Media Continues To Steer The Narrative
So, yesterday morning an unnamed man that claims to be the brother of Aafia Siddiqui, [who was found guilty in 2010 of two counts of attempted murder for trying to kill Americans while she was detained in Afghanistan] took several hostages in a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas.
Today the man is reported dead, hostages released safely.
Not a single word devoted to the story in my local newspaper.
I did a little digging and found that Aafia Siddiqui is serving an 86-year sentence at the Federal Medical Center, Carswell in Fort Worth, Texas. Sympathizers call her "Lady Al-Qaeda". Aafia Siddiqui came to the United States of America from Karachi Pakistan in 1990. She resided with her older brother, Muhammad, in Houston (Texas). She was once on the FBI’s most-wanted terrorist list. In 2018, the Pakistani Senate unanimously passed a resolution dubbing her “Daughter of the Nation”. On several occasions, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has extended his support for negotiating Siddiqui’s release with the US government.
So, the point is, this story in Colleyville, Texas has enormous, even international implications. Yet, not a word from the newspaper.
Mrs. Budwick and I pondered how coverage may have been different had the perp been a white man holding hostages in a black church.
Just sayin,...
Today the man is reported dead, hostages released safely.
Not a single word devoted to the story in my local newspaper.
I did a little digging and found that Aafia Siddiqui is serving an 86-year sentence at the Federal Medical Center, Carswell in Fort Worth, Texas. Sympathizers call her "Lady Al-Qaeda". Aafia Siddiqui came to the United States of America from Karachi Pakistan in 1990. She resided with her older brother, Muhammad, in Houston (Texas). She was once on the FBI’s most-wanted terrorist list. In 2018, the Pakistani Senate unanimously passed a resolution dubbing her “Daughter of the Nation”. On several occasions, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has extended his support for negotiating Siddiqui’s release with the US government.
So, the point is, this story in Colleyville, Texas has enormous, even international implications. Yet, not a word from the newspaper.
Mrs. Budwick and I pondered how coverage may have been different had the perp been a white man holding hostages in a black church.
Just sayin,...
