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2011-02-02 Africa North

CNN reporter attacked by pro-Mubarak mob

[Ma'an] CNN's top international correspondent was attacked Wednesday by supporters of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak during clashes at a rally in Cairo, a CNN producer said. Anderson Cooper said he "was punched 10 times in the head," CNN's Steve Brusk wrote on Twitter. Cooper and his production crew were shoved and punched but no one was seriously hurt, CNN reported.

Posted by Fred 2011-02-02 13:09|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 Could be they've seen his show.

Posted by Fred 2011-02-02 13:11|| 2011-02-02 13:11|| Front Page Top

#2 given his alternative lifestyle, he might've enjoyed it

Posted by Frank G 2011-02-02 13:16|| 2011-02-02 13:16|| Front Page Top

#3 Why can I not drum up any sympathy?

Posted by DarthVader 2011-02-02 13:29|| 2011-02-02 13:29|| Front Page Top

#4 My. Those teabaggers get around, don't they?

Posted by Mercutio 2011-02-02 13:33|| 2011-02-02 13:33|| Front Page Top

#5 [Insert Sarah Palin joke here].

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2011-02-02 13:36|| 2011-02-02 13:36|| Front Page Top

#6 "he 'was punched 10 times in the head'"

Whew! Lucky for him they didn't hit him anyplace that might do some actual damage....

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2011-02-02 13:42|| 2011-02-02 13:42|| Front Page Top

#7 Hey---that's a hate crime. Beating on Anderson while calling him a f*g and even worse identifying him as an American is surely over the top and punishable by "O"

Posted by Don c 2011-02-02 13:59|| 2011-02-02 13:59|| Front Page Top

#8 Oprah?

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-02-02 14:39|| 2011-02-02 14:39|| Front Page Top

#9 Red on Red. Pass the popcorn. Thank you.

Posted by Procopius2k 2011-02-02 15:57|| 2011-02-02 15:57|| Front Page Top

#10 Ten blows to the head and he didn't go down? That's one tough metrosexual.

Posted by regular joe 2011-02-02 17:09|| 2011-02-02 17:09|| Front Page Top

#11 From another post: In addition, CNN reported that pro-Mubarak protesters have arrived in large groups that entered the square without identification checks, whereas anti-Mubarak protesters must go through checkpoints.

CNN added that the pro-Mubarak demonstrators seem to be "looking for a fight," and attempted to cross the divide between them and the other side.

Fox reporters were keeping their distance, as they said the mob was told to quit watching satellite news as they were "spreading lies". I'm not a fan of Cooper or CNN but the clamp down on the freedom of the press = Mubarak's quash of democracy.

Posted by Gerthudion Unump7993 2011-02-02 18:36|| 2011-02-02 18:36|| Front Page Top

#12 I'm sorry but I refuse to consider Cooper part of the 'Press' - and definitely not deserving of the privileges and protections of the Press.

He doesn't deliver news and never has - he deliveries 'Op-Ed' pieces from CNN.

As far as I'm concerned he is just another Propaganda mouthpiece of the Socialist movement.

Posted by CrazyFool 2011-02-02 18:59|| 2011-02-02 18:59|| Front Page Top

#13 You can kind of see how it happened:

"Mohammed?"
"Yes, Abdul?"
"Isn't that Anderson Cooper from CNN?"
"Do you mean the one who lives in a firehouse in Greenwich Village and was ranked second behind David Geffen in Out Magazine's list of the fifty most powerful gay men and women in America."
"The same."
"He's even prettier in real life Mohamed! Let's go kick his ass 360-degrees."
‎"Hold on Abdul! Let us plead our pitiful plight to him, so he can place us at center-stage of the world forum, and we can all hope for meaningful and lasting change"
"Or we could throw a brick, Mohammed..."
"Right you are, bricks it is..."

Posted by Secret Master 2011-02-02 20:58|| 2011-02-02 20:58|| Front Page Top