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US EYE ON LOGAN'S IRAQ LOOT
Ny Post ^ | Oct 3, 2008 | Richard Johnson

Posted on 10/03/2008 6:55:09 AM PDT by RDTF

CBS news hottie Lara Logan could be in hot water for swiping souvenirs from the wreckage of bombed-out Baghdad.

In a video profile of the "60 Minutes" star called "Lara Logan's Spoils of War," mementos from Iraq and Afghanistan are shown in her Washington office.

"The prize pieces are . . . pre-Iraq invasion portraits of Saddam Hussein. In one [he's] shown in military fatigues. Logan told us she found it in pieces, in the ruins of the Olympic committee building after it was bombed," reports Marisa Guthrie of Broadcasting & Cable, the media industry publication that produced the online piece.

"A second portrait recovered from the ruins of a shelled palace in Baghdad shows a paternal Saddam surrounded by a group of adoring children, Hovering above the scene is the disembodied head of a stern-looking elderly woman . . . which Logan says is Saddam's mother."

Taking such items out of the country is considered theft under a federal provision designed to protect Iraqi heritage. One former Fox News engineer has already been prosecuted and placed on probation for smuggling paintings from Iraqi palaces. Other journos have been warned.

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(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cbsnews; iraq; souvenir; warromance
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1 posted on 10/03/2008 6:55:09 AM PDT by RDTF
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To: RDTF

We’ve gotta remember that laws only apply to conservatives. Were it otherwise, Teddy K, Rangel, and Frankfurter would be in jail.


2 posted on 10/03/2008 6:57:40 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: RDTF

An article cannot be about a “hottie” and not have pics. What gives?


3 posted on 10/03/2008 7:00:26 AM PDT by subterfuge (BUILD MORE NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS NOW!!!)
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To: Da Coyote

I thought CBS had a corporate exemption from the Rules & Reglations & Laws that apply to joe six-pack. /sarc


4 posted on 10/03/2008 7:01:06 AM PDT by pointsal
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To: RDTF
Loved the last paragraph:

Logan, a former swimsuit model who is CBS' chief foreign affairs correspondent, made headlines this year when a CNN reporter and a US defense contractor in Iraq got into a brawl over her. The contractor impregnated Logan, who is due to give birth in January.

She has such a sterling character, I just can't believe that you would ever do anything wrong.

5 posted on 10/03/2008 7:01:42 AM PDT by w1andsodidwe (Jimmy Carter(the Godfather of Terror) allowed radical Islam to get a foothold in Iran.)
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To: RDTF
There's futher investigation required...



...STRIP SEARCH!
6 posted on 10/03/2008 7:02:14 AM PDT by Thrownatbirth (.....Iraq Invasion fan since '91.)
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To: subterfuge
Are you happy now? ;o)


7 posted on 10/03/2008 7:03:03 AM PDT by SolidWood (McCain/Palin 2008)
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To: SolidWood

Not Guilty.


8 posted on 10/03/2008 7:05:33 AM PDT by justlurking (The only remedy for a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.)
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To: SolidWood

Lara Logan—the Bimbo of Baghdad.


9 posted on 10/03/2008 7:05:50 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia (Jim DeMint: "If you took the name off the top, the Senate could pass the Communist Manifesto.")
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To: Thrownatbirth
STRIP SEARCH!

Doesn't appear much stripping is necessary.

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10 posted on 10/03/2008 7:07:49 AM PDT by Stentor (Obama is Bill Ayers' Renfield.)
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To: justlurking
Not guilty

Very guilty but deserving of full pardon.

11 posted on 10/03/2008 7:09:21 AM PDT by Stentor (Obama is Bill Ayers' Renfield.)
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To: RDTF

Lara Logan will resort to doing what she does best... spreading them legs thinking this little issue will blow away... problem is this will not just blow away like the Iraqi sands.


12 posted on 10/03/2008 7:10:11 AM PDT by Trajan88 (www.bullittclub.com)
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To: RDTF

Prior to the twentieth cehtury, “liberating” spoils was part of war.


13 posted on 10/03/2008 7:20:48 AM PDT by OldNavyVet
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To: Stentor

Wrong, she needs to be charged, tried and lose her job too. All that crap screeching about museums being looted while our men were fighting in the streets of Baghdad, as if I gave a damned about some clay figurines over the lives of our soldiers, and she gets a pass? No thanks, time to pay the price.

I’m sick of the double standard, make an example of her.


14 posted on 10/03/2008 7:29:36 AM PDT by brushcop (We remember SSG Harrison Brown, PVT Andrew Simmons B CO 2/69 3ID KIA Iraq OIF IV)
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To: RDTF

The things you can find on the ground when you’re being broken down like a shotgun in a bombed-out palace...


15 posted on 10/03/2008 7:41:38 AM PDT by paddles
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To: RDTF

Being a RAT she gets a free pass just as Webb and his buddy got for carrying an unlicesned gun in the capitol. Shoot!! you a RAT you cand do anything!


16 posted on 10/03/2008 7:54:08 AM PDT by kenmcg
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To: paddles

I remember seeing footage of her running out of a hotel (right after a bombing) screaming and crying hysterically.


17 posted on 10/03/2008 7:54:21 AM PDT by RDTF (my worst nightmare is being on jury duty sequestered with 11 liberals)
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To: RDTF
My extended family had a fair amount of souvenirs brought back from the ETO, and it would have provided quite a contrast with what my son could bring back from Iraq after his first tour.

(Which was essentially nothing of interest or value.)

If E-4 niteowl77 Jr can't bring back swag, Lara Logan can't bring back swag.
Vox Mr. niteowl77, vox dei!

Mr. niteowl77

18 posted on 10/03/2008 7:56:38 AM PDT by niteowl77 (The niteowl77s: parents who support those who support their soldier.)
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To: w1andsodidwe

“The contractor impregnated Logan” from what I have read about Logan, maybe a sub-contractor got the job done.


19 posted on 10/03/2008 8:04:00 AM PDT by isom35
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To: Mr. K
I’m still waiting for the punk who hacked Sarah Palins email account to be prosecuted.

Ummmm, dems get a pass - or they get "bailed out" or the MSM covers for them.

You can "wait" but don't hold your breath...

20 posted on 10/03/2008 8:04:33 AM PDT by GOPJ (More BAILOUTS coming: Mutual&Hedge funds, Credit & Insurance companies, States. It's SHAKEDOWN TIME.)
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