Leader of Iraqi journalist union dies after gun attack.
By on Feb 27th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
Leader of Iraqi journalist union dies after gun attack.
Shihab al-Tamimi, the “head of Iraq’s biggest journalist organization,” died on Wednesday, just “four days after being seriously wounded by gunmen who opened fire on his car in Baghdad.” Tamimi was known for his outspoken views about the Bush administration’s policies in Iraq. The Committee to Protect Journalists recently called the Iraq war the deadliest conflict for journalists in recent history.
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YET Another victim of BushitCo hubris and greed.
February 27th, 2008 at 2:27 pmCan anyone say Blackwater?
February 27th, 2008 at 2:27 pmwonder if ballistics tests would show Blackwater slugs… Just sayin…
February 27th, 2008 at 2:28 pmbilbo, spot on.
February 27th, 2008 at 2:28 pmMore proof that the surge is working.
February 27th, 2008 at 2:30 pmSnark off.
Another notch on the Blackwater belt.
February 27th, 2008 at 2:30 pmDick Cheney has been suspiciously incognito for a while. Maybe he made an overseas hit…er, flight.
February 27th, 2008 at 2:31 pmCan anyone say Blackwater?
Comment by bilbobaggins — February 27, 2008 @ 2:27 pm
my thoughts exactly!
February 27th, 2008 at 2:40 pmDick Cheney has been suspiciously incognito for a while. Maybe he made an overseas hit…er, flight.
Comment by Badmoodman — February 27, 2008 @ 2:31 pm
Dick would never sully his hands – but his hand is in this none the less -
February 27th, 2008 at 2:48 pmMy thoughts immediately went to Blackwater as well.
February 27th, 2008 at 2:48 pmHmmm. Looks like a hit job to me. The Bush Crime Family had him whacked.
February 27th, 2008 at 2:49 pmbilbo bagged it!
February 27th, 2008 at 2:49 pmI’m no fan of Al Jazeera, but I remember A US missile “accidentally” landing in their Baghdad office back in 2003.
It’s sad that one can genuinely say “who knows?”
I feel for his family.
February 27th, 2008 at 2:50 pmI’m no fan of Al Jazeera
Comment by davemartin7777 — February 27, 2008 @ 2:50 pm
Neither are most totalitarian governments. What’s your problem with their reporting?
February 27th, 2008 at 2:57 pmOrkin Man. January 21st. 2009.
February 27th, 2008 at 3:00 pmToasterhead, I may be wrong but Al Jazeera is not based in a totalitarian free goverment.
February 27th, 2008 at 3:07 pmPlease read about Qatar and forced labor, k?
February 27th, 2008 at 3:10 pmSpreading freedom…
February 27th, 2008 at 3:14 pmPlease read about Qatar and forced labor, k?
Comment by davemartin7777 — February 27, 2008 @ 3:10 pm
does that make it OK?
February 27th, 2008 at 3:15 pm#21, …one bullet at a time.
February 27th, 2008 at 3:21 pmToasterhead, I may be wrong but Al Jazeera is not based in a totalitarian free goverment.
Comment by davemartin7777 — February 27, 2008 @ 3:07 pm
Please read about Qatar and forced labor, k?
Comment by davemartin7777 — February 27, 2008 @ 3:10 pm
There’s forced labor in the United States, too. What does this have to do with CNN’s journalistic integrity?
February 27th, 2008 at 3:21 pmNo, I’m just saying that thousands of men and women trafficked for the purposes of involuntary servitude will never have a voice in Al Jazeera because, Qutar, their base of operation, condones nvoluntary servitude, aka Slavery.
Better?
http://www.antislavery.org/archive/submission/submission2005-cameljockeys.htm
http://gvnet.com/humantrafficking/Qatar.htm
February 27th, 2008 at 3:26 pmHuh? What CNN got to do with this??
Anyway, thanks for letting me highlight the problem of human slavery in the middle east.
later and be safe
February 27th, 2008 at 3:29 pmAnyway, thanks for letting me highlight the problem of human slavery in the middle east.
later and be safe
Comment by davemartin7777 — February 27, 2008 @ 3:29 pm
Thanks for stopping by, concern troll.
Let us know when you want to discuss human slavery in the United States – I can post links too…
February 27th, 2008 at 3:33 pmSo I’m not a fan of Al-jessera because they don’t report human rights abuses…SO?
It’s called INDEPENDENT THOUGHT pal.
I’m thinking you must be a Reich-wing gatekeeper here to troll or you must be nuts.
Here’s my post, you sure do filter out quite a bit, eh?
I mention an US missile landing in their office, notice that?
I’m no fan of Al Jazeera, but I remember A US missile “accidentally†landing in their Baghdad office back in 2003.
It’s sad that one can genuinely say “who knows?â€,
February 27th, 2008 at 3:55 pmtoasterhead,
Ok, I’ve got it now… just clicked on your link.
Crystal clear.
Maybe, your “Jihadosphere” will be a little more successful if you can make your point without being rude.
Planning on putting your 6yr old son on the back of a racehorse in Qutar soon?
They do that you know.
No doubt of Al-jessera will inform me how he placed.
Regards
February 27th, 2008 at 4:07 pmWhere the hell is Qutar?
February 27th, 2008 at 4:12 pmI’m sorry dbadass my bad, it’s spelled Q-A-T-A-R, and it’s in the Middle East.
That a little better for you?
Apparently toasterhead belives that trafficking in human slavery is OK in the Middle East if there are example of it in America.
That’s the specious “tu quo que” Sean Hannity school of logic.
February 27th, 2008 at 4:31 pmThanks but I am well aware of where it is and how it is spelled. I think toasterhead would be opposed to human trafficking anywhere and might have wondered how it related to the topic.
February 27th, 2008 at 4:50 pmAnother success for Iraqi democracy! He should have been buying carpets in McCain’s favorite market place!
February 27th, 2008 at 4:55 pmI’m a pretty open minded, liberal guy toasterhead, but you’re going to have a hard time convincing me that rampant, forced servatude as practiced in the Middle East is ok.
Maybe that story will make it into Al Jazeera someday… not.
Here in America, Democrats, Independents and even some Republicans are against the practice of human slavery.
In Middle East it is condoned by the ruling monarchs, per their burgeoning need for manual/ skilled workers and sex slaves.
See the difference or no?
Best of luck finding a forum for your views.
February 27th, 2008 at 4:58 pmdbadass,
Hey MMA fighter, I need to cater to your wonder because?
February 27th, 2008 at 5:03 pmRear naked choke? Arm bar?
February 27th, 2008 at 5:09 pmThe mixed martial arts aren’t really my thing. I think I might be missing your point. Rachel Carson’s Sense of Wonder is a magical thing.
February 27th, 2008 at 5:09 pmI’m a pretty open minded, liberal guy toasterhead, but you’re going to have a hard time convincing me that rampant, forced servatude as practiced in the Middle East is ok.
Maybe that story will make it into Al Jazeera someday… not.
Here in America, Democrats, Independents and even some Republicans are against the practice of human slavery.
In Middle East it is condoned by the ruling monarchs, per their burgeoning need for manual/ skilled workers and sex slaves.
See the difference or no?
Best of luck finding a forum for your views.
Comment by davemartin7777 — February 27, 2008 @ 4:58 pm
You’re an idiot. Wow.
I never said trafficking or slavery was okay in the Middle East or anywhere. It’s not condoned by politicians in the U.S., and it’s not condoned by leaders in the Middle East, including Qatar. But it still happens in both places, and in many other parts of the world.
How often does it get reported in Western and Middle Eastern media? Pretty darn rarely. It should be reported more often in al-Jazeera, and on CNN, and on MSNBC, and in the BBC, and other news media. I just find it interesting that you have so much hatred for al-Jazeera for not reporting on trafficking in Qatar when not many other media are reporting on it either.
At least al-Jazeera has the guts to cover other human rights violations in other parts of the world, like Israel, Palestine, Egypt, Colombia, Guatemala, Sri Lanka, Cameroon, and Kenya. Unlike most U.S. media.
February 27th, 2008 at 5:14 pmBlah, blah blah.
You called me a troll because I said I’m not a fan of Al Jazeera.
Why? Because of their COMPLETE, NON-COVERAGE of the rampant use of forced labor, sex slaves as part of the Middle East Monarchs, “modernization” building frenzy.
How can ANY sane person have a problem with that???
YOU need to apologize to me, how’s that sound?
And don’t give that, “other people do it too” crap.
http://www.iabolish.org/slavery_today/country_reports/ae.html
February 28th, 2008 at 9:39 pmMy God, you SERIOUSLY justify al-Jazeera and the Royal’s tacit approval of the rampant use of slavery in the ME because of their great coverage of the issue in Israel, Palestine, Egypt, Colombia, Guatemala, Sri Lanka, Cameroon, and Kenya???… wow, that’s seriously out there buddy.
Bottom line, you choose to call me “troll” and “idiot” because I say that slavery unacceptable in a civilized society.
Have a nice day.
February 28th, 2008 at 9:56 pmShame on you for thinking that liberal and progressive are comfortable with slavery as practiced in the Middle East or anywhere in the world.
And shame on al-Jazeera in Qatar for not giving those people a voice.
Got it buddy?
February 28th, 2008 at 10:13 pm