Comments on: Lonely Planet: Jihad Edition http://cominganarchy.com/2005/07/25/lonely-planet-jihad-edition/ Speak Victorian, Think Pagan Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:30:55 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: ComingAnarchy.com » Blog Archive » Voice of the Caliphate http://cominganarchy.com/2005/07/25/lonely-planet-jihad-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-50448 ComingAnarchy.com » Blog Archive » Voice of the Caliphate Fri, 25 Nov 2005 04:37:55 +0000 http://www.cominganarchy.com/archives/2005/07/25/lonely-planet-jihad-edition/#comment-50448 [...] First it was Lonely Planet: Jihad edition and now this. Forget satellite television or short streaming clips from CNN or BBC, Voice of the Caliphate is what’s happening on the internet. What is it you ask? Terror tv at it’s best, i.e. Al Qaeda’s new weekly news show. Seems its designed to rival “western propaganda” although visually, it attempts to mimic it. The Middle Eastern Research Institute (Memri) has some of the video along with a transcript. [...] [...] First it was Lonely Planet: Jihad edition and now this. Forget satellite television or short streaming clips from CNN or BBC, Voice of the Caliphate is what’s happening on the internet. What is it you ask? Terror tv at it’s best, i.e. Al Qaeda’s new weekly news show. Seems its designed to rival “western propaganda” although visually, it attempts to mimic it. The Middle Eastern Research Institute (Memri) has some of the video along with a transcript. [...]

]]> By: Younghusband http://cominganarchy.com/2005/07/25/lonely-planet-jihad-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-16633 Younghusband Wed, 27 Jul 2005 17:14:10 +0000 http://www.cominganarchy.com/archives/2005/07/25/lonely-planet-jihad-edition/#comment-16633 We all know "who":http://www.cominganarchy.com/2005/05/19/ryp-the-anti-traveller/ and "where":http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060011602/ref%3Dpd%5Fsxp%5Felt%5Fl1/002-2597181-3082407 to turn for those places not to go. Nice find Chirol. We all know who and where to turn for those places not to go. Nice find Chirol.

]]> By: Chirol http://cominganarchy.com/2005/07/25/lonely-planet-jihad-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-16629 Chirol Wed, 27 Jul 2005 14:50:45 +0000 http://www.cominganarchy.com/archives/2005/07/25/lonely-planet-jihad-edition/#comment-16629 Hah, When I visited Bosnia, Lonely Planet Eastern Europe only had about 3 or 4 pages on Bosnia, mostly history and why not to go. But that just made it more of an adventure! Hah, When I visited Bosnia, Lonely Planet Eastern Europe only had about 3 or 4 pages on Bosnia, mostly history and why not to go. But that just made it more of an adventure!

]]> By: Mutantfrog http://cominganarchy.com/2005/07/25/lonely-planet-jihad-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-16494 Mutantfrog Tue, 26 Jul 2005 15:24:50 +0000 http://www.cominganarchy.com/archives/2005/07/25/lonely-planet-jihad-edition/#comment-16494 Before I went to Kazkahstan I picked up the Lonely Planet guide to Central Asia. The chapter on Afghanistan was only about 6 pages long. Remember this was printed when the Taliban were in charge so it was even worse than today. In the country stats block, under the heading 'Best time to go' it simply said: <em>Don't go.</em> Before I went to Kazkahstan I picked up the Lonely Planet guide to Central Asia. The chapter on Afghanistan was only about 6 pages long. Remember this was printed when the Taliban were in charge so it was even worse than today.

In the country stats block, under the heading ‘Best time to go’ it simply said:
Don’t go.

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