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Old 07-06-2004, 05:26 PM
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It's actually about Al Jazeera, the controversial (in the US, anyway) network that generally broadcasts the Bin Laden tapes and has shown some of the beheading pictures.

I may go see it if I have time.

I heard an interview with one of their "Journalists" (quotes used because their definition is a little different than ours) on NPR which was pretty interesting when they got into the different meanings of words between cultures.

One I remember is Martyr, which in their use is anyone who dies, basically -- as oppossed to our understanding. In other words, when they call a terrorist who has been killed a martyr, the aren't necessarily "honoring" her/him. It's a difference in the ethnic connotation.
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