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Such subtle propaganda ...
haaris
10/02/01 at 04:11:46
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Go to [url=http://www.independent.co.uk]this site[/url] and look at the picture on the front page.

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Re: Such subtle propaganda ...
BUSHRA
10/02/01 at 09:30:42
ASSALAMOALIKUM,
What about the front page,Idon't get it?
Re: Such subtle propaganda ...
haaris
10/02/01 at 10:45:10
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Okay, I'm sorry not to have copied the picture and linked to it but being a copyright lawyer I get a bit jittery about doing that sort of thing.  Anyway, the original picture on the virtual front page was not of Our Tony 'n' Cherie being coupley-coupley holding hands but was instead of a rather uneasy-looking (presumably) Afghan man holding a sack of wheat on his shoulders (in the same way that parents hold small children: where the child stands on the parent's shoulders and balances hisself by holding onto the parents hands).

Propaganda??  Only when you realise that it's a bit uncomfortable to carry the sack like that.  Presumably the only reason you would do so is to show the words "USA Wheat" emblazoned across the sack in a red, white 'n' blue stars 'n' stripes logo.  Which may go some way to explain the uneasy look on the face of the man in question.

I'll try and find if the photo has a new location.

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Re: Such subtle propaganda ...
M.F.
10/03/01 at 04:43:02
Assalamu alaikum,
You can see those pictures all over TV (at least satellite TV here in Morocco) like on the BBC and CNN etc.  Poor Afghans receiving their sacful of USA Wheat from a delivery truck.


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