Over the weekend ABC obtained a video tape in Pakistan of a self proclaimed American Jihadist (pictured above) making terror threats against the United States. The 75 minute diatribe promises an event where "blood will run red in the streets of America".
Yesterday ABC said it would not run the tape because it could not be verified. Now that the CIA has verified it ABC now says it can't be run unless it can be done in a balanced manner. This of course from the network which originated the infamous internal memo calling for Bush to be held to higher standard for campaign accountability.
The real problem with this tape is that it plays to George Bush's strength, the war on terror. If it were a tape that would benefit Kerry it would have been aired by now. In fact it probably would have been leaked to the Kerry campaign like CBS's fake memo story so he could put together a new campaign commercial.
Update
Now that the cat is out of the bag, ABC has decided to air portions of the video tonight on World News Tonight. The tape attacks Bush and Cheney by name. Apparently another in the growing list of terrorist for Kerry. They should have their own 527 organization by now.
Update 2
I don't think this guy is really an American. He may have spent a great deal of time here, maybe even was educated here (check Berkley) but his English, though very good, appears to be a second language for him. Most noticeably his pronunciation of the word "tyranny" which he pronounce a ti-ren-ee.
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