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PA threatens life of cameraman
The Associated Press reports that a freelance cameraman on assignment for AP Television News was "summoned to a Palestinian Authority security office" and told that film of Palestinian Arabs celebrating Tuesday's atrocity must not be aired: Calls in the name of the Tanzim militia, an armed group associated with Yasser Arafat's Fatah group, warned him he would be held responsible and made what he interpreted as threats on his life. Several Palestinian Authority officials spoke to AP in Jerusalem urging that the material not be broadcast. Ahmed Abdel Rahman, Arafat's Cabinet secretary, said the Palestinian Authority "cannot guarantee the life" of the cameraman if the footage was broadcast. The cameraman then requested that the material not be aired. In light of the danger, APTN has not released the footage of the rally in Nablus. (JAMES TARANTO AND IRA STOLL Best of the Web Today, WSJ On-Line)
Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2001-09-13 |
