Indy Media Watch

Some genius has posted a series of comments on various posts.

here at Indymedia watch we hate Jews.

Not really, however we have a major dislike of those who can't use capital letters correctly. Our friend continues:

look at the Jew hating crap that they have on indymedia watch! shocking Jew hating. why do you host such outragagous (sic) hate speech?

Or would that be to make the schoolboy error of confusing the medium and the message?

I think I undertstand what our capitally challenged friend is trying to say. This is not the first time I have heard this argument. The person is trying to suggest my criticisms of antisemitism (besides other flaws) on Indymedia are unfair as Indymedia is 'merely' the publishing medium and not necessarily the source of the opinions or content.

I have previously referred to this Standard Indymedia Defence and noted it doesn't excuse anything. I have also disagreed with Indymedia moderators who are unwilling to see their role in these problems.

Others have even suggested Indymedia complicity in the activities they claim no responsibility for.

As I write, a front page article on UK Indymedia stands as a shining example of taking zero responsibility and actively perpetrating libel. As invariably hidden comments on that post note:

It was not an Israeli shell and the BBC were forced to apologise for this which they have refuse to do. 6 Israeli shells were sent that day and 6 targets were known. None of these hit the beach concenrned and the shell found is not an Israeli shell. How typical of the media to twist everything and blame the massacres of innocent people on Israel when in fact it is the Arabs themselves.

Hidden.

23 messages deleted since earlier today I see. And this site continues to propagate the BIG LIE about the Gaza beach incident.

Hidden.

Now that this story has been repeatidly shown to be false it asks the question why Indymedia UK continues to have it as a promoted story on its centre section.

Hidden.

Now that this stroy has been shown to be false why is it still here. It fails the "Editorial Guidelines" test. Or do those infamous guidelines only apply to chosen posts ?

Hidden. There's plenty more as well. I raise it noting with interest that our commenter hails from the UK - hostgw.host-82-138-214-16.phone.coop (82.138.214.17).

According to our anonymous commenter, we shouldn't blame Indymedia.

Some people never were good at accepting responsibility.

A Google News Search for Indymedia provides a damning list of the Indymedia sites and the articles therein which Google currently regards as credible, legitimate news sites.

Here's some news for Google: Indymedia is completely unrestricted. That means, anybody can post anything to Indymedia. The material is not fact-checked nor corrected. The publisher is not accountable and as a news source it is simply not credible.

It is however, massively racist, antisemitic and demonstrably libellous. So much of the content is not even "news" but recycled, dated propaganda copied verbatim on numerous sites.

Is this what Google considers appropriate as a 'news source'? If so, how low is the bar actually set?

Google's Corporate Philosophy, Point 10, "Great just isn't good enough" stands in grave doubt as long as Indymedia is considered good enough. Hell, even material that isn't good enough for Indymedia is good enough for Google.

Google continues to discredit itself.

Warren Buffet may be contributing most of his massive fortune to charity, but that is not good enough over at Indybay. For you see, Buffet hurts fish.

“While Billionaire Warren Buffet says he intends to work with the Gates Foundation to donate billions of dollars to charity, one of his subsidiaries owns dams on the Klamath River that are killing salmon.”

Come on people! Defending salmon is an acceptable cause, but to lambaste the guy on the very day he donates a record amount of money to help people around the world is a bit slimy, even for Indybay.

When is execution of a homosexual acceptable? When Iran does it of course!

“I'm sorry for what happened to those boys. However, I will not protest in the current political environment lest my actions be mistaken or misinterpreted as support for regime change in Iran. I will not add any kindling, no matter how small, to the mad fires of U.S., Israeli and Western imperialism and the quest for world domination, which want very much to torch Iran to the ground, its institutions, civil society, museums, libraries, schools and mostly its people, as has been done in neighboring Iraq.”

The double standard that some people hold for repressive regimes is sickening. How can you possibly say you support human rights and not take a stand against this type of action by the Iranian government?

We saw this same double standard pop up concerning the genocide in Darfur. A number of Indybay folks even claimed that the protests aimed at ending the genocide were “revealing [their] true aims--to villify (sic) the arab world, thus deflecting from the criminal state of Israel.” Vilify? I know that this may not gel well with Indybay, but genocide is taking place in Darfur. If anything, these types of activists demonstrate an obvious disregard for human life, unless it is people who fall under their “pet projects”.

In the eyes of many Indymedia writers, even when genocide is perpetuated in Africa, Israel is to blame. What these activists need to realize is that many of us who support Israel also believe in a Palestinian state. I would not be able to defend every action Israel has taken against Palestine either. But to make the accusation that all the world’s problems pale in comparison to what is going on in the Middle East, or worse, that all the world’s problems are somehow an Israeli construct, then you have crossed the line into loony town. If you are going to hold Israel to such standards of conduct, you had better extend those principles to all nations and people.

When it comes down to it, the gay community will legally celebrate their rights and culture in cities across America and Israel, while their Iranian counterparts may be put to death by their government for simply being.

But of course, this is all the doing of those evil Zionists.

Vancouver Indymedia is back.

Scrolling in reverse order, it got off to a great start with no fewer than four pages of predominantly recycled anti-Bush articles before it reverted to an excess of of one-sided articles about the evils of Israel.

One asks whether it is "Vancouver Indymedia or Middle East Indymedia?"

After being abroad for several months I was surprised to see that BC Indymedia was no more. But the reversion back to Vancouver Indymedia seems like a good move if the folks running it are based there. The new system seems interesting too.

But I am sad to see that it has fast become Middle East Indymedia once again. What the fuck!?!

Is there nothing of consequence going on in Vancouver, the lower mainland, BC or other occupied territories in Canada? Does everything of importance hinge upon the happenings in the Middle East? Is there nowhere else to carry on with these ceaseless back and forth debates?

I understand that the site is not running on all cylinders yet but judging by what I have seen in scanning the postings something must be done to limit the ability of a few people to monopolize the newswire.

I am sick to fucking death of these postings.

Can't imagine why... This is followed by a series of replies concerning Zionist control of the media. Gee, how original.

I'm not the only one who's noticed:

I just did a quick count of the latest ten pages of stories, and 59 out of 101 come from math2112, sometimes in spurts of six or eight in a row. With the possible exception of nessie's sandbox, I know of no other IMC so overwhelmed by the content of one poster.

But it's the nature of Indymedia that any decisions on what to do are in the hand of the local collective.

It sure is... Vancouver looks like another one they can be proud of.

If you view their "all-time popular content" you will notice the most reads any of the articles have had (at the time of posting this) is 465, for the "welcome to the new Vancouver Indymedia site" post. This high figure is largely from that post remaining on the front page "most popular" sidebar. Otherwise, it is all downhill from there and I am pleased to note this site records more readers.

I'm sure they'll get a bit of traffic from this site.

Who could resist stories about Secret electronic mind control technology or this cryptic piece (repeated several times) which makes me suspect someone is writing a spam-bot for Indymedia. Can't imagine why they'd bother, there's a perfectly good group of human spammers to keep it irrelevant and boring as hell.

Melbourne Indymedia is hosting an informative article on Keeping an Eye On Your Balls: Testicular Cancer Actually Happens. It's good reading for men and the Adults-only comments are as hilarious as the punchline.

Speaking of dickheads, Faruque Ahmed of all people has accused others of Internet sockpuppetry.

In this case, by accusing one Sydney Indymedia regular - "Nazihunter" of secretly being "Cam" a Sydney Indymedia moderator, who frequently censors Nazihunter. Go figure.

Zionised Cam

You do not have any respect for free speech, facts or any types of logic! You should be ashamed of your zionisation. I suspect you are zio-nazi-hunter under the guise of "cam".

Cam. do you like zio-nazi ethnic cleansing?

I'm confused
Submitted by Xenu on Mon, 2006/06/26 - 4:31am.

If Cam is Nazihunter, and Nazihunter is me, why do I hide my own posts?
reply

because
Submitted by 5 on Mon, 2006/06/26 - 7:04am.

Because its all part of our secret jewish plot.

Notice how Faruque has failed to respond to any of the reasonable comments made on this thread?

Oh bloody hell.
Submitted by Nazihunter on Mon, 2006/06/26 - 7:33am.

Cam can't stand me.

Now that it turns out I am Cam, I am going to have to commit suicide in a most entertaining fashion. Any suggestions?

Death by Faruque perhaps?

In Faruque Ahmed's twisted mind, two people with fundamentally opposing political viewpoints are really the same person, simply because one thing they seem to agree on, is that Faruque Ahmed is an ass.

This sort of self defeating argument is not as rare as you think. If you think such an opinion is crazy (and let's face it, Faruque Ahmed is crazy) consider the bizarra Bush/Mossad/Saudi triangle previously mentioned here.

Some folks over at Indybay are unhappy with the level of corporate sponsorship of recent gay pride events in San Francisco.

“This Sunday's parade called Pride kicks off at 10:30. This is the 36th time around for this grand demonstration of marketing and public relations.”

This is something I find interesting. I would assume that having a gay pride event sponsored by a corporation speaks volumes about the progress the gay community has made in the US.

I assume the author of this statement would prefer having the gay community on the fringes of society, and not part of its mainstream. It begs the question: do radicals at Indybay want the movements they claim to support reaching a broader audience, or would they prefer they stay small, ineffective, and selective?

Fortunately, one comment following the piece affirms a commitment to reason and progress, and not just ideological posturing.

“Then stop whining and don't go to the damn thing if you don't like it. I'm sooooo sorry it isn't to your liking, dear. I have been going to these parades since the first one, lead by Jesus Christ Satan with a UN flag, headed down Polk to City Hall. It has become a huge international event and should be celebrated as a good time. If you are so devastated by ads and corporate sponsors, then stay away! I look at it as an example of how mainstream we have become. Unlike some of the fringe, I regard being mainstream as good, not bad. Those who want to always be on the outside looking in can stay outside and leave the party alone. No one likes a wet blanket.”

An Internet Sock Puppet is "an additional account created by an existing member of an Internet community. This account allows them to pose as a completely different user, sometimes to manufacture the illusion of support in a vote or argument."

Faruque Ahmed has a massive sockpuppet drawer in his bedroom and is well known for spamming predominantly Indymedia sites (and the odd private forum) with his spew. Why he posts under different handles is a frequent question asked of him (and never replied to) for his material is identical in a number of ways. Firstly, the spelling and English is consistently bad. Use of the unique terms "Zionazi", "Zionised", "Nitrogenous" and othe Faruqeisms leave little doubt as to the origin. Secondly, as I mentioned here, all of his articles feature dozens of references to the same sites. Why would anyone (besides Faruque Ahmed) link to other articles discussing (by name) Faruque Ahmed?

He clearly has an attention seeking disorder (amongst other disorders) and the evidence of it, when he is trying to pretend being someone else, is amusing.

Take this post on his antisemitic "Free America Now" Yahoo Group - one of his main link destinations. There's no point quoting it as you can guess what it says. If you scroll to the bottom of the message, you will see at least eight replies. These are all obviously by Faruque Ahmed. He is talking to himself. If you view his other posts (they're easy to spot) you will see the same phenomena. Can you say "sockpuppet"?

There is only one reply to his post which he didn't write and it is certainly worth reprinting:

Tell bullshit often enough and you will probably get one dickhead to
believe you!!

Cheers Bruce

Then there will be two dickheads. By the way, to be called a "dickhead" on a site such as Free America Now is quite an achievement. Congratulations Faruque Ahmed. The funny thing is, he will keep linking to that message and be convinced it is a Zionist plot when more people start to believe he is a dickhead.

As we approach the anniversary of Burn the Flag Day it seems some arsonists in Brooklyn have been getting in some early practice. An article on NYC Indymedia reports:

Someone set fire to seven American flags in a Brooklyn neighborhood yesterday, stoking outrage in a place where flags are displayed outside homes all year long.

Six of the flags hung at houses in Marine Park, and one was on a car. An investigator speculated that the vandals might be teenagers out of school for the summer. Law enforcement officials said the burnings did not appear to be hate crimes, but love crimes.

Needless to say that last bit wasn't actually a direct quote...

Comments throw fuel onto the flames:

at this point we should probably burn every flag we come across, send a message to the crypto-fascist ranks of the complacent bourgeoisie that their ignorance and apathy will not be brushed off so lightly as the world falls to shit around their cookie cutter sugar coated little lives...

Riiiight.

all flags.countries and borders are illegal, they represent imperialism opression,religions,armys,wars ,money,corporations. no borders,burn the flags,abolish money,destroy capitalism and unite so we could controll our communities and what belongs to us. a liberated batlle agains capitalism and corporations and bosses. we want freedom! (A)SOLIDARITY TO OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN IRAQ ,AFGHANISTAN ,PALESTINE! SOLIDARITY TO OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN ISRAEL WHO REFUSE TO GO FIGHT IN PALESTINE AND ARE LOCKED UP IN PRISON. OUR PASSION FOR FREEDOM AND ANARCHISM IS STRONGER THAN ALL COUNTRIES AND CORPORATIONS!

Okey dokey...

One of their 'brothers' throws down the challenge:

Sigh...OK, Sean, you want to burn every flag? I suggest you start with the black and red ones first, since those are probably carried by friends of yours, if not yourself, then the Palestinian and Puerto Rican ones. If you're still alive after that, and haven't learned a lesson yet, I suggest going up to Harlem and burning the 'red, black and green' on a busy corner. Again, if you survive that, you can try Old Glory, but don't wimp out on us by doing it in The Village or Union Square. Do it Sunday morning in Bensenhurst, at a church when mass lets out.

Otherwise, breath deeply ten times and ask someone for a hug...

Good advice. It gets more interesting when he guesses at the perpetrators:

This is either dumbass kids or, more likely, rightwing provocatuers trying to build support for the 'anti-flag-burning' wedge issue the GOP, with an assist from Hillary, are stoking up for the next election.

Secret agents no doubt. Of course. This conspiracy is rapidly debunked:

I like how whenever some idiot does something stupid it's automatically a "provacateur" who did it...no maybe it was just some dumbasses. You don't have to pass an IQ or maturity test to become a leftist...

Or post on Indymedia.

Update: Via comments, to the question "What is a love crime?" comes the answer: "A love crime is the sort of thing that will get you hanged in Iran, arrested in the US, defended in the Toronto Star and elected mayor in San Francisco."

Miami Indymedia and Sydney Indymedia are carrying similar articles about Lt. Watada, a US Soldier who has apparently refused orders to serve in Iraq.

He is being held up as a symbol of anti-war resistance.

Lt. Watada’s attorney Eric Seitz said, “This morning Lt. Watada has been restricted to base without any actual charges or proper process. By placing a complete gag order on Lt. Watada, the military has again shown that their first concern is silencing Lt. Watada's speech in opposition to the illegal war in Iraq. We will immediately challenge these highly questionable and improper restrictions." Mr. Seitz is currently the only non-military person authorized to have any contact with Lt. Watada.

Lt. Watada is the first commissioned officer to publicly refuse deployment to the war in Iraq. By refusing to participate in the on-going Iraq war and occupation, Lt. Watada joins a growing number of high ranking military officers, West Point graduates, and current and former members of the armed services who have expressed their opposition to the actions of the United States in Iraq. Lieutenant Watada’s refusal comes in the wake of a series of charges and convictions against lower ranking soldiers for participation in war-related crimes: 9 Marines charged with premeditated murder yesterday, charges of a massacre in Haditha, Iraq and convictions at Abu Ghraib Prison.

Lt. Watada faces possible court-martial charges for refusing to participate in the Iraq war and occupation and intends to defend himself based on the illegality of the Iraq war and occupation. Lt. Watada, age 28, was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii where he enlisted in the Army and was obligated to serve on active duty as an Army officer for a term of three years concluding on December 3, 2006

The last sentence indicates something important.

Comments on both sites have noted

Interestingly, he joined the Army in June 2003, after we had invaded Iraq (so the concept that he might have to go there shouldn't have come as a surprise to him)...Yes, that's right. This jerk volunteered to join the Army after the invasion of Iraq. If he really believed it was illegal, he wouldn't have joined. The whole thing is a cynical propaganda stunt.

A reasonable assumption indeed. After the Jesse Macbeth scandal, Watada could become the new anti-war hero that ultimately turns out to be a zero.

Michelle Malkin has more on this guy. His supporters are organizing a string of events on 27 June. Should be interesting...

Antisemitic attention seeker Faruque Ahmed (previously mentioned
here) is having a hard time.

Faruque has the annoying habit of providing links - by the dozen usually, to every other barely readable rant he has recently posted. Each article then links to each other and the antisemitism, stupidity and repetition grows exponentially.

Terrific.

Indymedia usually runs his material, because... Well, it's Indymedia. Sydney Indymedia even made a special point of running it as a regular feature after he threatened to spam their newswire should they refuse. In other words - he blackmailed them, they buckled and the antisemitism floweth in abundance.

Non-Indymedia sites have a much better record of consigning crap like his to where it belongs. This is why they are often respected and Indymedia isn't (but is terribly self-righteous about it).

Faruque has also been complaining about this treatement on one of his other haunts, a Bangladeshi forum which he linked to within the previously mentioned link-o-rama.:

Here is a sample of Muslim-Jew dialogue! They refuse to listen to you. They will drive Zionised tank over you as they are doing to Palestinian children.

Manager MSN Bulletin Board

Dear sir/madam

Socrates, Giovanni Bruno, Gandhi, Mandela … were all
condemned by ignorant so called "judges" of their time. Today, these "condemned" are revered and the so called "judges" are denounced and vilified. [ed - Faruque thinks he is Gandhi]

You too, will be denounced and condemned for your Zionised judgements and action!

After visiting your Bulletin Board I gained the impression that the board is run by Zionists or Zionist bootlickers for Zionists and their brainwashed, illegitimate “love” children. The "Board", overseen by you was and is full of anti-Muslim, anti-Arab slurs and slanders in many
areas.

When I started to post a few items on a number of occasions they were deleted and interfered with. A few rabid Zionists immediately and compulsively started to bark and bite. However, overall I did not mind all of those barkings and bitings. I was expecting debates, logical discussions based on facts and figures. However I was not expecting a pro Zionist, Nazi like henchman such as yourself masquarading as a so called unbiased manager/judge.

For your kind information, I have participated on many more Bulletin Boards and my postings on the very same subject are attracting more contributors, comments and viewers then many other subjects.

Initially like on your board, I faced a degree of barking and biting but I most certainly did not encounter the prejudiced, undemocratic, pro Zionist bulldozer prominent on the bulletin board overseen by yourself! In fact on one Board, the pro Zionist moderator attempted to drive his “tank” over me but the administration and the overwhelming majority of contributors, rightfully objected to his fascist proposal. Not only this, his second exchange with me completely contradicted his first exchange and exposed his Neo-Nazi, biased mind.

To you Sir/Madam, I wish to point out I refuse to swallow the mainstream, nitrogenous wastes dished up by the "tabloid trash" and demonstrated by "Pro Zionist 30 second grabs". Do not try to force me to lower my standards to your level.

For now, I am asking you to post this item on the board and reinstate my membership, with an apology.

A moderator of the Bangladeshi forum responded immediately:

yasmin
Moderator

Why are you sending the letter to us?

Poor guy... Nobody loves him.

Via referrer logs, I can see Faruque Ahmed's latest rehash of the same tired out material as always: Nazi Zionists Criminal Empire Must Be Exposed! Predictably, the only thing "exposed" is Faruque's antisemitism and Indymedia's acceptance of it.

He has apparently developed some rudimentary HTML skills (to match his rudimentary English and Debate skills) and the newest piece features More Links Than Ever. To what? To endless other circularly linked articles by Faruque Ahmed, copied by this bitter taxi driver all around Indymedia, from Sydney to Hawaii via Jakarta, India and South Africa for starters.What an ass.

Update: Leigh notes in comments, one of Faruque's links (and there are dozens) is to Nazi website Stormfront. Apparently it's not just Indymedia he frequents.

“The market economy has proven itself to be an absolute and utter failure. Those who insist that the “market” is the best way to run a country seem to be missing one of the basic feelings that human hearts have: care.” - Howard Switzer (unverified: posted on Indymedia Tennessee)

You know, the caring state controlled model that worked so well throughout the Communist world.

When asked about the lack of allowed comments, one Indybay ‘editor’ stated:

“Please bear in mind that this is primarily a NEWS site, not a discussion forum.”

Hilarious.

It seems like the 9/11 conspiracy theorists are coming out of the woodwork across various Indymedia websites. Indymedia North Carolina has a piece up that has been echoed across many IM sites this week (including our fine friends over at Miami IM):

“World Trade Center Destruction Was Controlled Demolition - Now there's PROOF!”

Wow! With a headline like that, it must be true. You may be asking, what sources do they have to substantiate this claim?

“The source...... .was an audio interview of Dr. Steven Jones by Alex Jones (no relation). I understand the interview took place at the Chicago 911 Truth Conference earlier this month. The whole interview is of interest. Alex Jones comes off slightly as the radio "shock jocky", maybe a little to often interrupts the academic for the sake of ostensible radio drama. Dr. Jones comes off as a prudent scientist valuing accuracy over sound bite drama. But that's just my take. Listen to the whole short interview.”

A radio interview with some Dr. who attended a 911 ‘Truth Conference’ is apparently all the proof required to host these claims with Indymedia.

Thankfully, one of the comments following this expose reveals the undisputed, correct conspiracy theory!

“I am amending my theory to center on newly found facts that indicate that the WTC was destroyed by aliens
Based on chemical analysis of WTC structural steel residue
I have concluded that extraterrestrials took part in the WTC attack and that they used technology imported into this galaxy.”

It all makes sense now…

Defenders of Indymedia frequently point out that much of the crazy stuff remains 'buried' on the (open, often unmoderated) newswire and you can judge the quality of Indymedia by what gets 'promoted' to the front page by the local moderators.

I've just had a glance at Miami Independent Media Center which appears to have....Issues.

On the front page, four out of the five top articles are:

JFK Murder Solved - Bush Sr. Link to Kennedy Assassination

A thorough, documented, criminal indictment of George Herbert Walker Bush, establishing beyond a reasonable doubt his guilt as a supervisor in the conspiracy to assassinate John F. Kennedy.

Evidence that 9/11 was an Inside Job

Here is a collection of videos on the web about the events of 911. Necessary viewing for anybody curious as to why this issue continues to be brought up, or who has doubts to the validities of the claim that 911 was an Inside Job.

9/11: Black Boxes from WTC Found by Firefighters, Analyzed by NTSB, Concealed by FBI

One of the more puzzling mysteries of 9-11 is what ever happened to the flight recorders of the two planes that hit the World Trade Center towers. Now it appears that they may not be missing at all. Counterpunch has learned that the FBI has them.

BYU Physics Prof Finds Thermate in WTC Physical Samples, Building Collapses an Inside Job

Based on chemical analysis of WTC structural steel residue, a Brigham Young University physics professor has identified the material as Thermate. Thermate is the controlled demolition explosive thermite plus sulfur. Sulfur cases the thermite to burn hotter, cutting steel quickly and leaving trails of yellow colored residue.

Pertaining to the last one, there is an excellent study of this Professor's 'discovery' here.

Needless to say, their newswire is far, far worse.

Also on the Miami newswire, comes this call for supporters:

I've checked the network, and there doesn't seem to be a Central Florida imc. I have recently moved to the orlando area from Cleveland, OH where I was an active member of the cleveland imc collective for several years. Another former imc member I know also lives in Florida atm, and is interested in forming a Central Florida imc.

If anyone else in the Central Florida region is also interested in formed an imc...

Cleveland does appear to be way better than Miami IMC (not that this is hard). However, does our motivated young friend really need to set up another Florida site while Miami looks the way it does? What's the point of another so-called 'local site' which may end up full of 'global' stories about Bush (and Israel) and not a whole lot else? What's the point. Clean up Miami before you spawn its offspring.

On another note, a question for readers. Given the mass of anti-Bush (rather than anti-Bush or anti-Republican politics) prevalent on the newswire, let's say, Bush was impeached, indicted or whacked tomorrow. What then?

Melbourne Indymedia is getting on the World Cup bandwagon by arguing: Soccer is boring.

"Ever wondered why so many people get stabbed or glasssed while watching a game of soccer? Because there's fuck all happening on the field."

Controversy ensues.

Via a comment on my previous post, I was referred to this comment from 2003 on Pittsburgh Indymedia which suggests possibly the wildest 9/11 theory yet.

It was all done with holograms.

if you get some of robert shapiros information (sedona journal) he describes the holographic projector as a circular or oval shaped object on the bottom of what ever is carrying it.
this info came out 10 years ago.look at the bottom of flight 175 and you'll see the projector

Even this is too much for some conspiracy theorists and it quickly turns into an all-in looney-fight:

You spam this place with the same old Pentagon images. Yeah, I've questioned the idea that they haven't found, or talked about, even a molecule of the remains of the plane or occupants.

But then you come in here with some sewage over the Towers, and "holograms". What kind of insane asylum refugee are you?

The second plane hitting has been documented from so many angles, both towers witnessed falling by so many people. All those people injured, or at the very least covered in human dust, were "projections"?

Oopsie! I made a funny. We all know how incredibly mentally disturbed Leftists project their infirmity on others....

Quite.

Via Miami Indymedia (definitely one for me to watch more closely) comes this report - 9/11: Black Boxes from WTC Found by Firefighters, Analyzed by NTSB, Concealed by FBI.

It's all a giant cover up. The FBI has concealed the black boxes (and managed to keep the whole thing a secret) to prevent Americans hearing the awful truth. Apparently the last words heard in the cockpit of the doomed airliners shortly before they hit the World Trade Centre were "Gee , I hope President Bush is proud of us, aim a bit to the left, yeeeehah..."

Whatever.

Comments on the post:

It doesn't matter what "incriminating evidence" is on those black boxes because Bush and his spin doctors would just deny it and their right wing supporters would say it was all just a vast left wing conspiracy! Again truth and documented evidence have no negative effect on the Bush Regime!

On the other hand, apparently it doesn't matter what "incriminating evidence" thousands of people in NYC watched - Indymedia and its morons would just deny it and their loony supporters would say it was all just a vast Bush conspiracy. Funny huh?

Following the links in my previous post, led me through a wonderful web of Faruque's stupidity along a common thread:

1) Post repetitive antisemitic and badly written rants about Jews to a variety of sites.

2) Append links in each article to numerous other articles creating a circular web of stupidity.

3) Perform all of the above under a variety of posting handles and pseudonyms, despite all having the same material and frequently referring to the same author by email address or his Yahoo Group (Free America Now).

4) Alienate the members of various sites, not limited to Indymedia.

5) Become convinced of grand conspiracy when said members take steps to remove Faruque from their midst.

I found this post on South Africa Indymedia. Notwithstanding that Faruque Ahmed is based in Sydney, Australia, he feels justified in spreading his special love all over the IMC network.

In this particular case, he is haranguing members of "Mukto Mona" which is described as a secular group of Bengali humanists.

I can produce tons of similar articles from our Mukto-Mona archive that extensively express our stand, but I am sure these will no way be sufficient to convince a taxi-revolutionary fanatic Islamic mind who chooses to hide himself under a weird pseudonym and associated with a hate-group “freeamericanow”. This pseudonymous guy has taken an onus in his shoulder to send and publish tons of article criticizing Zionised media and RACIST USA administration in that group (which is OK for me though), but he had not spent a single line on Islamic fundamentalism, Islamic violence or minority oppression in muslim-dominated countries so far in his group or in other forums. This typical mindset of defending his own dogma and spreading hateful comment towards others especially to the freethinkers and human rights activists eventually has revealed his own hypocritical mind, and nothing else.

I normally do not react to these silly non-senses, however our moderator Mehul Kamdar has personally requested me look at the issue, as he also did not find any meaning in taxi’s “revolutionary” post. Hence I had to do little research to write the above rebuttal.

Calling Mukto-Mona members “gay, lesbians, child molesters or even Paedophilias” for no reason shows his another typical religious and illogical mindset. This is what Laurence Harry, one of our members responded quite correctly :
"What is your problem if someone is a gay or lesbian, buddy? Your statement is a proof of your fanatic and zealot mind. And by the way, will you be able to prove your accusation on child molestation and pedophilias if I take you in the court? Would you kindly reveal your name and identity please?" [Read his posts here]

The pseudonymous guy quite expectedly remained numbed. The less we talk about it the better for the hatemonger taxi-wala. I would like to request the moderators to read his posts carefully before approving his holy trash. MM probably has not been meant for this poppycock.
...
[P.S. The pseudonymous guy later was revealed as a fanatic Muslim named, Faruque Ahmed who has created similar yahoogroups, nemed mukto_mona (look at the underscore especially, this is the only originality he could produce; mind it our forum has a hyphen in the middle. What a deceitful copycat this Taxi is! ) ]

They make a valid point:

The member who calls himself Taxi Revolution was told very clearly on the Mukto Mona forums that we censor posts when they abuse another member or group. He accused Mukto Mona of not daring to post his messages - this came from someone who chose the anonymity of a ridiculous ID behind which to hide. It was made clear to him that while we had no problem with posts that differed with what the moderators and membership of Mukto Mona post, the no abuse norms were, in a manner of speaking, carved in stone. If he could not be civil in posting on the forums, the post would NOT be approved. There is also a matter of quality. Our forums receive a very large number of posts everyday. We need to make sure that only well written, relevant posts are sent to our members, many of whom participated in a poll some time ago telling us that they did not want an unlimited number of posts cluttering up their inboxes. If this so called Taxi Revolution has any post that makes sense, it would be approved. If he sends in drivel, as he seems to enjoy doing, it would be rejected.

At least Indymedia will permit his crap.

Wala Wala Bing Bang!

No doubt this will fuel another 20 articles, in which Faruque will reprint and repost the same material for everyone else to 'enjoy'. For example, excerpts of the above article from South Africa Indymedia have ended up on Hamilton Indymedia. Like they care!

What a dumbass. Seriously!

Meanwhile Indymedia need to ask themselves the question, why would an insane bigot attention seeker like Faruque Ahmed, constantly use and praise Indymedia so highly?

Famous Indymedia antisemite and morons' ambassador, Sydney taxi-driver Faruque Ahmed has posted this article on South Africa Indymedia.

Nazi Zionist Criminals, I have been writing average (sic) 20 articles a day about various issues. I am not a saint and it is not impossible to have a spelling mistake or typo. You lot have been trying to crucify me for a typo or two.

Criticisms of Faruque Ahmed have extended far beyond his spelling, though do raise a question I have asked for a long time - what is it with antisemites and spelling? Sadly for Faruque though, third-grade spelling isn't the issue. He has totally ignored the real beef people have with him - his bigoted spam and rampant antisemitism. Why? Read on:

However, you are not honest enough to look at your own lot. They have been standing in the wrong place, arguing with insanity, insulting others like rabid dogs, falsifying evidences, (sic) creating false stories http://sydney.indymedia.org/node/37049 to attack innocent people etc. etc. You lot are an insult to human species.

Sure Faruque. Whatever you say pal.

Faruque is of course convinced, that despite being a vicious Jew hating thug, he cannot possibly be an antisemite.

most Muslims http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian and Arabs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam are Semites and therefore Muslims and Arabs can not (sic) be accused as (sic) “anti-Semites”. Nonetheless, you people have been doing so for a long time without any valid reason and ground. (sic) The so called Israelis and their supporters are only 25% Semites and therefore the false defence shield called “anti-Semitism” is totally absurd and idiotic.

Faruque Ahmed of course redefines "absurd and idiotic" everytime he approaches the keyboard - apparently a minimum of twenty times a day.

By the way, Nazi Zionist Criminals have been campaigning against the proletariat “Wikipedea” (sic) for a long time.

This is in addition to all the other crimes Faruque has accused them of, including my personal favorite - stealing bibles from hotel rooms. He babbles on:

However, to-day, (sic) unsuccessfully, one of them too, made an attempt to use the Wikipedea (sic) materials for their lust and greed! Trust me, a free debate or discussion will blow up Nazi Zionist Empires!!

Yup. He's spread his disease all over Wikipedia. Looking at the entry for "Semite" which he linked to, I can see it's been 'adjusted' and reverted numerous times recently. Specifically, to try and remove suggestions that "anti-Semitism" possibly refers to Jews. The Wikipedia entry correctly states:

The negative form of the adjective, anti-Semitic, is almost always used as a misnomer to mean "anti-Jewish" specifically.

Faruque can't stand this of course. A Wikipedia correspondent notes:

To suggest that "anti-Semitic" does not refer to Jews is a childish cavil.

I guess Faruque will be upset at them as well now. Perhaps they too, are secret Zionist agents...

Faruque has the answer:

That’s why new proletariat media outlets like “INDYMEDIA” have gained enormous popularity and zionised media outlets are very much concerned about it.

Somehow I doubt it.

I really don't have the intestinal fortitude to scan all of Indymedia looking to see where else Faruque has spammed the same crap but can be assured of it. More on seagull spammers here.

It was of course entirely predictable that I would find it on Sydney Indymedia however, as that site continues to entertain this excremental human being.

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