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Two Fox News journalists kidnapped in Gaza: witness (Update: see Post #193)
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Posted on 08/14/2006 10:27:48 AM PDT by slowhand520

GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinian gunmen kidnapped two foreign journalists working for the Fox News television channel in Gaza on Monday, a witness said.

The witness, a Palestinian who worked with the two journalists, said one of them, a producer, was an American, and the other, whose nationality he did not know, was a cameraman.

The Fox News bureau in Jerusalem said it was checking the report.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the abduction.

The witness said two vehicles blocked the journalist's transmission truck in the center of Gaza City and a masked man put a gun to the bodyguard's head, forcing him to the ground.

The kidnappers then sped away with the two journalists.

Similar incidents in the past in Gaza have ended with the release, usually within hours, of kidnapped foreign journalists or aid workers.

Many of the abductions were carried out by Palestinians pressing a grievance against the Palestinian government or its security forces


TOPICS: Breaking News; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2006israelwar; centanni; foxnews; gaza; israel; journalist; olafwiig; warcorrespondents; wot
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To: kcvl
The Fox TV team's Palestinian driver and two other journalists were set free. No group has yet claimed responsibility for kidnapping the pair.

I looks like they did not like the coverage given by this reporter.

81 posted on 08/14/2006 11:06:24 AM PDT by mware (Americans in armchairs doing the job of the media.)
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To: NRA2BFree

Hunt????


82 posted on 08/14/2006 11:06:54 AM PDT by mware (Americans in armchairs doing the job of the media.)
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To: MizSterious

His voice is always strident and sounds like there's some big emergency going on even when there isn't one. And I agree with you that he completely sides with the terrorists.

I don't like him at all and frequently change the channel when he's on because he's made statements before like the one you outlined and it infuriated me.


83 posted on 08/14/2006 11:07:33 AM PDT by Peach (Prayers for Israel and all who love her.)
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To: maggief

You know who I was tempted to post who also wore the blue vest and helmet... Thank goodness I held that urge back... wouldn't be proper.


84 posted on 08/14/2006 11:08:14 AM PDT by AliVeritas (Talk to those who kill their own children, by Jihad/PR ? Remember Beslan.)
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To: maggief

How's he going to get home. No mascara allowed on US planes!


85 posted on 08/14/2006 11:09:08 AM PDT by OldFriend (I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag.....and My Heart to the Soldier Who Protects It.)
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To: mware

Hunt is the only reporter with FNC who has a noticeable British accent, IIRC.


86 posted on 08/14/2006 11:09:08 AM PDT by jdm (I gotta give the Helen Thomas obsession a rest.)
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To: Red Badger
Not SHEP?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!............

No way, they'd send him back with condolences.

87 posted on 08/14/2006 11:09:21 AM PDT by mtbopfuyn (I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
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To: SE Mom

Mike Vin Diesel Tobin is in Israel right?


88 posted on 08/14/2006 11:09:28 AM PDT by AliVeritas (Talk to those who kill their own children, by Jihad/PR ? Remember Beslan.)
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To: slowhand520
I hope it isn't Amy Kellogg or Jennifer Griffin. They seem like nice girls.

Amy Kellogg is meaner than a snake and braver than a rodeo clown. She can hold her own.

89 posted on 08/14/2006 11:09:49 AM PDT by CholeraJoe (USAF Air Rescue "That others may live.")
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To: slowhand520

greg palkot?


90 posted on 08/14/2006 11:11:30 AM PDT by callthemlikeyouseethem (GWB: 12 Aug 06: "...I ask for your patience, cooperation, and vigilance in the coming days.")
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To: TexasBeth
Here is the text:

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TWO journalists from the US Fox News television channel, one American and the other Irish, were kidnapped by armed men in Gaza, witnesses said.

The two, a correspondent and a cameraman, were seized after gunmen intercepted their car in Gaza City.

The Fox TV team's Palestinian driver and two other journalists were set free. No group has yet claimed responsibility for kidnapping the pair.

91 posted on 08/14/2006 11:11:43 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (History is soon Forgotten,)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Is JOnathan Hunt Irish???


92 posted on 08/14/2006 11:12:54 AM PDT by mware (Americans in armchairs doing the job of the media.)
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To: AliVeritas

That's who I was thinking about, Mike Tobin. They may have bit off more than they can chew if they kidnapped Tobin. He looks solid as a rock.


93 posted on 08/14/2006 11:13:51 AM PDT by Quilla
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To: Mo1
Has FNC confirmed this report???

I bet they won't until it's a hard and true fact and still they'd probably delay it for negotiations. I mean why publicize it when that's just playing into the terrorists' hands.

94 posted on 08/14/2006 11:13:52 AM PDT by mtbopfuyn (I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Correspondent, huh


95 posted on 08/14/2006 11:14:09 AM PDT by lainie
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
I hope it wasn't Steve Centani or Greg Palcot. Both are excellent journalists.
96 posted on 08/14/2006 11:14:25 AM PDT by rintense
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To: slowhand520

It is in Gaza, not Lebanon. So the ceasefire doesn't cover there.


97 posted on 08/14/2006 11:14:37 AM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: Quilla

No comment... just went to confession last week.


98 posted on 08/14/2006 11:14:50 AM PDT by AliVeritas (Talk to those who kill their own children, by Jihad/PR ? Remember Beslan.)
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To: Fawn
He's very unique

Do you know how to sneak up on a bunny? Unique up on him! /j

99 posted on 08/14/2006 11:15:03 AM PDT by mtbopfuyn (I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
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To: slowhand520

CNN reported this too. Of course, gel bras are a much more important story in Fox's mind. Thank goodness DaySide is over.


100 posted on 08/14/2006 11:15:18 AM PDT by NinoFan
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