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| Taliban ban foreign media in N Waziristan |
| 2008-08-27 |
| The Taliban, on Tuesday, banned journalists working with foreign newspapers and news agencies from entering the militancy-infested North Waziristan Agnecy. Journalists working with national and international news organisations had planned to visit the agency for stories before the seventh anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in the United States. Ahmadullah Ahmadi, spokesman for Taliban leader Hafiz Gul Bahadur, said in a statement that entry of all the journalists belonging to Western electronic and print media had been banned. "Such people are harmful for Islam, Muslims and the country," he said. "At the same time, the Taliban highly regard those journalists who are patriotic and loyal to Islam and Muslims," Ahmadi added. Punishment: He said journalists would be given exemplary punishments if it were proved that they were "working for intelligence agencies in the guise of journalists". "Those who work for intelligence agencies will be punished," Ahmadi added. The spokesman said the Taliban were investigating which journalists worked for intelligence agencies. "Do not come to North Waziristan, because local journalists are working here with full responsibility," he said. The Taliban spokesman asked the local journalists to remain committed to their profession and "never become the agents of other countries or people." The ban from the Taliban comes weeks after local militant commanders Gul Bahadur and Maulvi Nazir formed an alliance in North Waziristan. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Finally a functional use for journalist. Like the canary in the mines, just send them out to identify the 'hot' areas of militancy infestation. If they return, its cleared. If they don't, we'll mark the map. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-08-27 13:13 |
| #2 The homeowner let their termite policy lapse. And the exterminator is not Orkin but the USMC. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2008-08-27 07:33 |
| #1 militancy-infested North Waziristan Agnecy. Did somebody call Orkin? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2008-08-27 02:29 |