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CNN producer abducted in Gaza
CNN ^ | 27SEP04 | CNN

Posted on 09/27/2004 9:46:06 PM PDT by familyop

GAZA CITY (CNN) -- A group of armed men abducted a CNN producer in Gaza City on Monday. There has been no claim of responsibility for the abduction of CNN producer Riad Ali, and the militant group Hamas condemned it.

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TOPICS: Editorial; Extended News; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: abducted; cnn; kidnapped; main; media; msm; producer; sorry; stream; victim
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To: ladyinred

Oh, and the producer is a him. I found a news piece that could be posted in full.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1228926/posts


21 posted on 09/27/2004 11:06:47 PM PDT by familyop (Essayons)
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To: familyop

>>Maybe CNN is arriving at a turning point and will choose more in an anti-terrorist direction with terminology, etc.<<

...Yeah--and maybe I'm the tooth-fairy.....


22 posted on 09/27/2004 11:10:19 PM PDT by sissyjane (Silk pajamas for dress up, and flannel for everyday-perfect Freeper wardrobe!!)
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To: familyop
Wedeman said a man in his early 20s and dressed in civilian clothes emerged from the car, stuck a revolver through the taxi window and "said to me in Arabic, 'Which one of you is Riad?' "

"We were dumbstruck at first, but Riad then said, 'I am Riad.' And then other men got out of the car that had pulled in front of us, and

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Wedeman said the kidnappers made no attempt to cover their faces.


Interesting. Hamas and its Palestinian ilk are into blowing up busses and coffee shops and have never shown much interest in kidnapping or beheading people. These people knew exactly who they were looking for an made no attempt to harm the other people that were with him. I'd bet anything that something else is going on here...a forced interview maybe? A chance to scare him into broadcasting stories with a specific slant? I doubt that we'll be seeing Riad's bloody head anytime soon, but this story should be pretty interesting when it all plays out.
23 posted on 09/27/2004 11:20:32 PM PDT by Arthalion
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