Friday November 18, 2005

I've Been Thinking:

Remember the tape of the female suicide bomber from Jordan?
It has gotten me thinking.

We saw the terrorist. We heard the voice of a woman speaking in Arabic. And then there was a "voice over," another female voice translating from the Arabic.

I'm thinking that it is not clear to me that the woman we saw in the video i.e. the female terrorist now captured by the Jordanians, was really speaking.
It was just audio, two female voices, on a video tape.

I'm thinking that the presentation was so very crisp and well scripted.
Remember, this was a propaganda tool released to convince the Muslim world of the horrific, cold blooded nature of the murderers.

The more I think about it, the more I realize that the tape was too cool, too scripted, too neat, too artificial, too professional.
I am certain the female image we saw was the terrorist and that the translation was read, not simultaneous.
So the female voice we heard speaking in Arabic - was that really the terrorist?

The purpose of the video was obvious. It was very well staged. It would be much easier to have an actress read the script.
The terrorist did not falter over a single phrase or expression.
What do you think?