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February 22nd, 2012
05:47 AM ET
2 Western journalists killed in Syria, opposition activists say
Two Western journalists were killed Wednesday in the Syrian city of Homs amid heavy shelling from government forces, opposition activists said.
The Sunday Times of London said one of the journalists reportedly killed was staffer Marie Colvin - the only British newspaper journalist inside the besieged Syrian enclave of Baba Amr.
Colvin was on air with CNN on Tuesday night, recalling how she watched a young boy die after his house was struck by shelling.
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yeah, they should be getting out of homs.. not going in..
Of course, there is no shelling of civilian areas going on right? Abbas is just sending troops to fight al-Qaeda. Most Syrians are happy with Assad.
So, who was the 2nd journalist killed?
Remi Ochlik, 28, Sunday Times award winning photographer.
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Excuse me. She was a French photojournalist who had been interviewed the day before on BBC.
Tragic!
Two other freelancers were injured in the attack. For up to date coverage go to Google news
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Wow! The Frenchman had just arrived in Syria the night before. He had just wpn his first award as a photojournalist.
Wow...I try to stay out of areas being bombed myself. May they RIP
Foreign journalists are heroes working behind enemy lines. Their deaths were probably intentional. Assad and his entourage are madmen bent on keeping a firm grip on their power... they don't want the world to see them as they commit war crimes and reak havoc on their own people.
Earth to Assad:
We're watching you!
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Power to the People
And...
Friends of Syria
Ty high hopes, just been wondering what has happened to daniel, the one who was initially reporting.
Hey, Chrissy!
Haven't heard anything about Daniel. But, I read an article that Israel, Syria's closest neighbor was considering liberating the people of Syria. They don't mess around!
According to what I've read:
Journalists were in a makeshift media center when the house was attacked with shell firing. When the journalists ran out, a rocket was fired to kill them. Three others were injured... Edith Bouvier (French), and Paul Conroy of the Sunday Times who is still trying to recover the bodies which are lying face down in the street. The other injured peoples names have not been released
It is believed Assad traced their satellite signal.
Yesterday a Syrian blogger famous for posting on-line videos was killed by a sniper. His name was Rami al-Sayyed.
There were 13 people killed including the two journalists, activists who may remain nameless. The French leaders are LIVID... Who can blame them?
For those who claim CNN is war mongering, I must say their coverage lacks the emotion shown by other networks who emphasize the importance of intervention and medical aid. Both injured correspondents could die because of shortage of hospitals, doctors and medical supplies. I, highly, doubt they were taken to a state-run hospital where they would have been arrested and detained. Their bodies were removed by opposition activists risking their own lives.
Gotta go... later.
It wasn't me again.
I remember when the Kurds were rebelling from Saddam Hussein's bloody regime...how the US helped the Kurds, even arming them with weapons. Most of the dead Kurds I met didn't think it was such a good idea after all. At least that's what the expressions on their dead faces seemed to be saying. I could be wrong. Go ahead and arm the Syrian rebels and see what happens, again...for like the hundredth time all over the world.
Two journalists I knew died in VietNam...we knew they weren't killed because they were reporters,simply because they were with us in the line of fire. I greatly doubt that the deaths in Syria were that coincidental...they were targeted.
sure....everybody's gonna rush off and check that 'cuz you sed to....
Yes I also don't think CNN is war mongering or misrepresenting what is going on in Syria. Watch FUX news for a few minutes and you will be scared that WWIII is about to begin, North Korea, Iran, every other Mid East country, Y2K, 2012 Mayan prophecy, aliens coming, Palin or Gingrich wins presidency, etc. Hahahahaha
FUX News..
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Hey, Greek!
Crazy day...
I don't think any one is going to arm them. I think they want some good old fashioned intervention... like no fly zones and remove your tanks zones... or maybe a little bombing of the palace would do. Anything, rather than, nothing!