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Iraq-Jordan
(TimeSeries Picture) Apache Strike Kills Arab Journalist and Resistance Supporters
2004-09-13
Mazen Al-Tomaizi, a Palestinian television journalist working for Saudi news channel Al-Ekhbariya and Arab satellite channel Al-Arabiya, sucked a Hellfire was killed yesterday by an American missile as he was reporting live from Baghdad on deadly clashes between US forces and insurgents. "He was killed at the scene of the American missile attack in Al-Haifa district while he was reporting the event," Mohammed Barayan, general manager of Al-Ekhbariya told Arab News.
Life's tough, ain't it? It's tougher when you're stoopid...
Barayan described Mazen, 28, as a very hardworking journalist who was fearless and dedicated. "We have sent a telegram conveying our condolences to his family in Palestine and we are arranging for transferring his body to Jordan for funeral," Barayan said. In the West Bank, residents of his home town Idna watched in horror as Mazen went down. He was killed when a US helicopter fired missiles on people who had gathered round a US tank that had been set ablaze in a car bomb attack.
Having a little car swarm, doing the Islamic boogaloo on the blown-out vehicle...
Most of the young Iraqi men and boys mingling around the burning wreckage of the US tank were unfazed by the clattering of an American helicopter gunship overhead.
"Yeah, infidels! You don't scare us none!"
Moments later they were under fire. Some had pointed to the Apache helicopter. Others jogged slowly from the burning Bradley fighting vehicle. None expected it would shoot at them. "I didn't imagine the helicopter would fire on the crowd," Reuters cameraman Seif Fouad said from his hospital bed, where he was recovering from two shrapnel wounds.
Not very imaginative, are you, Seif?
He had been recording the scene and was standing near Mazen. "I looked at the sky and saw a helicopter at very low altitude," Seif said. "Just moments later I saw a flash of light from the Apache. Then a strong explosion," he said. The first explosion sent Seif crashing to the ground. "Mazen's blood was on my camera and face," Seif said. Mazen screamed to Seif for help: "Seif, Seif! I'm going to die. I'm going to die."
"Mazen! Mazen! You're right! You're right!"...
A second blast hit some 15 seconds later, lodging shrapnel in Seif's leg and waist as he was trying to pull Mazen from harm's way. Seif's camera, its lens stained with blood, filmed the chaos. Reuters footage showed the crowd to be made up of unarmed boys and men, two of whom were standing on top of the Bradley.
... waving their fists and making faces.
Posted by:CobraCommander

#28  Now me, I would have reported from Jersey. Nobody knows the difference.
Posted by: Jayson Blair   2004-09-13 11:17:57 PM  

#27  ... goddammit I love being non-Christian. Makes embracing the schadenfraude all the much easier. :D
Posted by: Edward Yee   2004-09-13 10:54:01 PM  

#26  didnt they have a zoom lens, woulda been smart to have one, the Paleo should have known not to get close to a car swarm
Posted by: SCpatriot   2004-09-13 10:32:50 PM  

#25  It's stupid enough to approach a burning vehicle even without Apaches hovering over it.
Posted by: True German Ally   2004-09-13 10:31:53 PM  

#24  becouse idiot and stupid american actions like this 911 and belsan gonna be repeated

No, anon, because of terror-loving media and their idiot slaves actions like this one are going to be repeated, the more the better.
Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy   2004-09-13 10:29:27 PM  

#23  Yeah - thats Dan Rather placing the planting the John Kerry flag of propoganda on the flaming Bradley of truth. Look up Dan its headed your way.
Posted by: JP   2004-09-13 10:27:04 PM  

#22  Palestinian journalist? Sounds about as reliable and unbiased as Dan Rather.
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2004-09-13 7:38:32 PM  

#21  Careful amond6483 you rug score is skowing
Posted by: Shipman   2004-09-13 7:35:35 PM  

#20  Not certain about serfs tho, I'll ask The Mossad.
Posted by: Shipman   2004-09-13 7:33:56 PM  

#19  The beautiful thing about this is that we don't have to do it everytime to maximize payoff, just when necessary. Sorta like a pinball machine, irregular payoffs work best with primates and I assume allenists meet that standard.
Posted by: Shipman   2004-09-13 7:33:23 PM  

#18  becouse idiot and stupid american actions like this 911 and belsan gonna be repeated
Posted by: Anonymous6438   2004-09-13 7:13:24 PM  

#17  My only comment to this tragedy is : "BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"
Posted by: Anonymous5089   2004-09-13 5:45:00 PM  

#16  there is no link at drudge
Posted by: feeling bitchy   2004-09-13 5:34:28 PM  

#15  Drudge has a link, although it appears to be swamped at the moment.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/video/40063000/rm/_40063230_iraq22_hawley12_vi.ram
Posted by: Anonymous5970   2004-09-13 5:31:08 PM  

#14  Stupidity is expecting for combatants to hold fire during a photo-op.
Posted by: Super Hose   2004-09-13 4:56:41 PM  

#13  So when is the video coming out? Or are the arab newzies censoring that one?
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2004-09-13 4:32:58 PM  

#12  So much for the Holy Islamic Tradition of filmed car swarms, complete with body dragging and ululating.
No more Mr. nice guy, Islamosavages.
Either get civilised or get dead.
In the meantime I'll pray for you to get civilised, cause I'm loving that way.
Posted by: TS(vice girl)   2004-09-13 4:28:54 PM  

#11   "...as he was reporting live from Baghdad on deadly clashes between US forces and insurgents."

How the heck was he there so fast? Was it innocent boys throwing rocks at the Bradley? was it innoncent teenagers planting a jihad flag in the gun barrel?
Posted by: anymouse   2004-09-13 2:20:30 PM  

#10  Well dont ever piss off the guy in the Apachie specially if your people have just attacked his buddies in the Bradley. You wannah celebrate on some one's dead body you deserve a Hell fire up your ass camera or no camera. ( Bo Hooo Hoo )
Posted by: Fawad   2004-09-13 2:01:13 PM  

#9  Why doesn't anyone ask, over and over again, "What were the Arab channels doing, waiting at the scene of an ambush *before* it happened, so they could report on it, *live*?"
Ask the producer, "Is it the policy of your station to support and encourage violent acts of war, just so you can get good propaganda footage?"
Posted by: Anonymoose   2004-09-13 1:54:37 PM  

#8  What's interesting about this guy's demise is that it rated such a tiny movement on the world's pity meter. Before 911 and Belsan, we would have been, SHOCKED! SHOCKED!

But now we just ponder about the wisdom of filming a car swarm in a war zone where an actual battle is going on. And we ponder the role of reporters who shill for the enemy. Are they combatants, or no?

Right now I'm feeling pity for the 911 victims, the Belsan people, Sudan, etc., etc., etc. Bottom line is that my pity meter so overworked, that I'm not feeling as much here as I once might have felt.
Posted by: Anonymous6417   2004-09-13 1:10:38 PM  

#7  " . . . as he was reporting live from Baghdad on deadly clashes between US forces and insurgents."

Obviously, he knew the risks, and so does any other journalist over there. If they say otherwise, they're just trying to get a story published, or are trying for political brownie points from their readers or editors by featuring an "enemy"--in this case, US forces.

OTOH, if they actually believe they're immune from danger in a war zone, they really like pretending. Go figure.

Posted by: ex-lib   2004-09-13 12:56:36 PM  

#6  How's it go? Oh, yeah... boo fuckin hoo hoo.
Posted by: tu3031   2004-09-13 12:54:50 PM  

#5  Fearless and stupid--a bad combination.
Posted by: Dar   2004-09-13 12:53:18 PM  

#4  Might as well. Consider it OPSEC. Destroy the rest of the vehicles (M1s, Bradleys, etc.), and if someone gets in the way during their celebration, oh well.
Posted by: nada   2004-09-13 12:50:09 PM  

#3  I hope this is a new policy whereby we attack any car-swarms. I also understand that someone there had the black/yellow flag of Zarqawi's group.
Posted by: Brett_the_Quarkian   2004-09-13 12:45:51 PM  

#2  Last words:

OWWWWWW INFIDEL Bas...{GASP}
Posted by: BigEd   2004-09-13 12:44:03 PM  

#1  Oh well. That's what happens when reporters get too chummy with the Bad Guys.

Jack.
Posted by: Jack Deth   2004-09-13 12:39:55 PM  

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