'Atomic Iran' TV Ad Rejected

'Atomic Iran' TV ad rejected
WorldNetDaily.com ^ | Tuesday, April 26, 2005


A TV commercial warning Americans that Iran intends to launch a nuclear terror attack in the U.S. has been rejected by several stations due to fears it might inflame Muslims.

Titled "An Atomic 9-11: When Evil is Appeased," the spot, sponsored by the Iran Freedom Foundation, is based on a scenario described in the new WND Books release "Atomic Iran: How the Terrorist Regime Bought the Bomb and American Politicians," by Jerome R. Corsi, co-author of the best-selling "Unfit for Command."

The ad, which can be viewed on the IFF website, began a month-long run last Tuesday in 17 markets nationwide.

It was rejected, however, by independent stations in Chicago, Dallas and Roanoke, Va., according to the company that produced and distributed it, Fargo, N.D.-based TVAI, or Timeless Video Alternatives International.

Steve Tweed, a TVAI working partner, told WND the ad was deemed "too politically partisan and controversial."

"One person called it propaganda," he said.

The scenario described in "Atomic Iran" shows that a 150-kiloton improvised nuclear device exploded in New York would reduce much of the city to rubble. Some 1.5 million people would be killed instantly, with another 1.5 million certain to die over the next few days.

The commercial is running up to six times a day in prime time in Washington, D.C.; Los Angeles/Victorville, Calif.; Pittsburgh, Pa.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Memphis, Tenn.; Bangor, Maine; Cedar Brook, N.J.; Eugene, Ore., Greenville/Spartanberg, S.C.; Huntsville/Decatur/Florence, Ala.; Jasper, Ind.; and Spokane, Wash.

Tweed said some television program directors and traffic managers have been "tearing their hair out" over whether to run the ad, because they don't want to be seen as "picking a fight with any part of the community."

"We've never taken on such a valiant cause or had such a volatile or emotional reaction about any ad we've ever carried," Tweed said.

He explained the response was due to a "very latent, and I believe truthful, portrayal of Muslim fanaticism."

The ad, which begins with a clip from one of Sen. John Kerry's debates with President Bush, includes chants of "Death to America" led by leaders of the radical Muslim regime. The final image is of a figure in a Muslim veil.

"People in the media are trying to be politically correct and have an aversion to acknowledging that these are psychotic, fanatic rulers, and they happen to be Muslims," he said.

But Tweed said some of the concern could be simply because "people don't want their stations blown up."

WND's editor and CEO, Joseph Farah, sits on the board of the Iran Freedom Foundation. He noted that "many or most of the Iranians involved in the organization are Muslims."

Corsi said the TV commercial was produced to graphically demonstrate a real threat that even the Department of Homeland Security, in a recent report, says could happen.

"We didn't produce the commercial to scare people," he said. "We produced it to send out an alert so the people of America could be aware of the steps that need to be taken to make sure it never happens. It's irresponsible not to bring it to people, not to show it."

Corsi said that if someone prior to Sept. 11, 2001, had put the pieces together from intelligence on Operation Bojinka -- a 9/11-style plot hatched in the 1990s -- "we should have realized terrorists would use planes as missiles."

Now, he says, "we should be aware an atomic 9-11 is in the works."

"If a rogue state like Iran has the ability to produce nuclear weapons, most of the technical problems are solved for terrorist cells that want to explode a bomb in a major U.S. city," Corsi said.

Howdy Y'all,

I have a url for viewing the ad http://www.iranfreedomfoundation.org...php?page_id=69

Have any of y'all seen this ad yet ? Basically,it's true..the mullahs and their supporters,are bound and determined to use whatever nukes they build,against both Israel and the US,there's even talk by the mullahs of attempting an emp use of their nuke arsenal,in an attempt at knocking out America's electronic infrastructure.

The problem is,is that there's alot of folks in Iran,who want to have a peaceful and democratic Iran,and they deserve freedom..but they are probably not going to be able to stop the mullahs by themselves,before it's too late. Sadly,there may be no choice,but to conduct a pre-emptive nuclear strike against Iran..the mullahs must not be allowed to succeed. I realize that there are folks here,who wish that America and Israel,would be destroyed,but the fact is,is that your puny goverments,would quickly fall to Islam,China or Russia,in the absence of America and Israel.

It's past time,for folks to face the truth about Iran..something must be done to stop them from using any nukes..no matter how much you may hate America and Israel.

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Originally Posted by Torog

Sadly,there may be no choice,but to conduct a pre-emptive nuclear strike against Iran..

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I'm sure that would make you so sad... :(

You're disgusting.

it will never come to that!!there is alot of shit going on behind the scenes.why would the iranians committ political suicide?they are always up to no good but they for sure want to stay in power.

Bang on Amsterdam. If Iran was to initiate a nuclear attack it would be obliterated! No nation would do something so stupid. More likely, Torog, they want it as a deterrent to stop invasion by another nation. To suggest a pre-emptive nuclear strike is a bit extreme surely? You're absolutely right though that they should be stopped from using nukes. But not through holocaust. They don't even have bloody nukes, let alone the capability to use them against America. It sounds like racism.

f--k those ayatollas!!!free those great people!!!!!!!!!11

Let them free themselves.

Fucking propoganda. And just when Torog was starting to look intelligent.

Another WMD crises!! lol Sure let's take on South Korea while we're at it eh? lmao

we already have tons of spies there,im not saying military support but behind the scenes covert.

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Let them free themselves.

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don't be selfish,war is fun.(or so my marine buddy said)

Torog, can,t believe you fear we,ll all fall under the powers of the Chinese,Russian,or Islam! I,m afraid to inform you that we don,t need America,s supervision, and would be happier without it. I,m not anti-american at all and have numerous relatives in USA that agree with my views.But Bush wants to control every country in the world and i for one oppose

if we wanted to control your country we could,you know that right?
i swear to god if the chinese invaded your country,you know as well as i do that the leaders of your superior country would BEG,BEG,BEG us to help your poor people.

GET A GRIP YA SHEEP.

A 150 KT device is quite large and unlikely, but an attack involving smaller "mini-nukes" (~ 5KT or less) is very likely in the next 10 years or so ... my guess sometime around 2013 +/- a couple of years either way.

Mini-nukes physically are not enough to take out a decent city, but tend to be very messy in regards to radiation; larger nukes tend to be "cleaner" relative to their power due to being more efficient.

Digressing a bit, but point is that terror attacks involve nukes are very likely - I for one am surprised such an attack hasn't happened anywhere in the world yet ... one can chalk that up to skill of various law enforcement/spy agencies and in very large part plain 'ol luck.

As far as where the attack would originate from ... a person(s) from the middle east is the most obvious, but an attack from an American(s) is just as likely - the Oklahoma bombing in '95 illustrated that attacks can come from anywhere; some have speculated that the attackers had support from middle easterners - even so, the actual attackers were American.

In regards to the TV ad, I personally feel it's not helpful since the real threat is everywhere - and the solution is the U.S. government respecting the rights of the people, and just importantly NOT developing mini-nukes, since some of them will very likely eventually be used against us by terrorists. :(

Ron

Let,s all bow down for America!Fuck me i,ve never met such arrogance

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Originally Posted by Ron Bennett

A 150 KT device is quite large and unlikely, but an attack involving smaller "mini-nukes" (~ 5KT or less) is very likely in the next 10 years or so ... my guess sometime around 2013 +/- a couple of years either way.

Mini-nukes physically are not enough to take out a decent city, but tend to be very messy in regards to radiation; larger nukes tend to be "cleaner" relative to their power due to being more efficient.

Digressing a bit, but point is that terror attacks involve nukes are very likely - I for one am surprised such an attack hasn't happened anywhere in the world yet ... one can chalk that up to skill of various law enforcement/spy agencies and in very large part plain 'ol luck.

As far as where the attack would originate from ... a person(s) from the middle east is the most obvious, but an attack from an American(s) is just as likely - the Oklahoma bombing in '95 illustrated that attacks can come from anywhere; some have speculated that the attackers had support from middle easterners - even so, the actual attackers were American.

In regards to the TV ad, I personally feel it's not helpful since the real threat is everywhere - and the solution is the U.S. government respecting the rights of the people, and just importantly NOT developing mini-nukes, since some of them will very likely eventually be used against us by terrorists. :(

Ron

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did you say 10 years??thats a scary thought.

if they have them,i wonder why they havent hit yet?

Building a nuke is very hard - consider all the trouble various countries, such as Pakistan, have had building nukes that even work...

Thus in large part, the answer is they, as in "terrorists", likely don't have any.

The U.S. is actively pursuing mini-nukes ... that technology will likely be used against us eventually - to date, the lack of materials and difficult of construction have been barriars - mini-nukes making bridging that gap much easier ... the mere technology to build a working nuke with less fissionable material alone greatly lowers the bar; research into using less commonly used, but more widely available, fissionable materials, such as Neptunium and Americium.

Not all hope is lost - not sure how much effort is going into it, but technologies DO exist to detect various types of nuclear activity (not all of it can be contained; even ordinary, well shielded nuclear reacters have some nuclear emissions) from relatively far distances - even part way around the world!

If such detection methods can be developed/utilized in time, it's likely many potential nuclear attacks can be averted ... thing is though, the U.S. govt has a long record of spending little money/effort on prevention ...

Until something bad happens, it's likely the U.S. govt won't do much - hope I'm wrong, but after seeing what's happened since 911, it's not looking promising - many of the terror laws/resources are being used for various non-terrorist related things, such as raiding medical cannabis clubs, etc.

Ron

I think you're underestimating the skill of western security folk. We don't hear half the shit they prevent because of secrecy requirements. I think we can fairly safely assume that if a backward 3rd world nation like South Korea, or whoever, could ever feasibly build a bomb, they would have. Our nations are out there preventing this shit. A pre-emptive strike would be a catastrophe.

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Originally Posted by Ron Bennett

Building a nuke is very hard - consider all the trouble various countries, such as Pakistan, have had building nukes that even work...

Thus in large part, the answer is they, as in "terrorists", likely don't have any.

The U.S. is actively pursuing mini-nukes ... that technology will likely be used against us eventually - to date, the lack of materials and difficult of construction have been barriars - mini-nukes making bridging that gap much easier ... the mere technology to build a working nuke with less fissionable material alone greatly lowers the bar; research into using less commonly used, but more widely available, fissionable materials, such as Neptunium and Americium.

Not all hope is lost - not sure how much effort is going into it, but technologies DO exist to detect various types of nuclear activity (not all of it can be contained; even ordinary, well shielded nuclear reacters have some nuclear emissions) from relatively far distances - even part way around the world!

If such detection methods can be developed/utilized in time, it's likely many potential nuclear attacks can be averted ... thing is though, the U.S. govt has a long record of spending little money/effort on prevention ...

Until something bad happens, it's likely the U.S. govt won't do much - hope I'm wrong, but after seeing what's happened since 911, it's not looking promising - many of the terror laws/resources are being used for various non-terrorist related things, such as raiding medical cannabis clubs, etc.

Ron

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Howdy Ron,you make some good points with both of your replies in this thread,I'd rather use prevention,than pre-emptive strikes,I hope that no nukes will ever have to be used against any country-ever again..if possible..settin off a nuke,is like opening the gates of Hell..but I'll be danged,if I'm gonna give up my freedom and submit to nuclear black-mail..just so that we don't use nukes for our self-defense and in defense of the Free World. There comes a time,when ya have to fight for your freedom and life,this is one of those times..sadly,many more folks may have to die..before the nay-sayers against the war on terror,finally understand the enemy that we all face.

I don't like the misuse of homeland security,to shut down medical cannabis clubs,and I don't like some of the other things Bush is doing..but at least,he's got the spine and the guts,to stand up against the terrorists..and that's what we need for now..the path of Kerry and France,is the path of surrender,appeasement and defeat,not just for us..but the Free World,as well.

Have a good one !