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2003-11-26 Iraq

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Posted by Dragon Fly 2003-11-26 7:19:03 AM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Is the Arab Street seething, yet? This is no real surprise, as Dragon Fly's Suprise Meter indicated. Perhaps Al Jizz will be disinvited to cover events in Iraq, as well... assuming Talebani can be bothered to stay in-country long enough to lend his autograph.

Regards those Press Credential fees discussed awhile back, let's add "By Invitation Only" to the mix. Those "news" orgs that "cooperated" with Saddam to maintain their access would be automatically barred.

And further on that topic, I wonder how the Iraqis would take it if that was widely known? Think they'd be impressed with the press' disingenuos ~~reasoning~~ blather? Nahh, me neither. 8->

Posted by .com (Abu Need to Know) 2003-11-26 8:33:19 AM|| 2003-11-26 8:33:19 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Such types used to be called "fellow travelers"

Posted by Spot 2003-11-26 8:52:52 AM|| 2003-11-26 8:52:52 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Then there should be a way to counter them. Everything has an antithesis. Need the CIA to get to work uncovering where & when shit's going to happen. Bug Al-Jizz offices, tap phone lines, whatever it takes. Let a sniper team kill a camara man whose on the scene of one of these attacks......

Posted by Jarhead 2003-11-26 10:06:15 AM|| 2003-11-26 10:06:15 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Time for a few stray howitzer rounds to take out al jaz's Baghdad studios.

Posted by commo 2003-11-26 10:24:24 AM|| 2003-11-26 10:24:24 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Those "news" orgs that "cooperated" with Saddam to maintain their access would be automatically barred.

I think that would result in every network being removed from Iraq.

Posted by Robert Crawford 2003-11-26 10:29:33 AM|| [http://www.kloognome.com] 2003-11-26 10:29:33 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 I am not surprised. Zeyad at healingiraq spoke of an incident near his house where a bomb went of and some bearded guy was immediately in front of an Al-Arabiya camera spinning a story. The crowd started chanting "liar, Liar" and the Al-Arabiya crew started yelling them to be quiet. Zeyad also said that people in the crowd pointed out the bearded guy as the one who planted the bomb.

no surprised at all.

Posted by capt joe 2003-11-26 12:42:49 PM|| 2003-11-26 12:42:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Perhaps the sattilite Al-Jizz uses needs to be hit by a 'meteor'.....

Posted by CrazyFool 2003-11-26 4:29:18 PM|| 2003-11-26 4:29:18 PM|| Front Page Top

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