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Beeb reporter 'safe and well' | |
2007-04-14 | |
BBC said yesterday it has been assured by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas that its Gaza correspondent Alan Johnston, kidnapped a month ago, was “safe and well,” and again appealed for his release. “I appeal to all those who may have influence with the kidnappers to use their best endeavors to secure Alan’s release safely and speedily,” BBC Director General Mark Thompson told a press conference in Ramallah. “I would appeal to the people holding Alan Johnston to release him immediately,” he said, on what the BBC said was a “day of action” being held to highlight their correspondent’s plight.
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Posted by:Fred |
#7 dittos.. |
Posted by: RD 2007-04-14 22:43 |
#6 I just can't muster any sympathy for journos any more. Doesn't seem to matter what their plight, or where. I except Michael Yon and Bill Roggio and their like (a really small class) although "real journos" don't think of these guys as journalists, except maybe when they steal their photos. |
Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2007-04-14 14:11 |
#5 What civilized country in the world would have its president in cahoots with KIDNAPPERS!!! I wouldn't say 'cahoots'. More like Abbas and the rest of what passes for the PA government know who the kidnappers are, talk to them, but let them go about their business unhindered. Just think of it as the ultimate in libertarianism. |
Posted by: Pappy 2007-04-14 14:08 |
#4 I thought this was a 'fake but accurate' kidnapping. Ol' Alan J was in trouble with the higher ups and arranged to have himself kidnapped. |
Posted by: WTF 2007-04-14 10:01 |
#3 agreed, Shipman. What civilized country in the world would have its president in cahoots with KIDNAPPERS!!! |
Posted by: PlanetDan 2007-04-14 07:15 |
#2 assured by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas A normal President would have said "ain't got the faintest notion, if we did we'd do something" |
Posted by: Shipman 2007-04-14 06:15 |
#1 Beeb reporter 'safe and well' too bad. |
Posted by: Imus 2007-04-14 04:31 |