[Ssf] Private eye provides different angle on Daily Express "reporting"

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A good story,
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well done



Alan Dawson wrote:
> As there has been mention of engaging with the Daily Express readership on this
> list  ( or its forbear ) I thought you might like to see what a difficult job
> thats going to be !
> 
> See
> 
> http://naseh.burngreave.net/?q=node/view/18
> 
>  Private Eye No 1114 September 3 2004 has a different angle on the Daily Express
> front page story of 16 August 2004.
> 
> Whereas the Express described how Durham Police thwarted terrorists in a stolen
> car gathering information for a possible attack, the Eye reports differently.
> 
> "Let me say in the clearest possible language this story is rubbish and the
> Daily Express were told this in unequivocal language when the first asked us,"
> said a Durham Police spokesman.
> 
> "It is true two Lithuanians were arrested at Wingate nature reservoir in
> Spetember of 2003," he added, but the mens presence in the area was believed to
> be related to drugs, not terrorism. 
> 
> AED