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If the Iraqis apprehend any of the Western journalists who are meeting with terrorists, would anyone have a problem if the Iraqi government sentenced them to death as enemies of the state?
11 posted on 09/06/2006 1:21:44 PM PDT by weegee (Remember "Remember the Maine"? Well in the current war "Remember the Baby Milk Factory")
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To: weegee

Nope.


19 posted on 09/06/2006 1:22:57 PM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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If the Iraqis apprehend any of the Western journalists who are meeting with terrorists, would anyone have a problem if the Iraqi government sentenced them to death as enemies of the state?

Not in the slightest.
By Iraqis I assume you meant the legitimately elected government, not the rebels.

Clarity.

45 posted on 09/06/2006 1:38:21 PM PDT by Publius6961 (MSM: Israelis are killed by rockets; Lebanese are killed by Israelis.)
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To: weegee
If the Iraqis apprehend any of the Western journalists who are meeting with terrorists, would anyone have a problem if the Iraqi government sentenced them to death as enemies of the state?

Not if those journalists were involved in covering up terrorist activities.

For example, Lets say as a journalist I went to visit Jeffrey Dahmer before he was arrested by the authorities. Say we had a nice little chat about his murders and he shows me evidence of them. We also talk about his future plans to kidnap young boys, sexually abuse them, kill them and eat them. I also ask some nice questions (like the one's dictators get from the lib media) about his favorite music, colors, clothes, how much he hates Bush etc. Then I publish my scoop and keep my sources anonymous. Then, lets say Dhamer kills a few more people and eats them. Further complicating the issue, of course, is that in order to make Bush and the incumbent party look bad I am hoping Dhamer kills and eats more people.

So then as a journalist should I get to claim "journalistic integrity" and not reveal my sources? Does my knowledge of past and future crimes matter?

IMO journalists should be charged as accessory to murder for not notifying the authorities of terrorists (or Dhamer's) wherabouts or intentions?

Journalists are accountable for crimes they cover up when interviewing "terrorists" who plan to blow up men, women and children.

74 posted on 09/06/2006 3:07:59 PM PDT by Rameumptom (Gen X= they killed 1 in 4 of us)
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To: weegee

If Western journalists are giving away info they shouldn't then I have no problem with the Iraqi government treating them as an enemy of the state.


89 posted on 09/06/2006 4:15:35 PM PDT by YdontUleaveLibs
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To: weegee
If the Iraqis apprehend any of the Western journalists who are meeting with terrorists, would anyone have a problem if the Iraqi government sentenced them to death as enemies of the state?

No. Their state, their enemies. They can do what they will.

103 posted on 09/06/2006 5:32:49 PM PDT by madison10
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"If the Iraqis apprehend any of the Western journalists who are meeting with terrorists, would anyone have a problem if the Iraqi government sentenced them to death as enemies of the state?"

None whatsoever


108 posted on 09/07/2006 6:16:54 AM PDT by Leatherneck_MT (In a world where Carpenters come back from the dead, ALL things are possible.)
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If the Iraqis apprehend any of the Western journalists who are meeting with terrorists, would anyone have a problem if the Iraqi government sentenced them to death as enemies of the state?

Only if they waste time and money on a trial...

d.o.l.

Criminal Number 18F

112 posted on 09/07/2006 12:18:45 PM PDT by Criminal Number 18F (In which article of the Constitution is the Press assigned a role in government? Precisely.)
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