zJs=10 zJs=11 zJs=12 zJs=13 zc(5,'jsc',zJs,9999999,'') About Urban Legends and Folklore Home Essentials ... Submit a Hoax/Rumor/UL zau(256,152,145,'gob','http://z.about.com/5/ad/go.htm?gs='+gs,''); Automobiles Celebrities Crime Errata ... Help zau(256,138,125,'el','http://z.about.com/0/ip/417/0.htm','');w(xb+xb); Stay Current Subscribe to the About Urban Legends and Folklore newsletter. Search Urban Legends and Folklore From David Emery Your Guide to Urban Legends and Folklore Two-Year-Old Rumors of Terrorist Ties Continue to Haunt Caribou Coffee Two years after a forwarded email spread allegations that the investment firm which owns controlling interest in Caribou Coffee Company hired a radical Muslim cleric as an adviser, word-of-mouth rumors claiming the company has ties to Islamic terrorists continue to impact its bottom line, according to a May 23 story in the Chicago Tribune . Even though Caribou's parent company severed its relationship with the controversial cleric in 2002, CEO Michael J. Coles told the Tribune , "Things on the Internet don't go away." Amen. Wednesday May 26, 2004 | |
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