Associated Press put terrorist collaborators on its payroll

The idea that Associated Press is in bed with terrorists might not be that far-fetched. On 19 December, 2004, in Baghdad three terrorists dragged three election workers from a car and then murdered them. By the strangest of coincidences an Associated Press photojournalist was present to take a sequence of photographs of this atrocity.

Now what are the odds that the Associated Press photojournalist’s presence was a genuine coincidence? Too long in opinion of many people.

Let us examine the situation in more detail. The journalist claims not to have had advanced knowledge of the murders. Yet the same journalist stood within yards of the crime quietly taking photographs of the victims’ plight and then their murder, during which he showed not the slightest fear of the terrorists? Why? Why was he confident that they would not harm him?

Hoping to quash these questions an anonymous Associated Press source declared that the reporter had no “foreknowledge” of the killings even though he had been "tipped off to a demonstration that was supposed to take place on Haifa Street."

This source is evidently too dense to realise that he just admitted that Associated Press cooperated with terrorists to advance their cause. (If only the same media creeps showed Coalition troops and anti-terrorist Iraqi’s the same consideration).

It truly strains one’s patience to have Associated Press basically argue that it does not know that terrorists use tip offs to advance their aims through public acts of savage violence that are intended to undermine Western support for the liberation while intimidating Iraqis.

Unfortunately we cannot question the cameraman since Associated Press refuses to identify him because it might endanger his safety. Let me see if I have got this straight: a photojournalist fearlessly stood in a street calmly taking a sequence of snuff photographs of two innocent Iraqis being murdered by three sadistic thugs while about 30 others fired guns and threw hand grenades, and yet the same man cannot muster sufficient moral and physical courage to confront his critics. Perhaps this Associated Press toady should try pulling the other leg.

Regardless of what the Associated Press mouthpiece said, if this journalist had nothing to fear from these terrorists as they went about their grisly work, why should he have anything to fear from them now? After all, they already know who he is and for whom he works.

Could it be that he fears the truth would come out about terrorist links if he allowed himself to grilled? Well this certainly looks like it might be the case. Jack Stokes, Associated Press director of media relations, said as much in an e-mail to Jim Romanesko, in which he said:

“Several brave Iraqi photographers work for The Associated Press in places that only Iraqis can cover. Many are covering the communities they live in where family and tribal relations give them access that would not be available to Western photographers, or even Iraqi photographers who are not from the area.

“Insurgents want their stories told as much as other people and some are willing to let Iraqi photographers take their pictures. It's important to note, though, that the photographers are not ‘embedded’ with the insurgents. They do not have to swear allegiance or otherwise join up philosophically with them just to take their pictures.”

Stokes admits that his cameramen are collaborating with terrorists but justifies this treason on the grounds that they “do not have to swear allegiance” to them. So if, let us say, Englishmen had embedded themselves with the SS during WW II so they could tell the Nazis’ story this would not have been treason? Apparently not, at least to the depraved Stokes.

Of course Stokes and his leftwing friends could argue that there is nothing treasonous about Iraq photojournalists teaming up with terrorists to murder other Iraqis. Come to think of it, that is exactly what the lousy creep did.

And yet Associated Press still has the nerve to ask us to believe that it was taken in by terrorists. But if this were true then it would have been outraged at being deceived into cooperating with these murderers and it would have refused to publish the photos. Instead, it defends the cameraman, which is what Stokes was doing, and distributes the photos while refusing to condemn the terrorists.

Associated Press should reveal to the public everything it knows about the murder of the three Iraqi election workers. It should hold nothing secret. Unfortunately this arrogant news service refuses talk.

This secretive attitude is pretty rich considering that on 14 December last year the Bush-hating Tome Curley, its CEO, issued a press release condemning the “trend toward more secrecy,” which he intended to resist. But this is the same crowd that refused to cover the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth story because it would have embarrassed John Kerry.

I think there is sufficient evidence to warrant the expulsion of Associated Press from Iraq. Coalition forces and pro-democracy Iraqis have enough on their plate without being betrayed by this treacherous organisation.

Hmmmm? I knew this was being investigated .. but I thought it would turn out to be AlJazeera and not AP - but AP has been off the mark a lot lately.

I'm actually not that surprised. I hope something can be done about it - but I don't know enough about the law.

Actually .. this is just a continuation of the exposure of the ultra liberal bias in the media - and with AP - it's very un-American .. and about due.

This is just another example of the so called "Media" creating the news, not simply reporting it, Just like Dan Rather and the CBS orchestrated the fraudulent Bush story.
The goes on far too often, as we have seen in the fake Jenin Story, orchestrated by BBC, Guardian and French "journalists. Kids who are supposed to be dead, killed by 'evil Jews' falling out of stretchers, getting up and back in again, and "evil Jews" shooting Innocent palestinian kids, when in fact it was journalists again setting up sensationalism in co-operation with cold blooded murdering terrorists.
There are far too many examples of this, and far too obvious a one sided story being told to think that ANY of the news we are being shown on MSM is true and acurrate.
Media has been bought by Islamic intrests, as well as by Leftist political intrests.
It needs to be reformed, laws need to be set to punnish all media which does not report the truth, without bias.

In the case of this particular journalist, he is a willing participant in a multiple murder. God only knows how many of our troops have been killed with these disgusting members of the media having fore-knowlage of an ambush.
They belong in prison- for life.

Recall the incidents when our transport got attacked, a photographer was on hand to film this, and for good measure these thugs started hanging these fresh killed US soldiers from a bridge.
The AP signed for these films.
Not too long ago our troops went into a building, found on the side two bodies which appeared dead, but one corps then waived with one hand which could have been connected to a detonator.
Our soldiers with a burst of fire stopped this hand movement.
A photographer waiting unseen took pictures and NBC run with these around the world showing how innocents get blasted to smithereens. Obviously these bodies were piled on top of each other by this news producer while still partially alive.
What takes place here:
Freelancers make big monies by selling and producing these pictures to the US and Inti. media.
The more gruesome the more of interest these pictures are, especially so when US soldiers are shown in bad light, or getting killed. The more horrible the more $$$$ these picture snappers demand and get.
The hidden photographer showing firing at helpless bodies spent hours if not days in waiting, in perfect position to shoot his scene while hidden from troops on a search mission.
NBC, this one goes on your conscience.
AP, these US soldiers being hung from a bridge are on your conscience.
Stop rewarding staged killings of US soldiers.
Could a trial lawyer make a case with these TV media profiteers?

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