it was, but when I got to the site, I was treated to a "BREAKING NEWS!" banner, with this short story:
[Excerpt from FOXNews.com]
Counterterrorism Officials Analyzing Islamic Web Post Warning of 'Special Gift'
Federal counterterrorism officials are analyzing a posting on an Islamic forum Web site that warns of "a special gift" to be given on the sixth anniversary of Sept. 11, FOX News has learned.
The warning was posted Sept. 2 on a site frequented by radical groups and said in part that "there will be a special gift coming on the day of the blessed invasion of Manhattan."
Federal officials told FOX News they are trying to determine if it might be a specific warning or just part of broad chatter that has been heard during the last few months.
Postings talking about "gifts" have been seen before in the days leading up to the anniversary of Sept. 11.
It is now more clear that the "gift" was just another Bin Laden video, showing him (as has been breathlessly reported) sporting a dyed beard. But this "breaking news" story certainly seemed a lot more alarming than that. Maybe it's my bias poking through, but I thought this story was pretty blatant fear-mongering. I could be wrong.
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