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The FBI refers to the Occupy protesters as terrorists. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/23/fbi-occupy-wall-street_n_2355883.html http://www.huffingtonpost

by omd 13y ago

The FBI refers to the Occupy protesters as terrorists. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/23/fbi-occupy-wall-street_n_2355883.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/23/fbi-occupy-wall-str...

alan_cx 13y ago
Assad calls the Syrian freedom fighters terrorists. Americans called the IRA freedom fighters. We Brits call them terrorists. South Africans called the ANC terrorists. Now look at Mandela.
- minikites 13y ago
  One of our representatives openly supports the IRA: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_T._King#Support_for_the_IRA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_T._King#Support_for_the_... sigh
- coldtea 13y ago
  Sorry, the Syrian "freedom fighters" ARE terrorists. They are only "freedom fighters" for the US Media. Assad is not that good himself, but the "freedom fighters" are just a bunch of muslim fundamendalists that have slaughtered innocent people and have little popular support. The Syria situation is not like Egypt or Turkey.
  - lolcraft 13y ago
    "During his time in Syria throughout much of 2012, videographer Robert King followed Aleppo's Al-Tawhid Brigade as he dodged bullets and rocket fire to learn more about the largest brigade of the Free Syrian Army. Somehow Robert managed to track down Haji-Mara, the Al-Tawhid Brigade's commander, for a rare interview, during which the former-businessman-turned-freedom-fighter espouses the many difficulties the rebels face against the alleged brutality of President Bashar al-Assad's regime." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CeP81s1KdM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CeP81s1KdM
    - locusm 13y ago
      I hadn't seen that series, brave journo.
    - coldtea 13y ago
      Yes, one sided propaganda. What about it? In Europe people have followed the story decades before Robert Kind even heard of Syria, and know both sides and their backgrounds and goals.
  - jbooth 13y ago
    What, their being a terrorist or not is conditional on how many times a day they pray?
    - coldtea 13y ago
      No, it's conditional in whether they have popular support and/or represent a change for the better, or are just thugs that want to enforce a Taliban style rule.
- ljf 13y ago
  I've heard it said that what finally helped bring an end the prolonged violences of 'The Troubles', was not the political process put in place by Blair, but the fact that after 9/11, many Americans suddenly felt a bit bad about sending money back to the IRA (no that they had experienced terrorism on their doorstep). With their main source of funding removed, the IRA was unable to keep up their armed resistance. I'm sure the situation was far more complex, but it's a fact that bars and clubs that once publicly collected money to send over, now no longer do.
trust-me 13y ago
Of course they are. Hopefully next time the police and the FBI will do their job properly: after killing 20 or 30 terrorists the rest will get to know their place.

by omd 13y ago

The FBI refers to the Occupy protesters as terrorists. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/23/fbi-occupy-wall-street_n_2355883.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/23/fbi-occupy-wall-str...

alan_cx 13y ago

Assad calls the Syrian freedom fighters terrorists. Americans called the IRA freedom fighters. We Brits call them terrorists. South Africans called the ANC terrorists. Now look at Mandela.

minikites 13y ago
One of our representatives openly supports the IRA: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_T._King#Support_for_the_IRA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_T._King#Support_for_the_... sigh
coldtea 13y ago
Sorry, the Syrian "freedom fighters" ARE terrorists. They are only "freedom fighters" for the US Media. Assad is not that good himself, but the "freedom fighters" are just a bunch of muslim fundamendalists that have slaughtered innocent people and have little popular support. The Syria situation is not like Egypt or Turkey.
- lolcraft 13y ago
  "During his time in Syria throughout much of 2012, videographer Robert King followed Aleppo's Al-Tawhid Brigade as he dodged bullets and rocket fire to learn more about the largest brigade of the Free Syrian Army. Somehow Robert managed to track down Haji-Mara, the Al-Tawhid Brigade's commander, for a rare interview, during which the former-businessman-turned-freedom-fighter espouses the many difficulties the rebels face against the alleged brutality of President Bashar al-Assad's regime." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CeP81s1KdM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CeP81s1KdM
  - locusm 13y ago
    I hadn't seen that series, brave journo.
  - coldtea 13y ago
    Yes, one sided propaganda. What about it? In Europe people have followed the story decades before Robert Kind even heard of Syria, and know both sides and their backgrounds and goals.
- jbooth 13y ago
  What, their being a terrorist or not is conditional on how many times a day they pray?
  - coldtea 13y ago
    No, it's conditional in whether they have popular support and/or represent a change for the better, or are just thugs that want to enforce a Taliban style rule.
ljf 13y ago
I've heard it said that what finally helped bring an end the prolonged violences of 'The Troubles', was not the political process put in place by Blair, but the fact that after 9/11, many Americans suddenly felt a bit bad about sending money back to the IRA (no that they had experienced terrorism on their doorstep). With their main source of funding removed, the IRA was unable to keep up their armed resistance. I'm sure the situation was far more complex, but it's a fact that bars and clubs that once publicly collected money to send over, now no longer do.

trust-me 13y ago

Of course they are. Hopefully next time the police and the FBI will do their job properly: after killing 20 or 30 terrorists the rest will get to know their place.