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Kaleva

(36,354 posts)
Sun Feb 8, 2015, 11:10 PM Feb 2015

Breaking: "NBC’s Brian Williams Drops Claims To Have Been Personally Beheaded by Al Qaeda"



"NEW YORK – NBC news anchor Brian Williams has publicly dropped his claim that he was personally beheaded by al Qaeda in Iraq, saying he had misremembered the event.

Williams, known as ‘The Most Trusted NBC Nightly News Anchor in America’ has admitted, “I was never captured by al Qaeda in Iraq in May 2004, nor murdered by AQI leader Abu Musab al Zarqawi” in a notorious propaganda video."

Read more: http://www.duffelblog.com/2015/02/brian-williams-drops-claim-beheaded-by-al-qaeda/#ixzz3RDI81FbG
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Breaking: "NBC’s Brian Williams Drops Claims To Have Been Personally Beheaded by Al Qaeda" (Original Post) Kaleva Feb 2015 OP
I just knew it, I was suspicious of his claim of being beheaded, from the very beginning. braddy Feb 2015 #1
I like the ‘The Most Trusted NBC Nightly News Anchor in America’ part! Kaleva Feb 2015 #4
LOL! Politicalboi Feb 2015 #2
Bwahahaha! nc4bo Feb 2015 #3
Well see, cwydro Feb 2015 #5
I thought he was the one doing the beheading Hutzpa Feb 2015 #6
Well, he is a talking head so it could have happened.... Marie Marie Feb 2015 #7
I believed him pinboy3niner Feb 2015 #8
It's understandable. Ken Burch Feb 2015 #9
The important thing is not to blame all of Islam. Dr. Strange Feb 2015 #10
... cwydro Feb 2015 #18
Rumor has it some heads will be rolling over at NBC Blue Owl Feb 2015 #11
"NBC--we're one step a head of the news." pinboy3niner Feb 2015 #12
"And now tonight's top story decap... er, I mean recap...." Blue Owl Feb 2015 #13
Gotta love their talking heads. nt pinboy3niner Feb 2015 #17
yet .................he was there Ichingcarpenter Feb 2015 #14
LOL! n/t Exhibit A Feb 2015 #15
ouch baby MFM008 Feb 2015 #16

Kaleva

(36,354 posts)
4. I like the ‘The Most Trusted NBC Nightly News Anchor in America’ part!
Sun Feb 8, 2015, 11:20 PM
Feb 2015

It's pretty easy being the most trusted when one is the ONLY NBC Nightly News Anchor in America.

Marie Marie

(9,999 posts)
7. Well, he is a talking head so it could have happened....
Sun Feb 8, 2015, 11:24 PM
Feb 2015

and we may not have known if the camera angle was just right.

 

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)
9. It's understandable.
Sun Feb 8, 2015, 11:47 PM
Feb 2015

After all, Brian's never been quite the same since he was assassinated in that motorcade in Dallas.

Dr. Strange

(25,925 posts)
10. The important thing is not to blame all of Islam.
Sun Feb 8, 2015, 11:48 PM
Feb 2015

This was the act of a very small sect of Islam, created in the 70s by Brian Williams (peace be upon him) while he was in college.

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