Rescuers Pull A Man From The Libyan Embassy Attack |
There is a story doing the rounds amongst right wing conspiracists and anti-muslim groups on the web, that the late US ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens, wasn't just murdered in the attack on his embassy building, but that he was either sexually raped, or raped with an instrument before he died.
The top hits from this results are dominated by conspiracy web sites promoting the idea .... in fact all the evidence is that its totally false. The story was started by a Lebanese 'News' site (of doubtful political leanings), that reproduced what it purported to be a AFP (Agence France Presse), report .... this was later denied by AFP as ever being run. They also contacted the Lebanese 'Tayyar News' agency, who immediately pulled the report ..... but the damage was done.
The video, actually shows the locals trying to rescue people from the burning building ..... perhaps the most telling part is that voices can be heard in Arabic, yelling that he was still breathing, and that "We need .... to take him to the hospital" .... which is where the US officials later found his body.
It should also be noted that the Libyans who pulled the ambassador from the compound, didn't know who he was ... this only came to light after he had died ...... The Web is a very dangerous tool in the hands of extremists of any culture or religion.
The web is a tool for good but its easily used to disseminate lies about many things. The worst offenders are the scraping bots which just steal and repost stories, thus creating a critical mass which makes it look as though something may be true.
ReplyDeleteIf the story had been true the US press wouldn't have covered it up, so the version here is likely to be true.
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