Associated Press Reporter Turns Out To Be Terrorist, AP Calls For His Release Anyway
By now most of you have probably heard of the AP photographer in Iraq who has been detained by our military due to his relationship with the terrorists.
Here, from a mostly one-sided article aimed at advocating the AP's case for releasing Hussein, are the details from about the photographer's detention from the military:
The military's claims about Hussein's close relationship with the terrorists are supported by the pictures the photographer took for the Associated Press. This is one of Hussein's most famous photos. It depicts terrorists in the process of killing two Iraqi poll workers during an election and won the AP a pulitzer prize.
More samples of Hussein's work:
Clearly, this guy was allowed by the terrorists to get up close and personal even as they were in the process of committing the most egregious of their crimes. The AP would like us all to believe that these photos represents "courage" on the part of the photographer who showed no fear of the terrorists while taking them. John Hinderaker at Powerline, however, isn't buying it:
This is just another nail in the coffin for the mainstream media and their coverage of international events. In the past few years we have learned that CNN covered up the worst of Saddam Hussein's atrocities in Iraq, that an AP reporter acted as a spy for Saddam's regime and that pretty much all of the international news wire services published photos that were staged and/or manipulated to show an anti-Israel, pro-Hezbollah bias. People complain all the time about how the Bush administration has mislead the American people, but where is the outrage at the media for actively publishing what amounts to terrorist propaganda?
You can almost hear crickets chirping. Know why that is? It's because the media is always willing and eager to go after the President, but don't expect them to hold themselves accountable for being in bed with dictators like Saddam and/or Islamic terrorists.
Here, from a mostly one-sided article aimed at advocating the AP's case for releasing Hussein, are the details from about the photographer's detention from the military:
The military said Hussein was captured with two insurgents, including Hamid Hamad Motib, an alleged leader of al-Qaida in Iraq. "He has close relationships with persons known to be responsible for kidnappings, smuggling, improvised explosive device (IED) attacks and other attacks on coalition forces," according to a May 7 e-mail from U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Jack Gardner, who oversees all coalition detainees in Iraq.
"The information available establishes that he has relationships with insurgents and is afforded access to insurgent activities outside the normal scope afforded to journalists conducting legitimate activities," Gardner wrote to AP International Editor John Daniszewski.
The military's claims about Hussein's close relationship with the terrorists are supported by the pictures the photographer took for the Associated Press. This is one of Hussein's most famous photos. It depicts terrorists in the process of killing two Iraqi poll workers during an election and won the AP a pulitzer prize.
More samples of Hussein's work:
Clearly, this guy was allowed by the terrorists to get up close and personal even as they were in the process of committing the most egregious of their crimes. The AP would like us all to believe that these photos represents "courage" on the part of the photographer who showed no fear of the terrorists while taking them. John Hinderaker at Powerline, however, isn't buying it:
It appears obvious that the person who took these photos knew that the terrorists wanted the pictures taken. If the terrorists hadn't wanted the pictures taken, they would have shot the photographer. And what was the photographer doing within a few yards of the terrorists in the first place? Are we supposed to believe that he just stumbled across them while they were in the act of committing murder or firing a mortar? Of course not. The photographer was present at the invitation of the terrorists, who wanted the pictures taken for propaganda purposes. . . .
Incredibly, the Associated Press, rather than expressing any embarrassment that it has been publishing propaganda photos taken by an apparent associate of al Qaeda in Iraq, is campaigning for Hussein's release, saying that it is normal for journalists to have "relationships with people that others might find unsavory."
This is just another nail in the coffin for the mainstream media and their coverage of international events. In the past few years we have learned that CNN covered up the worst of Saddam Hussein's atrocities in Iraq, that an AP reporter acted as a spy for Saddam's regime and that pretty much all of the international news wire services published photos that were staged and/or manipulated to show an anti-Israel, pro-Hezbollah bias. People complain all the time about how the Bush administration has mislead the American people, but where is the outrage at the media for actively publishing what amounts to terrorist propaganda?
You can almost hear crickets chirping. Know why that is? It's because the media is always willing and eager to go after the President, but don't expect them to hold themselves accountable for being in bed with dictators like Saddam and/or Islamic terrorists.
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