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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Palestinian Journos Protest Kidnapping of Fox correspondent, cameraman
2006-08-20
The E&P headline is tendentious - it only mentions the cameraman, ignores the US reporter
Palestinian journalists on Saturday protested the kidnapping of a Fox News correspondent and cameraman, as concern about the men's safety grew.

About 30 members of the Palestinian Journalists' Union gathered outside the parliamentary building in Gaza, holding up signs demanding the men be freed. Other signs called for security in Gaza, where armed men wander the streets freely.

Jennifer Griffen, chief Fox News correspondent for the Middle East, called the kidnapping a "test for the Palestinian people." "We don't care who kidnapped them, we want them returned unharmed. This is a very serious case for the Palestinians, for the Palestinian Authority," Griffen said.
Everything that happened the last fifty years? Nah, not as serious as this. A little self-centered mayhaps, Jennifer?
More than two dozen foreigners have been abducted by Palestinian militants, usually in an attempt to settle personal scores, but almost all have been released within hours. Security officials said they were concerned for the Fox journalists because no other foreigners have been held this long and all major militant groups in Gaza have denied involvement.

Khaled Batch, a leader of the Islamic Jihad militant group, said kidnapping members of the media "silenced the voice of freedom and justice."
and of course that has always been your highest ideal
"We ... have experienced oppression and denial. We don't want to practice this pain and suffering on others, on other wives and people," Batch said.
Posted by:lotp

#3  other wives and people

Naturally.
Posted by: trailing wife   2006-08-20 08:23  

#2  Saw parts of this interview that Jennifer did. Throughout the last years, I've seen interviews she has done with the Palestinians. She generally takes a hard, true line with them.

And the parts of this interview I saw today... she was being tuff on these guys. Even telling them, "Fox is the ONLY news organization in Gaza City. That even comes into Gaza City." (That is another secret the MSM has kept from us).

Basically, her major question was, "How can we get your story out, if you arrest our journalists?"

She has the respect of these bad guys, yet, is clearly on Israel's side. Tough woman, you could see, she was fighting to get these guys back. And, seemingly, knows the "go to" guys to get to.

Was interesting to watch her interview. Here she was, surrounded by these car-swarm guys, at ease with them, yet demanding, her fellow workers be release.

As one person in my office said, upon the announcement of Fox reporter, Steve Centanni being kidnapped, "The guy on TV? The guy we watch? I know him. I've watch him." Then there was that thoughtful silence, with a distant look that glanced kinda upward, into a corner and said, "Now, it's personnel. This is someone I know."

Millions of us Americans have no one person involved in this fighting, yet we care. Finally, for us, this is a face we recognize. We quickly put his face on those thousands and thousands of young men and women serving in that volatile Middle East environment. Bet he is praying to hear those words, "United States Marines."
Posted by: Sherry   2006-08-20 02:17  

#1  I have to admit that my surprise meter pinged a little over this one.
Posted by: Secret Master   2006-08-20 00:23  

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