Palestinian celebration videos censored
http://www.jpost.com/Editions/2001/09/16/News/News.34869.html JERUSALEM (September 16) - About 1,500 Palestinians, many supporters of Hamas, marched in a Gaza Strip refugee camp Friday, burning Israeli flags and carrying a large poster of Osama bin Laden, an exiled Saudi millionaire who US Secretary of State Colin Powell has named a key suspect in last week's terror attacks in the United States. After the rally, plainclothes Palestinian policemen questioned several journalists, including members of foreign news agencies, and confiscated videotape, film, and other camera equipment. An Associated Press Television News video was among the materials taken, and an AP photographer was warned by officials not to publish pictures of the bin Laden poster. AP protested and demanded the return of the video and other material. The journalists were told police would review the material before deciding whether or not to release it. Palestinian Authority officials refused to comment on the record and did not respond immediately to AP's protest. The Palestinian Police said in a statement that the rally in the Nusseirat refugee camp took place without a permit. "The Palestinian Police confiscated media material which documented illegal acts," the statement said. Earlier last week, Palestinian Police stopped camera teams and photographers from covering a rally in Nablus in which several thousand Palestinians celebrated the attacks in the US. Palestinian officials said the demonstration did not represent widespread Palestinian opinion. According to one source, the Reuters correspondent in Nablus not only agreed to the PA demand not to document the rally, but attempted to press his AP counterpart to follow suit. He was unable to reach him in time. The AP cameraman later received death threats.
On Sunday, September 16, 2001, at 01:07 PM, Subcommander Bob wrote:
http://www.jpost.com/Editions/2001/09/16/News/News.34869.html
JERUSALEM (September 16) - About 1,500 Palestinians, many supporters of Hamas, marched in a Gaza Strip refugee camp Friday, burning Israeli flags and
carrying a large poster of Osama bin Laden, an exiled Saudi millionaire who US Secretary of State Colin Powell has named a key suspect in last week's terror attacks in the United States.
After the rally, plainclothes Palestinian policemen questioned several journalists, including members of foreign news agencies, and confiscated videotape, film, and other camera equipment. An Associated Press Television News video was among the materials taken, and an AP photographer was warned by officials not to publish pictures of the bin Laden poster.
What else is to be expected in the ZOG state? U.S. officials are instructing the Pakistani government to put an end to the street marches and shows of support. We may soon see press restrictions here in the U.S. What I think may happen is that as the cluster fuck progresses, with American cannon fodder coming home in body bags, the military dictatorship in Pakistan will fall as street protests and riots escalate. A repeat of the fall of Iran in 1979 (recall that the U.S. had also supported the military coup there). Then there will be a _large_ nation opposed strongly to the U.S., for reasons having to do with our adventurism in their region. Then maybe the nukes start flying with India, then the b-------------------------- ...TRANSMISSION TERMINATED...
I saw a little coverage of this on TV (it might have been MSNBC, or CBC. Unfortunately, I'm not sure.) It was yesterday, Saturday 9/14. The story at that point was that the AP *had* the video, or at least some of it, but were self-censoring. The implication was that it was because of the death threats. They had the chief of the AP bureau involved (the Palestinian AP or somesuch... P.A.P.), who refused to comment on camera. It's always fascinating when the media try to media the media. -- Greg On Sun, Sep 16, 2001 at 01:07:23PM -0700, Subcommander Bob wrote:
http://www.jpost.com/Editions/2001/09/16/News/News.34869.html
JERUSALEM (September 16) - About 1,500 Palestinians, many supporters of Hamas, marched in a Gaza Strip refugee camp Friday, burning Israeli flags and
carrying a large poster of Osama bin Laden, an exiled Saudi millionaire who US Secretary of State Colin Powell has named a key suspect in last week's terror attacks in the United States. ... According to one source, the Reuters correspondent in Nablus not only agreed to the PA demand not to document the rally, but attempted to press his AP counterpart to follow suit. He was unable to reach him in
time. The AP cameraman later received death threats.
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