Posted on 09/12/2001 8:19:40 PM PDT by veronica
Major News Networks Withdraw Footage after Palestinian Threats
September 12, 2001
Several major Western news networks have pulled footage of Palestinians celebrating yesterday's terrorist attacks in the United States, after receiving threats.
In the autonomous city of Nablus, thousands of Palestinians poured into the streets to celebrate, chanting "God is Great" and distributing candy to passers-by. The largest celebrations took place in Nablus and Ramallah, where Palestinian police and security forces joined in the celebrations, and fired their weapons into the air.
Foreign reporters held in hotel during celebrations According to the Jerusalem Post, foreign photojournalists were trapped inside a Nablus hotel while thousands took to the streets in celebration of the terror attacks in the United States. The journalists were reportedly forced to remain confined in the hotel, guarded by armed Palestinians--both in uniform and wearing civilian clothes--while the festivities continued in the streets.
At least one photographer who did manage to capture images of the celebrations was told his life would be in danger if the pictures were eventually published.
Several major networks began hastily pulling footage from their television and internet broadcasts. A spokesman for one network, who requested anonymity, said that his reporters were forced to destroy footage taken in the Palestinian autonomous city of Ramallah. He said that Palestinian Authority personnel also phoned his office and demanded that no mention of the celebrations be broadcast.
BBC withdraws photos, alters reportage
The BBC pulled photos of the celebrations from their website and significantly toned down their reportage of the events. Despite footage broadcast yesterday of large crowds of celebrants in the streets, the BBC's broadcasts now claim that only a handful of Palestinians expressed joy at the attacks.
Several networks said that their reporters were directly threatened, while others said that the PA threatened to revoke the entry permits of their personnel into Palestinian Autonomous areas, and to forbid them to employ Palestinian staff.
Such a prohibition would greatly impact the networks' ability to report on the current hostilities in the Middle East, due to the fact that these networks must rely almost entirely on Palestinian stringers and technical staff for local footage.
Israeli reporters have been warned by the Palestinian Authority that if they enter Palestinian territory, their fate will be no different from that of any other Israeli citizen; they will be killed on sight.
The threats recall the case of lynching of two Israeli reservists who lost their way and ended up in Ramallah last October. The reporter who filmed the lynching was eventually forced to leave Israel, after receiving threats from the Palestinian Authority. His network was forced to apologize to the Palestinian Authority for filming the lynching.
Sources: Israel Radio, BBC, CNN
No, no. Maybe 99% the other 1% were sleeping.
Yep. The old candid camera.
As far as I am concerned, they are lower than whale shiite and I am completely aligned with the Israelis. As far as I am concerned, Israel can wipe them all out, starting with Arafat.
No way. They HAD the footage. They elected NOT to use it.
They are pro-Palestinian and pro-Democrat.
Couric, Jennings and Rather are unregistered agents.
In my book, the terrorist acts yesterday started WWIII, which is a war between us and our allies, AGAINST THE ISLAMIC JIHAD. That is the bottom line.
If any nation or faction anywhere supports Islamic Jihad, they are our enemy.
I agree. Anyone who aids, abets, succors, or participates in the Jihad has (or should have) a declaration of war over their heads.
Bingo.
Maybe someone can collect all the pictures and stories?
I found some of them on news.yahoo.com yesterday.
We need to never forget that reaction. It is important that we have it in our minds when our inevitable retribution occurs. We have to remember the mindset of the people we will attack.
You are a fool or a liar to dispute that.
Just ask anyone accused of being an "enemy of Islam" or a "defamer of the Prophet."
Bub-bye...
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