In my post back in August summing up Reuters' infamous "Picture Kill" moment and how they arrived at that point, I mentioned a 2005 Y Net News.com article which reported that terrorist Zakaria Zubeidi, the head of Fatah’s al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade in Jenin, who was both named as a key figure in organizing terror attacks on Israeli civilians, and also appeared--amazingly--in joke videos for Reuters' in-house consumption. But that's not the only terrorist that Reuters is close contact with:

"PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Taliban chief Mullah Mohammad Omar has added to the mystery over Osama bin Laden, saying he hasn't seen his ally and fellow fugitive since U.S.-backed forces ousted the Taliban from Afghanistan in late 2001.

"No, I have neither seen him, nor have I made any effort to do so, but I pray for his health and safety," Omar said in an e-mailed response to questions sent by Reuters.

The questions were relayed to Omar through his spokesman Mohammad Hanif, and a reply was received late on Wednesday."

As Newsbusters writes:

Okay - Reuters has email contact with Mullah Omar, Taliban chief, fugitive, terrorist, etc. and reports it as if it is no big deal. What the heck is wrong with this picture? Where did Reuters get the email address from - Omar's MySpace page? Has Reuters shared this email address with the authorities - i.e. the military hunting for terrorists? Or is the email addy for personal communication only. Which Reuters' employee was involved with the email communication?

Why do we continue to tolerate this blatant terrorist enabling so-called media organization? These journalists are responsible for "telling us the story" from the front of the war on terror. I just didn't realize it was only the terrorists' story they were interested in promoting.

After 9/11, and repeated incidents such as this one and with Zakaria Zubeidi, I'm not at all sure what other conclusion it's possible to come to. As I also mentioned in the long "Picture Kill" post, immediately after 9/11, it was Stephen Jukes, Reuters' global news editor, who infamously refused to label Osama bin Laden as a terrorist and uttered the now famous cliche (since adopted by CNN's senior editor for Arab affairs), "We all know that one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter"--which itself is the Big Lie. Attempting to replace Israel’s liberal democracy with Sharia (for but one very simple example) isn't exactly my idea of freedom fighting.