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JOURNALIST WHO FILMED BURNING TALIBAN BODIES SAYS MEDIA GOT IT WRONG
Newsbusters ^ | 10-22-05 | Noel Sheppard

Posted on 10/22/2005 7:41:25 PM PDT by freedom4me

There has been a lot of outrage in the media concerning the burning of a couple of dead, Taliban fighters in Afghanistan in early October.

Yet, the Australian journalist who videotaped the proceedings, Stephen Dupont, stated in an interview on National Public Radio yesterday that he believed the bodies were burned purely for reasons of hygiene when the local villagers refused to retrieve them, and that the American soldiers didn't do anything wrong.

Go to bareknucklepolitics.com and follow the link to the NPR interview.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; d; desecration; dupont; journalist; npr; oef; stephendupont; taliban
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To: tertiary01

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Also, dead bodies themselves don't spread disease unless they died from some sort of plauge...
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Ease up, man. We all know dead bodies are sterile. Hell, you could eat off of them. I do.


41 posted on 10/22/2005 8:47:43 PM PDT by noblejones
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To: freedom4me

Why is the U.S. even bothering to respond to this? Who gives a crap about how a terrorist scumbag's body is disposed of? We went over to kill as many Taliban and Al Queda as possible, to avenge the victims of 9/11. We didn't go over there to agonize over Muslim burial rites. I am so sick of the limp-wristed defensiveness of this Administration.


42 posted on 10/22/2005 8:53:51 PM PDT by montag813
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To: freedom4me

Why am I NOT surprised?


43 posted on 10/22/2005 8:54:01 PM PDT by kalee
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To: slowhand520
Oh, yeah, saw that too. And wasn't there video (with translation) of soldiers reading taunting messages over some type of amplifier device? Or did we each have simultaneous delusions?

Maybe it's a combination of events: dead, stenchy bodies, which the military decided to burn. And then psyops guys figured they might as well use the "occasion."

Question is: Is using the "occasion" for psyops purposes against military regulations?

44 posted on 10/22/2005 8:59:27 PM PDT by mumps
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To: Texas Songwriter
How do you fight a war these days with the kind of shit the President and DOD has to put up with?

The answer sadly, may be that you can't. Not and win. Once again our media acts as the propaganda arm of the enemy. Vietnam deja vu. Once again we may win in the field and loose at the dinner table.
45 posted on 10/22/2005 9:03:22 PM PDT by Kozak (Anti Shahada: " There is no God named Allah, and Muhammed is his False Prophet")
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To: BIGLOOK
I remember having a TV crew and a reporter along with us on one op. We were moving through a village. I was the platoon sergeant and as my troops moved through the ville I looked back and one of my troops was trying to use his zippo to set fire to one of the hootch's. I jumped his butt and asked him what the hell he was doing. He said the reporter told him to set the hooch afire. I put their asses on the next chopper that came in.

He complained to my chain of command and it went down hill from there until I explained to the colonel what had actually happened. Never heard anymore about it and we never took them on ops with us again.
46 posted on 10/22/2005 9:06:19 PM PDT by Americanexpat (A strong democracy through citizen oversight.)
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To: freedom4me
Once again the MSM has made much ado about nothing.

I disagree. The LSM has done a lot. Especially for those sheeple who get their news only from the LSM.

47 posted on 10/22/2005 9:06:57 PM PDT by upchuck (I BELIEVE CONGRESSMAN WELDON! Rumsfeld: go kick butt and fix this!!)
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To: freedom4me

Kudos to Mr. DuPont for helping to right a wrong rather than cashing in as some have done in his position.


48 posted on 10/22/2005 9:07:17 PM PDT by Ethan_Allen1777
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To: Paladin2

Of course the American wing of al Qaeda did not get it wrong. They played it just the way they wanted to.

If the US losing the War on Terror is the costs of a Dim president in 2008, it is a price they will willingly pay.


49 posted on 10/22/2005 9:09:12 PM PDT by JLS
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To: varmintxer

Just heard on radio Rummy saying that he would be very disappointed if it were true that bodies were burned. Or something to that effect. This G--D--- PC crap is going to wind up with us getting our butts kicked.

Yah that the ticket Rummy, lets punish our brave soldiers so we don't damage out reputation around the world. This is disgusting. But that's just me.


50 posted on 10/22/2005 9:10:16 PM PDT by Mr Cobol (If you pay property taxes you don't OWN that land, you are just a RENTER.)
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To: Born in a Rage

Another talking head I heard mentioned how Americans felt when our soldiers bodies were burned in Somalia. He made a good point with his comparison.

You call that a good point of comparison? It's not even close. Our guys are not burning those bodies out of disrespect. It IS about hygeine. Do you know what happened in Somalia?

I'm not trying to be unkind, but you might try listening to someone else. Maybe even a soldier who's been there.


51 posted on 10/22/2005 9:11:31 PM PDT by Just Lori (Tony Schaeffer, Curt Weldon, Able Danger....... PAY ATTENTION.)
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To: freedom4me

Except for Micheal Yon, I'd get rid of all the embeds. If they want to be on the scene then they can get there however they can.


52 posted on 10/22/2005 9:14:45 PM PDT by tiki
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To: Americanexpat

He said the reporter told him to set the hooch afire. I put their asses on the next chopper that came in.


Why would a troop take orders from a reporter?


53 posted on 10/22/2005 9:18:05 PM PDT by Just Lori (Tony Schaeffer, Curt Weldon, Able Danger....... PAY ATTENTION.)
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To: LibLieSlayer; tiredoflaundry
It was newsweak

Thanks for the correction

54 posted on 10/22/2005 9:20:00 PM PDT by Mo1
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To: Americanexpat
Sounds like you busted Oliver Stone.
In Danang, our A/C were strictly off limits as was our spaces and barracks. But Lo and Behold, we picked up a copy of Time magazine with an article about our ops (not correct) and photos of the interior of the plane.
No reporters or cameramen were allowed access to the compound after that. If the flight commander and det commander had their way, it would be shoot reporters on sight.
55 posted on 10/22/2005 9:35:57 PM PDT by BIGLOOK (I once opposed keelhauling but recently have come to my senses.)
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To: Americanexpat

I saw that scum reporter on some british news channel exclaiming the complete opposite, he stated that the Americans did burn the bodies and they were almost joyful, filled with glee and made all kind of statements; he looked like a lefty punk, damning our troops, when will we learn there doesn't need to be imbedded reporters anymore; and that raghead Karsi need to govern his stinking country and provide his own security see how long he lasts.


56 posted on 10/22/2005 9:50:12 PM PDT by dubyawhoiluv
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To: TCats

The modern MSM no longer cares about the truth and hasn't since a young Dan Blather was reporting on JFnK and Jane Fondue.


57 posted on 10/22/2005 9:57:20 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: Paladin2

Would this be the same MSM who will not show us burned bodies of Americans in Iraq hanging from a bridge? And of course they will not show Americans slaughtered at the WTC.

They will show us burned terrorists, though.

They truly are the enemy.


58 posted on 10/22/2005 10:08:57 PM PDT by Lijahsbubbe
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To: montag813
Who gives a crap about how a terrorist scumbag's body is disposed of?

Dittos. Next they'll expect a memorial and a wreath.

59 posted on 10/22/2005 10:11:45 PM PDT by Lijahsbubbe
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To: freedom4me

"In the midst of the bad news, I was encouraged today when I read that the morale amongst the soldiers is high. God bless them and their familes.

A very BIG AMEN to that!


60 posted on 10/22/2005 10:28:44 PM PDT by Sola Veritas (Trying to speak truth - not always with the best grammar or spelling)
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