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2009-07-27 Afghanistan

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Posted by Mercutio 2009-07-27 14:24|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 "If you think of the New York Times reporter who was kidnapped in November last year and released for $8m, this was a criminal act and has nothing to do with the Taliban as a political and military force.

Well, isn't that interesting. I thought he "escaped"?

Posted by tu3031 2009-07-27 16:32|| 2009-07-27 16:32|| Front Page Top

#2 See. From...The New York Times:

A New York Times reporter who was kidnapped by the Taliban has escaped and made his way to freedom after more than seven months of captivity in the mountains of Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Could the New York Times be (gasp!)...lying?

Posted by tu3031 2009-07-27 16:36|| 2009-07-27 16:36|| Front Page Top

#3 Well, somebody's lying...

According to CQ Politics, the New York Times was prepared to pay Taliban kidnappers a $5 million ransom to free its reporter David Rohde, who escaped Friday after seven months of captivity, according to a source with direct knowledge of the case.

Over months of secret contacts with Rohde's captors preceding his escape, The New York Times accepted the prospect of paying the ransom to free Rohde, said the source, who was involved in the hunt for Rohde. The source insisted on anonymity because of the sensitivity of the case.

Bill Keller, the executive editor of the Times, refused to comment Saturday on the circumstances that led to Rohde's release, but said, "We paid no ransom."

Posted by tu3031 2009-07-27 16:51|| 2009-07-27 16:51|| Front Page Top

#4 "We paid no ransom."

Instead they provided 900,000 shares of NYT non-preferred stock. [Well, hell, they had them sitting around and no one else would take them].

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-07-27 17:51|| 2009-07-27 17:51|| Front Page Top

#5 The interesting thing I've noticed about the few Al Jiz articles I've seen, is they all seemed to be straight reporting, unlike US/European/Russian/Chinese MSM which says "here's some of the things that happened that support the message we want to to carry away with you ... and here's some things that didn't happen but we're gonna pretend they did.."

Posted by Mercutio 2009-07-27 20:54|| 2009-07-27 20:54|| Front Page Top

#6 They'll get over it, Mercutio. :-(

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2009-07-27 21:33|| 2009-07-27 21:33|| Front Page Top

#7 You're probably right, but talk about the last place I would have looked for balanced reporting....

Posted by Mercutio 2009-07-27 22:56|| 2009-07-27 22:56|| Front Page Top

#8 they must really be hurting. They thrive in fear and chaos, so I'm surprised they are trying to act civilized now, I see this as the beginning of their end.

Posted by Thravitch Munster2630 2009-07-27 23:01|| 2009-07-27 23:01|| Front Page Top

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