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Guardian Removed Osama bin Laden Letter After 2024 TikTok Controversy Sparked Government Pressure
Glenn Greenwald
Melat Kiros' 9/11 Answer Is RATIONAL — Why the Attacks?
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"In response to demands from the government and and and and lots of other power factions, the Guardian removed the letter from its website, making it very difficult to find that letter. All the links that have been posted on Tik Tok, all of the references to it now became dead."
The speaker reveals that in 2024, after young people on TikTok discovered and widely shared Osama bin Laden's post-9/11 letter explaining anti-American grievances in the Muslim world, the Guardian deleted the letter from its website in response to government demands. TikTok simultaneously disabled hashtags and blocked discussion of the letter. The letter had detailed U.S. support for Israel, military bases in Saudi Arabia, and sanctions killing Iraqi children as reasons for anti-American hatred.
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