A very slick piece of pro-war film was aired on *Discovery Europe* this evening (Friday): "Behind the Terror".
Consists mainly of spliced together old BBC (bin Laden, 1998) and Discovery documentaries, hosted / narrated by Forrest [???] with a smouldering Manhattan as background.
Other main features:
- Jane Corbin: ObL's life and career; Al Turabi on ObL (BBC, 1998);
- FBI, CIA, ex-NSA people;
- explanation of ObL's perversion of the "great Islamic religion" (Lord Ahmed
and others);
- airport security equipment;
- Albright, Richardson, + others;
- Afghan opposition spokesman;
- NYSE opening 17 Sep, flags at half-mast, destruction;
- National Cathedral (DC);
- lots more flags with sombre music.
[Aired with no breaks; long, long credits.]
Probably coming to a small screen near you -- very soon. No details at Discovery or BBC sites that I could find. Runs for about 90 mins (I think, missed the beginning).
Cliff
[On and off lbo-talk lurker -- 'til now.]