(English translation at end of posting)
Britischer Experte von ABC-Waffen im Irak überzeugt
Der britische Waffenexperte David Kelly war laut einem BBC-Bericht davon überzeugt, dass Saddam Hussein im Besitz von Massenvernichtungswaffen war. ... Kelly (soll) gesagt haben (in einem BBC-Interview), von den vor Beginn des Irak-Kriegs Anfang 2003 in dem Land vermuteten Massenvernichtungswaffen gehe eine unmittelbare Gefahr aus ... Der Wissenschaftler (bezeichnete) Saddam ... als eine "akute Bedrohung".
Kelly diente den deutschen Medien monatelang als Kronzeuge gegen die "Lügen" der Neo-Konservativen sowie der Blair-Regierung. Besonders SPIEGEL ONLINE griff zu allen Instrumenten des Kampagnenjournalismus, um Verschwörungstheorien zu verbreiten. Wir haben die Methoden von SPIEGEL ONLINE in diesem Blog mehrfach kritisiert.
Wir erwarten nicht, daß SPIEGEL ONLINE in Zukunft noch irgendeine Aufmerksamkeit für Kelly übrig hat. "Wissenschaftler" bzw. "Experten" werden nur benötigt, wenn sie Bush kritisieren.
Übrigens ist es interessant, die Meldung der BBC anzuschauen:
In the interview Dr Kelly was asked whether there was an "immediate threat" from Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction.
He replied: "Yes there is. Even if they're not actually filled and deployed today, the capability exists to get them filled and deployed within a matter of days and weeks. So yes, there is a threat."
Im Grunde ist das Interview mit Kelly vernichtend - für Medien wie SPIEGEL ONLINE ebenso wie die BBC, die ja selbst eine bösartige Kampagne gegen Blair geführt hatte. Das Interview vernichtet die Glaubwürdigkeit von SPIEGEL ONLINE und der BBC - was davon überhaupt noch vorhanden war. Wir verfolgen das Thema weiter.
English translation
British Expert Convinced of ABC Weapons in Iraq
According to a BBC report the British weapons expert David Kelly was convinced that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. ... Kelly is supposed to have said (in an interview with BBC), that there was an immediate danger from the WMD assumed before the start of the Iraq war early 2003 ... The scientist called Saddam ... a "real threat".
Kelly served for several months as the star witness for the German media against the "lies" of the neo-conservatives and the Blair government. In particular SPIEGEL ONLINE used all instruments of biased reporting to advance conspiracy theories. We have criticized the methods of SPIEGEL ONLINE in our blog several times.
We don't expect SPIEGEL ONLINE to show any interest in Kelly in the future. "Scientists" or "experts" are only needed to criticize Bush.
BTW: it is interesting to look at the BBC report:
In the interview Dr Kelly was asked whether there was an "immediate threat" from Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction.
He replied: "Yes there is. Even if they're not actually filled and deployed today, the capability exists to get them filled and deployed within a matter of days and weeks. So yes, there is a threat."
The interview with Kelly is devastating - for media such as SPIEGEL ONLINE, but for the BBC as well. BBC had carried out a dirty campaign against Blair. The interview destroys SPIEGEL ONLINE's and the BBC's credibility - whatever was left of it. We will keep track of the topic.
Und das ist, was z. B. der ARD-Videotext daraus gemacht hat:
"BBC-Interview: Waffenexperte Kelly widersprach Äußerungen Blairs
[...] widersprach Kelly darin der Behauptung von Premierminister Blair, wonach der Irak in der Lage gewesen sei, binnen 45 Minuten Massenvernichtungswaffen einzusetzen. [...]"
Kein einziges Wort zu seinen Aussagen bezüglich der Einschätzung, Irak verfüge über WMD und diese seien eine Gefahr, die nicht toleriert werden könne, obwohl diese Aussagen doch die eigentliche Neuigkeit sind. So kann man also durch die beliebte 'schmierenjournalistische Methode des Lügens durch Weglassen' (Zitat meines früheren Physik-Lehrers) eine Geschichte um 180 Grad wenden, ohne daß es Otto Normalleser merkt...
Posted by: Thomas | January 21, 2004 at 11:35 PM
Es wird immer spannender: Nun nimmt die BBC sich selbst in die Zange:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,1-971716,00.html
Panorama, BBC television's flagship investigative news programme, will tonight accuse Greg Dyke, the corporation's Director General, of "betting the farm" on Andrew Gilligan's story in the Kelly affair.
The documentary recreates events leading up to the Hutton inquiry into David Kelly's death after he was identified as the source of Mr Gilligan's story that Downing Street had "sexed up" its dossier on Iraqi weapons.
Mr Dyke, Panorama reports, did not check Mr Gilligan's story before deciding to stand by the BBC Radio 4 Today programme reporter's account, despite Mr Gilligan's editor privately criticising his "flawed reporting" and "use of loose language".
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Posted by: Thomas | January 22, 2004 at 12:19 AM
It's interesting to watch the spin. On CNN (International) this morning I watched in dismay as they used that very same BBC report to say Kelly proved the threat was not "imminent" as he did not state directly that the weapons could be deployed in 45 minutes. Perhaps CNN also want to say that the Britisch government "sexed up" the report.
Posted by: ian | January 22, 2004 at 10:17 AM