Journalists Murdered In Iraq
(Baghdad) The bullet-riddled bodies of three Al-Arabiya television journalists were found yesterday in Samarra, the site of Wednesday's Askariya mosque attack.
The three, all Iraqi citizens, included a prominent female television correspondent, 26-year-old Atwar Bahjat (pic), her cameraman and her soundman, Khaled Mahmoud al-Falahi, 39, and Adnan Khairallah, 36.
From E & P:
Bahjat had been reporting live Wednesday from the outskirts of Samarra, which security forces had sealed off after an explosion at a Shiite mosque.
Officials at the Dubai-based satellite news channel said they lost contact with their team after their last broadcast at 6 p.m. Wednesday.
A fourth team member managed to escape from the ambush and told police about the kidnappings. He said two gunmen pulled up in a pickup truck, shooting in the air and shouting: "We want the correspondent," The Associated Press quoted Al-Arabiya as reporting.
"Atwar was in the news van and shouted to the crowd to help her. The crew tried to speak to the gunmen, but they snatched them and took them an unknown location (sic). By this time, night had fallen," Reuters quoted Al-Arabiya's Baghdad correspondent Ahmed al-Saleh as telling viewers.
Their bullet-riddled bodies were found by their vehicle near the town of Dawr. Notably, by all indications, these journalists were specifically targeted.
I have to presume that this is one of the finer examples of how followers of the religion of peace do Allah's good work.
Condolences to the families and friends of Atwar Bahjat, Khaled Mahmoud al-Falahi, and Adnan Khairallah.
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OT: but did anyone read about the "attempted" suicide bombing of a Saudi Oil facility today? You can always count on that to scare up the price of oil. I'm not sure I get it, we hear all the time that Saudi are a target of radicals and that they share the same goals in destroying the Monarchy there, as they do with destroying democracy here, however can anyone tell me of an attempted assassination, or an actual assassination of any Saudi monarchy by Al-Qaeda?
Posted by: dave at February 24, 2006 06:00 PM (CcXvt)
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They view the monarchy as infidels cause they help the "west"
Posted by: s at February 24, 2006 06:52 PM (kmwDH)
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As I said, where are the assassination attempts on the Monarchy then? they always seem to be attacks on U.S citizens working there or Oil facilities.
I think it's just an idea put forth by the Administration to defend our close ties with the Saudi's, I don't believe they're in any danger.
Posted by: dave at February 24, 2006 07:10 PM (CcXvt)
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Turkey-h4X0rs cause temporary nuisance on Finnish web sites, mysteriously vanish 45 minutes after SuPo is notified. On a related note, kebabs may taste funny for a few days...
http://www.yle.fi/yle24/videosali/index.php?a=1&t=4&q=1
Time 9:40-10:15 for the list of sites influenced and for some "Turkey and Islam r so sup4 becoz we 1337 h4x0rs r from it"-animations and links.
(the protesting Muslims at 6:35-9:08 are protesting AGAINST Saddam-supporters and terrorists, as well as the inefficiency of the Iraqi government and your army to secure a Democratic system in Iraq (well, as every person with brains knows, the only country where the people actually have the power is Switzerland, all other "Democratic" systems are actually under Parliamentarism)
(not 100% sure you can access the news clips from that side of the Atlantic, but anyway... and it will be the wrong clip in about 4 hours from this comment, after that it'll be "perjantai 20.30 TV-uutiset", and the date is 24.6.)
Posted by: A Finn at February 24, 2006 07:40 PM (lGolT)
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Yusuf Kara. A comp bitch, religious fanatic, and kebab ingredient, 19??-2006. May the birdfluey Turkey-guts enjoy your fried body, and your mind be forever lost.
Or someone framed him, who cares, just kill someone for this meaningless attack on outdated sites no-one ever heard of.
Posted by: A Finn at February 24, 2006 08:08 PM (lGolT)
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Oh yes, a site that has not yet bothered clicking delete a few times: http://www.elvisry.fi/takahuone/
but it seems a bit dysfunctional, won't load the animations (or I lack patience, either way).
Posted by: A Finn at February 24, 2006 08:13 PM (lGolT)
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'Selective outrage' should be the buzzword
for what is currently happening in the Muslim world.
One thing is clear is that the vast majority
of Sunnis all across the world support al
Quaeda and they are killing Sh'ias from Pakistan to Iraq.
There was no outrage in the Muslim world
against the insurgents who killed the journalist though had she been killed by a coalition
bullet the human rights industry would have
been crawling all over the situation like rats!
Most Jordanians say that while they deplored the attack by Zarquawi on a wedding party in
Jordan yet they support similar attacks on civilians and others in Iraq.
Where was the outrage against al Quaeda for the bombing of the Samarra Dome? There was none.
To my mind the US, UK and others have done
their best for the Iraqis and it is now time
for the Iraqis to deciede whether they want to live together or hate together. If they dont
sort out their sectarian splits then we
should pull out and allow the Sh'ias to bring Iraq under control in the way we are not
allowing them to do at the moment.
There is no shame in that. You can do your
best to bring up your kids but if a childs tendency is to crime then ultimatly it is
going to take that path with no blame to you.
We gave Iraq a tremendous opportunity and
they incrasingly show a tendency to mess it
up.
It's up to the Iraqis, if they dont want the
free style of democracy we sacrificed so much to achieve for them then let them live with
their own decisions.
As to the Pallies, they voted in a democratic election for a terrorist government and instead of moaning that it is not acceptable to other countries, they should realize that freedom to choose you government means that you are now responsible for that government and must take the consequences. as John Stewaret said "Welcome to democracy bitch!"
Posted by: missisnsi at February 25, 2006 06:47 AM (l/v8t)
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Why would they kill journalists? the ate the bibbist supporters especialy if they belong to the NYTs
Posted by: sandpiper at February 25, 2006 02:20 PM (AQZCQ)
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