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Africa North
CBS News' Logan recovering after 'brutal' attack - some followup
2011-02-16
Sexual harassment of women is an all-too-common occurrence on the streets of Cairo. But many women noted a complete absence of it in the early days of protests in Tahrir Square, where demonstrators made a point of trying to create a microcosm of the society without many of Egypt's social ills.

However, in the final days, and especially after the battles with pro-Mubarak gangs who attacked the protesters in Tahrir, women noticed sexual assault had returned to the square. On the day Mubarak fell, women reported being groped by the rowdy crowds. One witness saw a woman slap a man after he touched her. The man was then passed down a line of people who all slapped him and reprimanded him.

The attack on Logan, CBS News' chief foreign affairs correspondent, was one of at least 140 others suffered by reporters covering the unrest in Egypt since Jan. 30, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. An Egyptian reporter died from gunshot wounds he received during the protests.
Prayers for Ms. Logan. Gang-rape is an awful, awful crime.

Prayers for the other innocents injured and killed in Tahrir Square.
Posted by:gorb

#16  ...and I just realized those two were covered already.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2011-02-16 22:13  

#15  A couple of items:

  • Logan Assaulted by Goons Yelling 'Jew! Jew!'
  • An Appalling Reaction to an Outrageous Crime:
    I’m sure Rosen will apologize at some point, and perhaps we’ll get some tut-tutting statement from NYU about the need for “civility” and “restraint” and “sensitivity.” Brows will be furrowed. Maybe they’ll hold a seminar about technology and emotional reactions to breaking news events.

    But let’s just remember one thing going forward: Nir Rosen believed this was the right moment to let the world know that he “ran out of sympathy for her” and that we should “remember her role as a major war monger” and that we “have to find humor in the small things.”


Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2011-02-16 22:06  

#14  Where's my femto violin?

Probably in the same black-hole as your class.
Posted by: Pappy   2011-02-16 21:38  

#13  5 minutes can be a commercial break or the fight for your life. When I saw 20-30, well..I'm sure they weren't talking World Cup. I'm sure the phrasing is meant to be cordial.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2011-02-16 18:00  

#12  TW I heard that also - "crew had been hassled by Egyptian troops the previous day". It was Egyptian soldiers and women who went to her aid.
Posted by: Dale   2011-02-16 17:52  

#11  The information that we are getting is incomplete. The media is doing its best to change the story. This does not fit in with Democracy in Egypt. This is an O moment. They want him to get credit for everything and this story doesn't fit in. I think the Tea party Democracy types should go to Washington and demand that O should step down. This ahead of him shutting down government.
I do believe she will return to work. She was I understand discharged from the hospital today. The shock however will take time to recover from.
Posted by: Dale   2011-02-16 17:31  

#10  Update. According to the New York Post, CBS sources say Ms Logan's assailants shouted "Jew! Jew!" at her as they attacked -- "a brutal and sustained sexual assault and beating" of 20-30 minutes, as it was described -- and that she and her TV crew had been hassled by Egyptian troops the previous day, accused of being Israeli spies.

So heads up, y'all: Western colouring apparently means Jewish Israeli in Egypt these days, and a different passport is no protection.
Posted by: trailing wife   2011-02-16 17:26  

#9  She's recovering in a hospital right now. That's some pretty intense fondling.
Posted by: gorb   2011-02-16 17:10  

#8  Rape is intercourse.

Sexual assault can mean fondling.

What's the real story?
Posted by: Uleatch Dribble8106   2011-02-16 16:48  

#7  CF - that NYU a-hole Rosen resigned today
Posted by: Frank G   2011-02-16 16:31  

#6  
From The Blaze: NYU FELLOW POSTS APPALLING TWEETS IN RESPONSE TO REPORTERÂ’S SEXUAL ASSAULT (hat tip a Glen Beck Email)

A journalist and NYU law fellow has had to apologize after he posted some appalling, and insensitive, Twitter messages in response to news that CBS reporter Lara Logan was sexually assaulted by a mob while in Egypt.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2011-02-16 15:56  

#5  Everyone has heard how the riots have led to freedom in Egypt recently... not to be taken seriously by anyone.
Unfortunately many people are taking that fantasy seriously. It's unlikely the situation for the average Egyptian will be seen as an improvement 5 years from now.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2011-02-16 15:38  

#4  Amen to CF's comment #2; and remember all those reporters, whoever they may be, that make the effort to actually get out of their hotel rooms and get hurt trying find out what's going on. Grom, sell that femto-violin at a garage sale; you obviously don't know when to use it.
Posted by: mom   2011-02-16 15:24  

#3  She was "uncovered meat" and they were Muslim cats. What did she expect to happen?
That they would jump from the 7th century to the 21th just like that?
Everyone has heard how the riots have led to freedom in Egypt recently.That is a Bambi rhetorical trick, not to be taken seriously by anyone. Notice he is not giving "reconciliation" speeches in Cairo lately?
He's not stupid.
Posted by: tipper   2011-02-16 15:08  

#2  Hey - while we might sometimes say that the MSM gets what it deserves - gang rape and sexual assault is *not* part of that. I don't care how far 'left' they are - nobody deserves that treatment.

Prayers for her recovery and may her attacker's suffer.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2011-02-16 14:30  

#1  Where's my femto violin?
No, we don't go there. That's a warning.

AoS
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2011-02-16 13:11  

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