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A British jihadi who was locked up in Gitmo for a couple of years blows himself up in Iraq and...

Depending on what media site you feel comfortable with....

Either the Americans were right to lock him up and if they'd been thinking straight they'd have thrown away the key.

or

a monstrous miscarrage of justice took place and it's no wonder the man became radicalised.

or

The security services let us all down and what we need is more surveillance....

Date: 2017-02-22 03:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com
My interest is in the way a news item can be spun to fit an existing political agenda.

Date: 2017-02-22 04:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] howlin-wolf-66.livejournal.com
Anything can be spun any which way, if one tries hard enough.

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