Al-Jazeera: Egyptian 'top scientist' unearths comet-whacker's true mission

http://www.memritv.org/Transcript.asp?P1=740

7/5/2005 Clip No. 740

Renowned Egyptian Geologist Zaghlul Al-Naggar: Deep Impact Spacecraft Had a
Military Goal and Negligible Scientific Value

Following is an excerpt from and interview with Egyptian geologist Dr.
Zaghlul Al-Naggar, which aired on Al-Jazeera TV on July 5, 2005.
Dr. Zaghlul Al-Naggar: The main goal of this operation (Deep Impact) is
military. America wants to prove to the world that it is capable of hitting
a target with a circumference of no more than six kilometers, hundreds of
millions of kilometers away. The goal is first and foremost a military one,
and its scientific benefit is negligible. I doubt that the samples they
obtained could yield scientific results of any value.

"Jim Oberg" wrote in
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http://www.memritv.org/Transcript.asp?P1=740

7/5/2005 Clip No. 740

Renowned Egyptian Geologist Zaghlul Al-Naggar: Deep Impact
Spacecraft Had a Military Goal and Negligible Scientific
Value

Following is an excerpt from and interview with Egyptian
geologist Dr. Zaghlul Al-Naggar, which aired on Al-Jazeera
TV on July 5, 2005. Dr. Zaghlul Al-Naggar: The main goal of
this operation (Deep Impact) is military. America wants to
prove to the world that it is capable of hitting a target
with a circumference of no more than six kilometers,
hundreds of millions of kilometers away. The goal is first
and foremost a military one, and its scientific benefit is
negligible. I doubt that the samples they obtained could
yield scientific results of any value.

The Arabs are really, really paranoid, aren't they?

It's all nonsense, of course.

--Damon

In article ,
Damon Hill wrote:
The Arabs are really, really paranoid, aren't they?

It's not specifically an Arab thing -- that whole region (which includes
non-Arab populations, e.g. the Iranians), with the possible exception of
Israel, is very big on conspiracy theories and similar paranioa.
--
"Think outside the box -- the box isn't our friend." | Henry Spencer
-- George Herbert |

Damon Hill wrote:

"Jim Oberg" wrote in
m:



http://www.memritv.org/Transcript.asp?P1=740

7/5/2005 Clip No. 740

Renowned Egyptian Geologist Zaghlul Al-Naggar: Deep Impact
Spacecraft Had a Military Goal and Negligible Scientific
Value

Following is an excerpt from and interview with Egyptian
geologist Dr. Zaghlul Al-Naggar, which aired on Al-Jazeera
TV on July 5, 2005. Dr. Zaghlul Al-Naggar: The main goal of
this operation (Deep Impact) is military. America wants to
prove to the world that it is capable of hitting a target
with a circumference of no more than six kilometers,
hundreds of millions of kilometers away. The goal is first
and foremost a military one, and its scientific benefit is
negligible. I doubt that the samples they obtained could
yield scientific results of any value.



The Arabs are really, really paranoid, aren't they?


Well, they have this thing about meteorites...

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"The only thing that galls me about someone burning the American flag is how unoriginal it is. I mean if you're going to pull the Freedom-of-speech card, don't be a hack, come up with something interesting. Fashion Old Glory into a wisecracking puppet and blister the system with a scathing ventriloquism act, or better yet, drape the flag over your head and desecrate it with a large caliber bullet hole." Dennis Miller

Jim Oberg wrote:
Dr. Zaghlul Al-Naggar: The main goal of this operation (Deep Impact) is
military. America wants to prove to the world that it is capable of hitting
a target with a circumference of no more than six kilometers, hundreds of
millions of kilometers away. The goal is first and foremost a military one,

Some months back, GWH started a thread here on whether Deep Impact
needed an export license for a guided missile. Someone may have taken
him seriously.

Scott Lowther wrote in
:

Damon Hill wrote:



The Arabs are really, really paranoid, aren't they?


Well, they have this thing about meteorites...


Hmmm...they would. Good, let them worry.

--Damon

(Henry Spencer) wrote:
In article ,
Damon Hill wrote:
The Arabs are really, really paranoid, aren't they?

It's not specifically an Arab thing -- that whole region (which includes
non-Arab populations, e.g. the Iranians), with the possible exception of
Israel, is very big on conspiracy theories and similar paranioa.

The French, Russians, and Ottoman and _especially_ the British Empires had
nothing to do with creating that paranoia! Lies I say! It was all caused
by, um, er, that rock over there!

Sorry I can't elaborate just now, but I've found some new information that
connects who was on the grassy knoll and strange happenings in Area 51 that
explain the great plot to poison the population with flouridated water....

"Henry Spencer" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Damon Hill wrote:
The Arabs are really, really paranoid, aren't they?

It's not specifically an Arab thing -- that whole region (which includes
non-Arab populations, e.g. the Iranians), with the possible exception of
Israel, is very big on conspiracy theories and similar paranioa.

Which really is a shame since 1000 years ago it was the reverse.


--
"Think outside the box -- the box isn't our friend." | Henry Spencer
-- George Herbert |

In article ,
Jim Logajan wrote:
It's not specifically an Arab thing -- that whole region (which includes
non-Arab populations, e.g. the Iranians), with the possible exception of
Israel, is very big on conspiracy theories and similar paranioa.

The French, Russians, and Ottoman and _especially_ the British Empires had
nothing to do with creating that paranoia! Lies I say! It was all caused
by, um, er, that rock over there!

It goes back much farther than that. For a long time, that region and
those peoples were "the doormats of history", trampled every few decades
when some superpower with an agenda swept through and wrecked the place in
passing.

(Mohammed succeeded in unifying the area because he got religion at *just*
the right time, hitting a narrow launch window when the Byzantines and the
Persians -- the superpowers of the day -- were both exhausted after going
at each other for several decades, and hence stayed home for a while.)
--
"Think outside the box -- the box isn't our friend." | Henry Spencer
-- George Herbert |

Greg D. Moore \(Strider\) ) wrote:

: "Henry Spencer" wrote in message
: ...
: In article ,
: Damon Hill wrote:
: The Arabs are really, really paranoid, aren't they?
:
: It's not specifically an Arab thing -- that whole region (which includes
: non-Arab populations, e.g. the Iranians), with the possible exception of
: Israel, is very big on conspiracy theories and similar paranioa.

: Which really is a shame since 1000 years ago it was the reverse.

Well with the connection of time to money by way of interest, Europe
simply past the Middle East in manners of banking.

Eric

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: "Think outside the box -- the box isn't our friend." | Henry Spencer
: -- George Herbert |
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