[HIMC] THE BIG HOAK - Asia Times
DURNFORD KING
durnford.king at verizon.net
Sat, 22 Feb 2003 12:30:56 -0800
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You have a piece on your site entitled "An Atomic Explosion Coming Soon" =
regarding an article supposedly by Pepe Escobar in the Asia Times. =
Below you will find a notice from the Asia Times with regard that =
article. =20
It can be found at http://www.atimes.com/atimes/archive/11_16_2002.html
Perhaps you should reevaluate your having it on your site.
Thanks.
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THE BIG HOAX: WE FELL FOR IT
Asia Times Online uploaded an article in this space entitled Apocalypse =
Now, or Alottanukes soon. The article has been withdrawn as it was based =
on the transcript of an interview that now appears to have been a hoax. =
We sincerely apologize to readers who were alarmed by the contents of =
the article. We thank those readers who pointed us to this page in =
antivirus.about.com, which, we would add, does not appear in a Google =
search for the name "Usuquf" or "Asuquf". We'd also like to point out =
that we added a caveat at the top of the article that "the identity of =
the man [al-Usuquf] has not been confirmed, nor has his membership =
within al-Qaeda". THE BIG HOAX
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>You have a piece on your site entitled =
"An Atomic=20
Explosion Coming Soon" regarding an article supposedly by Pepe Escobar =
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Asia Times. Below you will find a notice from the Asia Times with =
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that article. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>It can be found at <A=20
href=3D"http://www.atimes.com/atimes/archive/11_16_2002.html">http://www.=
atimes.com/atimes/archive/11_16_2002.html</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Perhaps you should reevaluate your =
having it on=20
your site.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Thanks.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><FONT color=3D#ff0000><STRONG>THE BIG =
HOAX: WE FELL=20
FOR IT<BR></STRONG></FONT><FONT color=3D#000000>Asia Times Online =
uploaded an=20
article in this space entitled <STRONG>Apocalypse Now, or Alottanukes=20
soon.</STRONG> The article has been withdrawn as it was based =
on the=20
transcript of an interview that now appears to have been a hoax. We =
sincerely apologize to readers who were alarmed by the contents of the =
article.=20
We thank those readers who pointed us to this page in <A=20
href=3D"http://antivirus.about.com/library/hoaxes/bljazeera.htm"><STRONG>=
antivirus.about.com</STRONG></A>,=20
which, we would add, <EM>does not </EM>appear in a Google search =
for the=20
name "Usuquf" or "Asuquf". We'd also like to point out that we added a =
caveat at=20
the top of the article that "the identity of the man [al-Usuquf] has not =
been=20
confirmed, nor has his membership within al-Qaeda". </FONT>THE BIG=20
HOAX</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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