The FBI Was Right. Why They Stopped Calling Yaser Said an Honor Killer.

by Phyllis Chesler
Pajamas Media
October 22, 2008

http://www.phyllis-chesler.com/365/the-fbi-was-right-why-they-stopped-calling-yaser

Excerpt:

Ten months after their deaths, the FBI finally described Yaser Abdul Said’s murder of his two daughters as an “honor killing.” I wrote about it HERE. Fox News also did. However, within ten-twelve days, the FBI deleted this description from their Most Wanted poster. Once again, Fox News wrote about it. Most kindly, Fox’s journalist, Maxim Lott, interviewed me for both articles.

At the time of the deletion, several people told me that the “FBI had flip-flopped” and that “I should take them on and take them down.” Oh yeah. Instead, I sat down and thought it through.

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