Bring in the conspiracy theories
Bring in the Conspiracy theories…
Where the heck’s all the blood?
–Doctor Raul Castro Guevara
Oh, I find it very interesting, because out of the blue, there is a mention of al Qaeda on the U.S. government translation. It says: “Does al Qaeda need any further excuses?” Any speaker of the Arabic language is going to notice a difference between the word al Qaeda, which means “the base,” and al qaed, which means “the one sitting, doing nothing.”
My translation says: “Is there any excuse for the one who sits down and does nothing?” Basically they’re telling people, you have no excuse for not doing anything, for not acting and defending Islam and so forth. Whereas the U.S. government translation has this factual error, I’m sure it’s an honest mistake, but basically it sort of adds al Qaeda to the statement, which is not on the statement.
— CNN transcript, CNN SR. EDITOR FOR ARAB AFFAIRS Octavia Nasr
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