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--- The Bangladeshi poster: http://www.tctubantia.nl/CDA/regioportal/1%2c2078%2c1654__772741_%2c00.html http://harvard.pawlo.com/bangladesh.jpg http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/p/nm/20011009/wl/imdf09102001085522a.html The Bert-Osama clip art's origins: http://www.angelfire.com/de/cheatsbert/p3laden.html http://www.fractalcow.com/bert/bert.htm --- http://www.wired.com/news/conflict/0,2100,47450,00.html Osama Has a New Friend By Declan McCullagh (declan@wired.com) 7:18 a.m. Oct. 10, 2001 PDT WASHINGTON -- Evil Bert, meet Evil Osama. Right now, the two appear to be inseparable -- at least on ubiquitous posters carried by pro-Taliban protesters. Devotees of freak-humor websites will recall the infamous "Bert is Evil" page, a shrine to the gourd-like Sesame Street character, which offers compelling photographic evidence of the muppet consorting with Hitler, the KKK and, of course, Jerry Springer. Now, in a move that defies all rules of logic, a doctored photo showing Bert with the world's most-wanted terrorist, Osama bin Laden, seems to have made its way into an anti-American Islamic protest in Bangladesh. Reuters photographs of a rally this week organized by Jaamiat-e-Talabaye Arabia, a radical Islamic organization, show that protesters created a pro-bin Laden sign out of a collage of photos they apparently lifted from Internet sites. But -- is it fate or coincidence? -- the sign featured a Bert muppet sitting on the left side of the man believed to be responsible for the bloodiest terrorist attack in U.S. history. [...] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
