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| CNN Producer Kidnapped |
| 2004-09-27 |
| Hat Tip DRUDGE Armed Palestinians seized an Israeli Arab producer for the CNN television network from a car in Gaza City on Monday after asking for him by name. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. A CNN correspondent who was in the vehicle with the producer, Riyad Ali, said the gunmen gave no clue why they were taking his colleague away. "We were going up a main street and a white Peugeot drove in front of us. A young man got out of his car, pulled a gun out of trousers and said ... 'Which one of you is Riyad,"' the correspondent, Ben Wedemen said in a CNN broadcast from Gaza. "He said, 'I am Riyad,' and they said, 'Get out of the car."' Such incidents involving journalists have been rare in Gaza and in the West Bank during the past four years of Israeli-Palestinian violence. "There were several men who got out of this car. Some of them had AK-47 assault rifles, others, pistols," Wedemen said. "They made no attempt to conceal their faces. They took Riyad out of the car and drove him away. We're obviously burning up the phone lines, contacting anyone who might know anything about this. But at this point we have no information about Riyad's whereabouts." Asked whether the abductors had given any clue why they were seizing Ali, who was identified by fellow journalists in Gaza as an Israeli Arab, Wedemen said: "These men were not very communicative. They just asked which one of you is Riyad, and that was it." He said the gunmen looked like "your average Gazan of their age, which was somewhere in their early 20's." In a statement, CNN said: "We are working actively for Riyad's safe return and are in touch with his family, offering us our full support during this difficult time. "We have not yet heard from his abductors, but urge them to release Riyad immediately. He is a veteran journalist of the highest integrity." ... This Comes to mind And they came for the MSM... |
| Posted by:BigEd |
| #10 Does the Pope sh*t in the woods? When he's camping. Don't you? /silliness |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2004-09-27 9:28:56 PM |
| #9 I fully believe they think CNN isn't biased enough in their favor. Honestreporting.com consistenly reports about how pressure is put on the media to make sure they don't report bad things. And they threaten them with death, not just lack of access. |
| Posted by: PlanetDan 2004-09-27 4:47:42 PM |
| #8 Probably just a CNN/Hamas operational summit meeting so they can co-odinate coverage of the next few booms. You know, select the busses to blow up, civilians to murder and rape, and disco's to boom... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-09-27 4:40:24 PM |
| #7 In other news, bear and Pope Does the Pope sh*t in the woods? |
| Posted by: lex 2004-09-27 3:58:08 PM |
| #6 It smelleth like Kamel Prophet |
| Posted by: Leftenant Gov Curb 2004-09-27 3:56:26 PM |
| #5 Palestinian terrorists bite hand that In other news, bear and Pope. Tape at 11:00. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-09-27 3:48:08 PM |
| #4 "Such incidents involving journalists have been rare in Gaza and in the West Bank during the past four years of Israeli-Palestinian violence." Depends how you define 'rare'. I think I know why they kidnapped him. After the Beslan horror, CNN started using the 'terrorist' word. For a few days their newscasts were full of it. The Paleos want to grill this guy to find out why. Another possibility is that they're copying Iraq. Since the CNN guy is an Israeli Arab, he's fair game in the eyes of the Paleos. |
| Posted by: Bryan 2004-09-27 3:38:32 PM |
| #3 ARGGGH! Not PR, BigEd. |
| Posted by: jules 187 2004-09-27 3:33:10 PM |
| #2 Thanks for posting that, PR. I had a "discussion" with a fellow Rantburger a few weeks back where this would have fit nicely in another argument, and I couldn't remember the author's name. |
| Posted by: jules 187 2004-09-27 3:32:04 PM |
| #1 "This Comes to Mind" Amen, Brother. You (CNN) can have snake (Plaeo) for a pet so long before it bites and kills you. Good for CNN (the anti-Semite bastards). |
| Posted by: Poison Reverse 2004-09-27 3:26:13 PM |