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| Geraldo Rivera denies reports of Iraq ejection |
| 2003-04-01 |
| Dismissing reports that he's been ejected from Iraq for revealing tactical information about the 101st Airborne Division, reporter Geraldo Rivera said he plans to ride with U.S. troops into Baghdad. ...whether they like it or not. Rivera, of Fox News Channel, revealed tactical information and at one point told about an attack two hours before it took place, according to sources at the U.S. Central Command who asked not to be identified. Maybe he's a spy. He's got that BIG moustache, you know. Fox's rivals, CNN and MSNBC, both reported Monday that Rivera had been kicked out of the country. "During a live broadcast, Geraldo drew a map in the sand of where that unit was going. Not exactly what you're supposed to do out there," CNN anchorman Leon Harris said. Shortly thereafter, Rivera delivered a report via satellite phone saying he was 60 miles from Baghdad. In the report Rivera labeled reports of his ouster "a pack of lies" spread by his former colleagues at NBC. "It seems to me like some rats at my former network are spreading lies about me," he said. "They can't compete fair and square on the battlefield, so they're trying to stab me in the back. It's not the first time." Geraldo, let's turn the volume down on the ego, okay? The war's not about you. Rivera said he intended to ride into Baghdad in search of Saddam Hussein, "the Iraqi Hitler." Yeah, I know. "Secrets of Saddam's Vault"... Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said that while Rivera was not embedded with any military unit, any violations of embedding rules were taken very seriously. "I have been in contact with the news organization and assured they are taking it seriously," Whitman said. "We will make an appropriate determination once we have evaluated all of the facts." Fox News Channel executives did not immediately return telephone calls seeking comment. "The war among the press is about as intense as the war in Iraq," Fox prime-time host Bill O'Reilly said in a telephone interview. Don't think so, Bill. And why aren't you and your humungous ego suited up and on the line? Just asking. |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #11 Sorry Dave, but you've forgot that the element of the 507th was part of the Patriot system being deployed forward to provide airdefense to the forward units of this campaign. The Patriot system is not just anchored along the Kuwait border. It is mobile and can be well beyond the Kuwait frontier. The intercept could have been against a missile aimed or transiting over these forward deployed batteries. |
| Posted by: Don 2003-04-01 14:31:44 |
| #10 Here's an idea. Cuff him and throw him on a chopper outbound. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-04-01 13:20:56 |
| #9 Air based reconnisance has reported seeing a set of fingernail marks that drag the 300 miles from the 101st HQ at Karbala down to the kuwaiti border. |
| Posted by: Frank Martin 2003-04-01 13:18:13 |
| #8 This was reported by the AP wire: "We have asked that he be removed and we are working with them to make that happen," Lt. Col. Dave Lapan said. He said the network had agreed. . . . "Earlier, Rivera had dismissed reports that he had been ejected . . ." |
| Posted by: GP 2003-04-01 13:12:22 |
| #7 That last comment from Dave would seem to confirm the CNN.Com report that Fox has reached a deal with the Pentagon for Geraldo to leave Iraq voluntarily. |
| Posted by: Mike N. 2003-04-01 12:57:08 |
| #6 A patriot missile fired from Kuwait shot down a missile this morning. Geraldo, reporting on Fox this morning claimed to have WATCHED the intercept. He ALSO claimed to be in Iraq's western dessert. That's at least 300 miles away. I bet Geraldo is still with the 101st and in Iraq, but with a supply unit back on the border with Kuwait. (Anybody remember the flap back in Afghanistan when Geraldo ah, "misreported" his position as being at the scene of some bloody fighting?) |
| Posted by: Dave 2003-04-01 12:33:53 |
| #5 Sammy may be imbedded, but it is not the same way as the reporters. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-04-01 11:05:11 |
| #4 spot and Dishman LOL! to you both!! |
| Posted by: becky 2003-04-01 11:04:16 |
| #3 Did Geraldo leak something that was actually true, or did the troops feed him inuendo and let his ego do the rest? Is that why they were all standing around grinning? |
| Posted by: Dishman 2003-04-01 10:49:35 |
| #2 No wonder we haven't heard from Sammy lately. As a matter of fact, has anyone seen Sammy and Haroldo in the same place at the same time? (..and who, disguised as a mild-mannered reporter...) This is very suspicious! It would explain Haroldo's military genius which is apparently the same as Sammy's. |
| Posted by: Spot 2003-04-01 10:46:46 |
| #1 This is proof that Sadaam is dead. There exists no country big enough to hold both the egos of Sadaam and Geraldo at the same time. |
| Posted by: becky 2003-04-01 09:49:15 |