The Null Device blog: Did Osama turn out the lights?

Al-Qaeda claims responsibility for US blackout. A spoof? An attempt to get cheap publicity? Or perhaps al-Qaeda really did do it, with the official version about technical problems (and the official alternative explanation about deregulation and corporate cronyism) being disinformation to keep the public from panicking? (via NWD)

There are 5 comments on "Did Osama turn out the lights?":

Posted by: mark
http://donotuselifts.net/
Tue Aug 19 08:51:33 2003

The sad thing about these times is it's hard to know who to believe. When OBL and George Bush have similarly low credibility levels, y'know something's wrong with the world.

However, apparently the US' electrical system is pretty bloody dodgy, so I'd guess they didn't need any help from no stinkin' terrorists.

Posted by: acb
http://dev.null.org
Tue Aug 19 10:25:25 2003

For a moment I parsed that as "the US electoral system is pretty bloody dodgy, so I'd guess they didn't need any help from no stinkin' terrorists"

Posted by: richard
http://mechanicalcat.net/cgi-bin/log
Wed Aug 20 00:26:17 2003

"keeping the public from panicking"?

where have you *been* lately ... certainly not watching CNN I s'pose :)

Posted by: acb
http://dev.null.org
Wed Aug 20 03:20:35 2003

http://www.reason.com/links/links081503.shtml There has been a remarkable lack of looting or mass panic in the blackout.

Also, if the blackout was widely believed to have been caused by terrorists, it's likely that there would be mass panic.

Posted by: acb
http://dev.null.org
Wed Aug 20 05:30:57 2003

That's New York though; the local press claims that it has been a continuous Devil's Night in Detroit.

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