Taibbi on US coverage of Moscow theater crisis

ChrisD(RJ) chrisd at russiajournal.com
Tue Nov 19 02:44:49 PST 2002


Islamic terrorists are, in fact, blowing up McDonald's franchises. And Pizza Hut, and Kentucky Fried Chicken:

http://www.menareport.com/story/TheNews.php3?sid=233389&lang=e&dir=mena

None of which, of course, changes Taibbi's point. Most likely, the bombing of American fast food in Lebanon is not related to some cultural Jihad, and more rooted in the boycotts that have been called on American businesses for the U.S.'s support of Israel. Of course most fuzzy-minded commentators would still prefer to explain this by saying "They hate our blue jeans, they hate our rock'n'roll." ...

Francis ------- Come to think of it, there was a car bombing at a McDonald's in Moscow just last month. Could've been gangland related, though, although as far as I know McDonald's isn't part of any mafia tiff.



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