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Tatooine Youth Suspected In Terrorist Attack

Posted by Soulskill on from the strange-two-dimensional-shockwave-still-puzzles-scientists dept.

BeruHadItComing writes: Imperial investigators are still trying to piece together what happened in last week's horrifying terrorist attack on our largest orbital defense station. Over a million loyal citizens, scientists, and medical staff lost their lives in the grisly attack while the station was being put through training exercises near the Yavin system. Billions more are in mourning, while a number of powerful senators have renewed calls to increase defense spending. Initial reports have confirmed Rebel involvement, and officials are making inquiries about a young insurgent from Tatooine with known ties to religious fundamentalists.

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  1. Sigh by Dunbal · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You're not even trying.

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    1. Re:Sigh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

      Yeah an April Fool's Joke is supposed to be subtle. Not that Slashdot has ever posted anything funny previously but this is seriously lame.

    2. Re:Sigh by cdrudge · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Well, this is the 2nd article on the homepage, so yeah, it does look like they are going with factual stories today.

  2. That's my cue. by ledow · · Score: 3, Insightful

    That's my cue.

    Now to stop reading for over 24 hours while all the poor April Fool's junk slams the front page over and over.

    It's now an annual ritual. See you at the weekend, guys.

  3. No. I disagree. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Read it again and replace the Star Wars references with real ones.

    Now consider that the good guys - the Jedi - are portrayed as the bad guys even though they are defending a planet from invaders.

    Now, think about our own news media and how our politicians portray countries and people. Now think of the movies "Red Dawn" and how American kids are doing exactly what peoples are doing overseas to coalition troops. Explain how are they different?

    I think this "story" is one of the most subversive things I have ever read on Slashdot.

  4. Radicalization by Comboman · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If you do it right, you don't even need to change the references:

    Desert Youth Radicalized by Bearded Religious Zealot
    He seemed to others like a typical teen; having fun with his friends, going into town to pick up some power converters. But the boy's foster parents were worried he would follow a local anti-social, desert-dwelling hermit on some "damn fool ideological crusade". There are reports the old man may have lied to the youth about his birth father's involvement in the religious movement in order to gain his trust. From there, the two joined up with a couple of mercenary smugglers involved in human trafficking in an attempt to sneak past coalition blockades and gain access to military facilities. The old cleric apparently martyred himself in the initial attack on the base, which only strengthened the youth's resolve to follow in his mentor's footsteps. Even the mercenaries appear to have been radicalized, abandoning their business interests to join up with the movement.

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