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Old 08-30-2006, 02:55 PM   #22 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by hkbajwa View Post
How badly would you freak out if we arrested an american in Pakistan for broadcasting FOX?
Fox News is not a terrorist network. Hezbollah is. If Fox gets a paramilitary wing, then we'd be in business.

Now, if he was arrested for giving people access to al-Jazeera, which is clearly not a terrorist organization, but a media entity, then it would be a freedom of speech issue.
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