Editorial: El-Najjar "laughable" "unrelenting propagandist"

A sigh of relief as reader "bluetoetag" notices that at least on The Dalton Daily Citizen's editorial page, they are rooting for the good guys. And by the good guys, I mean the United States of America. Seriously, their "story" on El-Najjar that I fisk below was so poorly researched and written, I had some doubts as to just how bad the publication was. But Jim Espy's editorial is about as good as can be expected:

El-Najjar used the site to promote his views on the Middle East, to offer stories by other writers of similar political bent and to link readers to related stories and web sites. He also ran Associated Press wire stories on the Middle East, though not before altering the “terminology” of the wire reports. (I don’t know if the professor bothered to pay AP for the use of its material, but months ago when I asked an AP official in Atlanta about it, he said he didn’t even know the stories were being used).

What Espy may not know is that Muslim fundamentalists agree that there is no copyright under Islamic law. Maybe that is how El-Najjar justified reprinting entire AP articles?

Fair use, as I'm doing now, requires using the material for some sort of editorial value. The editorial continues:

El-Najjar describes Aljazeerah.info as an “Independent forum for promoting peace between the U.S. and the Arab and Muslim worlds and between Israelis and Palestinians... “

That is laughable.

El-Najjar’s site was an unrelenting propaganda outlet designed to attack the Israeli government and anyone supportive of it. If the late Yasser Arafat had pistol whipped an old Jewish grandma at the foot of the Wailing Wall, El-Najjar would have been the first in line to congratulate him for his brave defense of the Palestinian people.

Ha! Indeed. But it's not just a propaganda front for Palestinian terrorists, El-Najjar's website is also unrelenting in its justifications of the killing of American troops in Iraq. Which, in my book, is treason.

His website was very popular within the English speaking terror supporting community. And the reason the jihadis fight in the first place is because they believe the words of people like El-Najjar who insist that America is in the wrong. The military and intelligence community is just now realizing that many terrorists begin their journey on the road to jihad by reading websites like those of El-Najjar. And no, the First Amendment does not cover sedition.

Anyway, read the rest of Espy's editorial here.

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