Posted on 04/12/2006 7:56:19 PM PDT by canadianally
A year ago, I blogged about a controversial, Pulitzer Prize-winning photo taken by an unidentified Associated Press stringer in Iraq. More background from the blogosphere here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. Do take the time to re-read them all. The context is important.
One member of the Pulitzer-winning AP team was AP stringer Bilal Hussein. Hussein's photos have raised serious, persistent questions about his relationship with terrorists in Iraq and whether his photos were/are staged in collusion with the enemy. I've learned of an intriguing news development that strengthens those lingering suspicions.
This afternoon, in response to a tip from an anonymous military source in Iraq, I contacted both the AP reporter embedded with the Marines in Ramadi, Todd Pitman, as well as AP's media relations office headquartered in New York concerning Hussein's whereabouts. No word from Pitman. But at 6:20pm EST, I received the following e-mail response from AP:
(Excerpt) Read more at michellemalkin.com ...
Should be interesting to see how it plays out. Could be pretty embarrassing for the MSM gang. Will they care? Probably not. After all, they have a monopoly.
The blogosphere is the anti-trust antidote to whatever still exists of the MSM monopoly.
When you say "MSM" do you mean the guys who refer to illegal aliens protesting as a "pro-immigration rally"??
Why, of course. They are North America's Fifth Columnists and should be treated with undue deference.
/sarcasm
The Associated Press has known for a long time that Bilal Hussein was a terrorist collaborator.
AP Contact Info:
write to info@ap.org and address the request to:
Jack Stokes
Director of Media Relations
tcurley@ap.org
Tom Curley
President and CEO
They should be treated like an enemy.
Looks like Bilal Hussein's last day as the Associated Press's designated terrorist was on April 6th.
http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/search?p=Bilal+Hussein&ei=UTF-8&fl=0&c=news_photos
See some of his tradecraft here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1497079/posts
Destroyed the video for propaganda purposes...
Execution of election workers..
AP President and CEO Tom Curley has some explaining to do. He has been contacted numerous times about Hussein's links to terrorists and has denied that Hussein was working as a propagandist for the terrorists.
The Associated Press -- www.ap.org
450 W. 33rd Street
New York, NY 10001
Tom Curley, President, CEO
450 W. 33rd Street
New York, NY 10001
Phone: 212-621-7550
Fax: 212-621-1908
Email: tcurley@ap.org
Photographers Celebrate AP's 48th Pulitzer
http://www.columbiatribune.com/2005/Apr/20050410Feat006.asp
AP President and CEO Tom Curley agreed, telling colleagues at New York headquarters: "These folks showed incredible courage this year."
AP’s Pulitzer entry contained 20 photos. It was the news cooperative’s 29th Pulitzer for photography.
"They are the images that people will always remember from Iraq this year," said Kathleen Carroll, senior vice president and executive editor.
Another AP who was defending Bilal Hussein's terror ties...
Associated Press, Kathleen Carroll (Executive Editor), kcarroll@ap.org
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Related article:
http://billroggio.com/archives/2006/04/a_street_corner_in_r.php
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