US lashes out at Al-Arabiya for broadcasting threats

[NNN0LHI]

Gosh. I hear Junior and his minions talking about killing the leaders of other countries almost on a daily basis. I don't get this? I thought all this stuff was OK to do these days? Don

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20030827/pl_afp/us_iraq_media_group&cid=1521&ncid=1473

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States slammed the Al-Arabiya television network for airing footage of masked men threatening to kill members of the US-appointed interim Iraqi Governing Council, calling it "irresponsible in the extreme."

The State Department said it had sent cables to its embassies and consulates in Dubai, where the network is based, and other countries where Al-Arabiya investors and network officials may live instructing US diplomats to formally protest the broadcast.

"We find Al-Arabiya's decision to air the remarks of these masked terrorists to be irresponsible in the extreme," deputy department spokesman Philip Reeker said.

"There can be no excuse for the kind of inflammatory broadcasting that that station allowed to take place," he told reporters.

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[4dsc]

1. Their ought to be limits to freedom..

remember who said and who is saying it now!!

[LeftCoast]

2. So we want Democracy in the ME, but not a free press?

whatevah! :)

[atreides1]

3. The Bushco Image Is Falling Apart

I think it destroys the image that this adminstration has been using to keep the sheeple quiet, and not asking questions.

That's why their angry, it's all starting to fall apart. Richard Perle
says we need to turn it over to the Iraqi people ouickly, at least 3
soldiers have died just today, Bremer saying we need to put billions of dollars and at least a decade of occupation, the CO of the 1st Armored Division saying that he's going to build permanent bases, after it was said that there were going to be no permanent bases built.

No one involved with this fiasco can get their story straight. Hell the only ones who seem to know what they're talking about are the would be assassins, and at least their being truthful.

[LogicTrueFalse]

10. Free press?

What free press here allows threats against lives?

[alcuno]

20. Right-wingers in this country are very nuanced in their "threats"

or perhaps we should just call them suggestions. For example, Ann Coulter said something in a column recently about Gore, Kerry, and "friendly fire." What do you think she was talking about?

[molok555]

23. Every single one in the world

allowed Bush to make threats against bin Laden (dead or alive). I guess your acceptance depends on your perspective.

[ThorsteinVeblen]

4. poor wittle occupation government

A wittle scared are we?

Hint: If you don't want masked resistance fighters trying to kill you, don't occupy their country.

The American people would do the same.

[rustydog]

5. But it is ok for Bush to sign assassination decrees!

That is why we are hated more and more...Hypocrisy overflows from This Criminal Administration.

[saigon68]

6. BUSH == COLD BLOODED KILLER

unreal how uppitty he gets when someone threatens the bully back.

[saigon68]

7. PHOTOS OF MORTUARY ENHANCED CORPSE OF UDAY --- NOT IRRESPONSIBLE????

Just who the hell are they trying not to kid.

SHRUB AND COMPANY gave these photos to every news service under the sun, at least the guys in the masks were alive--- albeit pissed off.

[NNN0LHI]

8. The Hussein brothers photos/video thing started to remind me of...

...a bad sequel to Weekend At Bernies. What a mess that was.

Don

[Cocoa]

9. didn't we kill one of that network's journalists?

and wasn't it the same day that we killed the journalists from al Jezeera and Reuters?

[LogicTrueFalse]

11. We?

What "we" are you referring to? I certainly didn't approve killing any journalists.

[bvar22]

12. The Reuters photo journalist..

...was killed at close range by American soldiers last week.

[NNN0LHI]

13. I think he was the second one? Pretty sure the tank commander...

...picked one off at the hotel too?

Don

[LogicTrueFalse]

14. Pretty sure?

Got a link that proves "our" guilt?

[NNN0LHI]

16. Ever use Google before? Try it some time. Its not that hard

http://www.google.com/

http://heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,6258298%255E25777,00.html

Baghdad press hotel hit

A CAMERAMAN of British news agency Reuters and a Spanish cameraman were killed while three other staff members were wounded when a US tank fired a shell at Baghdad's main media hotel.

US commanders said their troops fired a single tank shell at the Palestine Hotel after being shot at from an upper floor.

But European Union officials said they intended to make representations to the United States to provide greater protection to journalists covering the conflict.

Reuters named the dead man as Taras Protsyuk, 35, a Ukrainian national.

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[LogicTrueFalse]

18. You have proof it was a planned hit on the journalists?

Your google slant aside do you have some proof it was targeted as implied?

[NNN0LHI]

19. Go away n/t

[LogicTrueFalse]

22. Go away? Does that mean you have no proof?

Why can't you provide proof to back up your stance?

Am I asking too much?

[alcuno]

21. He proved "our" guilt.

It's just a matter of intent.

[bvar22]

15. The night before the sham...

...photo op of the toppling of the Sadam statue, a US tank lobbed a shell into the hotel that housed journalists, killing 3.

The rest of the news corps in the building got the message. The morning coverage of the staged statue toppling was pleasing to the bush* cabal of international mass murderers.

[Sweetpea]

17. We allow KKK to march here......