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| Two Western journalists killed in Homs |
| 2012-02-22 |
| A U.S. and a French journalist were killed by shelling in Homs today. The deaths of American Marie Colvin and Frechman Remi Ochlik were confirmed by French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe. They come less than a week after New York Times correspondent Anthony Shadid died in northern Syria from an apparent asthma attack and a day after well-known Syrian opposition Rami al-Sayed journalist died in Homs. Colvin wrote for the British Sunday Times. Like Shadid, she was considered one of the best foreign correspondents in the world. Ochlik was a freelance photographer who recently won a 2012 World Press Photo prize for a photo from the Libyan revolution. John Witherow, the editor of the Sunday Times, called Colvin an "extraordinary figure." He said, "She believed profoundly that reporting could curtail the excesses of brutal regimes and make the international community take notice. Above all, as we saw in her powerful report last weekend, her thoughts were with the victims of violence." Colvin and Ochlik were in a house in the Baba Amr neighborhood of Homs, the district hardest hit by almost three weeks of relentless shelling that has left hundreds dead. Video posted to YouTube purported to show their bodies in a house destroyed by tank shelling. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #2 red on red. |
| Posted by: gromky 2012-02-22 20:34 |
| #1 She believed profoundly that reporting could curtail the excesses of brutal regimes Naive, optimistic or dumb? This isn't Uncle softy in Viet Nam. I'm afraid that journalists have this weird feeling that brutal dictators fear them. Is this the equivalent of leaving the airplane before checking you chute? |
| Posted by: AlanC 2012-02-22 14:12 |