Reason for posting this is that I almost missed it like a cover up!
I spotted this artilce and than it disappeared with in an hour from US news??
French reporter missing in Iraq
Posted on 01/06/2005 8:30:42 PM PST by restornu
A reporter for the French newspaper Liberation has gone missing in Iraq along with her Iraqi assistant. "We have had no news from Florence Aubenas in over 24 hours", the Paris-based daily said.
It said that Ms Aubenas and her assistant, Hussein Hanoun Al-Saadi, were last seen leaving their Baghdad hotel early on Wednesday.
Two French journalists were released last month after being held hostage by Iraqi militants for four months.
Very worried
The French foreign ministry has confirmed Ms Aubenas and her assistant are missing.
"Every effort is being made by our representatives in Baghdad and by the ministry in Paris to find them," it said in a statement.
A journalist on the paper told the AFP news agency that staff there were very worried.
Ms Aubenas, 43, is an experienced reporter who has covered conflicts in Rwanda, Kosovo, Algeria and Afghanistan. She arrived in Iraq on 16 December.
The newspaper said it had alerted Iraqi and US officials.
The case of journalists Christian Chesnot and Georges Malbrunot generated nationwide anxiety in France, and behind-the-scenes dealings by French diplomats and intelligence services.
After their eventual release, the pair said their colleagues should not go to Iraq, as it was a deeply dangerous place for journalists of all nationalities.
The French foreign ministry also stressed that it had warned "all our nationals, including media representatives, to avoid going to Iraq given the current security risks in this country".
Be on the lookout for another suicide/homicide bombing in The Green Zone.
Don't worry, These 2 french people are just getting the inside scoop from the terrorists. They will pop up in 2 weeks saying about how wonderful they were treated by the "resistance" and about how america has no busines being there. blah blah blah France, blah blah blah!!!!!!!!!
Or a detailed report with video clips on "how to construct and plant an IED"
Followed by commendations by the frog govt.
Doesn't surprise me at all, especially if, as reported, the French paid a big ransom for the last two and the jihadists got positive PR as well. Why wouldn't they kidnap every French journalist they can get their hands on?
Le Boo-Hoo. N'est-ce pas?
These cheese-eating surrender monkeys are there to pass on as much information as possible to the terrorists.
Mark my words, the day after she is released another inside attack will occur.
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