There's a blogswarm forming about Cindy Sheehan saying that she wasn't sure if Osama Bin Laden was behind 9/11.
Well...no.
If you look at the actual source of this blogswarm, you'll see a deeply parsed quotation which features the word 'allegedly'. But the National Review has not provided the full quotation in context.
So we don't really know what Sheehan said.
So, before we crucify Sheehan on this issue, let's make sure that our facts are straight.
UPDATE: More blogs are piling on. Woah, guys -- let's wait until the quote is verified.
Thursday, August 25, 2005
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Technically Sheehan's use of allegedly in terms of 9/11 is correct. Whle it is quite clear that Al Qaeda were behind that attack it has never (to use legal terms) been proved beyond a reasonable doubt. If someone were arrested and on trial in similar circumstances we would have to say allegedly.
That being said, relly, does anyone doubt who was responsible. ANd 9/11 has nothing to do with Iraq anyway.
If Sheehan used 'allegedly' in this sense, then I must disagree with you. Osama Bin Laden has claimed responsibility for 9/11. As far as he's concerned, there's nothing 'alleged' about it.
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