Remembering a war reporter

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I really don't know if any of you followed any of her reports over the years, but Marie Colvin was killed in Syria a few days ago.

NYTimes

Worth a look if you get the chance.

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Also remember, Colvin was killed in an artillery barrage that had been called by the Syrian Army after triangulating sat phone signals.

She entered Syria illegally without crossing Syrian customs or immigration, which is a crime punishable by long prison sentences in Europe and North America. She was in a building in Homs when she started making phone calls on a satellite phone. Satellite phones are extremely expensive and their use is almost unheard of among civilians in any country with developed communications infrastructure. They are a staple among military, paramilitary and terrorist forces and the Syrian army has been - logically - using sat-phone signals to direct artillery strikes against the heavily armed insurgency.

She was not targeted by the Syrian Army and the Syrian Army didn't even know they were shelling a building containing journalists when she was killed.

[Symmetry]

Also remember, Colvin was killed in an artillery barrage that had been called by the Syrian Army after triangulating sat phone signals.

She entered Syria illegally without crossing Syrian customs or immigration, which is a crime punishable by long prison sentences in Europe and North America. She was in a building in Homs when she started making phone calls on a satellite phone. Satellite phones are extremely expensive and their use is almost unheard of among civilians in any country with developed communications infrastructure. They are a staple among military, paramilitary and terrorist forces and the Syrian army has been - logically - using sat-phone signals to direct artillery strikes against the heavily armed insurgency.

She was not targeted by the Syrian Army and the Syrian Army didn't even know they were shelling a building containing journalists when she was killed.

Your faith in the Assad regime is remarkable. Maybe take a time out from trolling on this one though, eh?

[saxitoxin]

Also remember, Colvin was killed in an artillery barrage that had been called by the Syrian Army after triangulating sat phone signals.

She entered Syria illegally without crossing Syrian customs or immigration, which is a crime punishable by long prison sentences in Europe and North America. She was in a building in Homs when she started making phone calls on a satellite phone. Satellite phones are extremely expensive and their use is almost unheard of among civilians in any country with developed communications infrastructure. They are a staple among military, paramilitary and terrorist forces and the Syrian army has been - logically - using sat-phone signals to direct artillery strikes against the heavily armed insurgency.

She was not targeted by the Syrian Army and the Syrian Army didn't even know they were shelling a building containing journalists when she was killed.

Your faith in the Assad regime is remarkable. Maybe take a time out from trolling on this one though, eh?

Is there anything I said that is factually inaccurate?

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In a rare moment of independence, ABC's Jake Tapper grills an Obama regime flunkie over the hilarious hypocrisy of the regime sobbing and lionizing "war reporters" while acting like a tin-pot dictatorship when it comes to reporting on the regime:



I'll bet Tapper will be out of work, writing real estate listings at the El Paso Times by next week.

[Symmetry]

Really not going to go into this one with you, apologies, I'll owe you an indignant reply for another day.

[everywhere116]

Wait, does Syria have a developed communications infrastructure?

[saxitoxin]

Really not going to go into this one with you

I don't really expect you to go into it; there's no way you can deny that I said anything that hasn't been documented as factual. You had a choice between agreement or silence and I anticipated you'd choose the latter. So, no big shocker.

[Symmetry]

Really not going to go into this one with you

I don't really expect you to go into it; there's no way you can deny that I said anything that hasn't been documented as factual. You had a choice between agreement or silence and I anticipated you'd choose the latter. So, no big shocker.

Saxi, really? Those are my only options if I want to make a thread about Marie Colvin?

[saxitoxin]

In a rare moment of independence, ABC's Jake Tapper grills an Obama regime flunkie over the hilarious hypocrisy of the regime sobbing and lionizing "war reporters" while acting like a tin-pot dictatorship when it comes to reporting on the regime:



I'll bet Tapper will be out of work, writing real estate listings at the El Paso Times by next week.

BTW, look at the woman from NPR (National Petroleum Radio) rolling her eyes and making faces when Tapper is asking his question. You can just hear her thinking "HOW DARE HE! How dare he criticize the regime for jailing whistleblowers under the Espionage Act! He is criticizing THE REGIME! I hope our brave SS agents shoot him for treason and disloyalty."

[Symmetry]

In a rare moment of independence, ABC's Jake Tapper grills an Obama regime flunkie over the hilarious hypocrisy of the regime sobbing and lionizing "war reporters" while acting like a tin-pot dictatorship when it comes to reporting on the regime:



I'll bet Tapper will be out of work, writing real estate listings at the El Paso Times by next week.

BTW, look at the woman from NPR (National Petroleum Radio) rolling her eyes and making faces when Tapper is asking his question. You can just hear her thinking "HOW DARE HE! How dare he criticize the regime for jailing whistleblowers under the Espionage Act! He is criticizing THE REGIME! I hope our brave SS agents shoot him for treason and disloyalty."

Quoting yourself as a source? Give the lady a bit of respect and go easy on the narcissism. Maybe? Just once? Out of a vestige of respect?

[everywhere116]

In a rare moment of independence, ABC's Jake Tapper grills an Obama regime flunkie over the hilarious hypocrisy of the regime sobbing and lionizing "war reporters" while acting like a tin-pot dictatorship when it comes to reporting on the regime:



I'll bet Tapper will be out of work, writing real estate listings at the El Paso Times by next week.

BTW, look at the woman from NPR (National Petroleum Radio) rolling her eyes and making faces when Tapper is asking his question. You can just hear her thinking "HOW DARE HE! How dare he criticize the regime for jailing whistleblowers under the Espionage Act! He is criticizing THE REGIME! I hope our brave SS agents shoot him for treason and disloyalty."

Quoting yourself as a source? Give the lady a bit of respect and go easy on the narcissism. Maybe? Just once? Out of a vestige of respect?

Looked to me like she was saying "What? What are you talking about? When has that ever happened?"

[saxitoxin]

In a rare moment of independence, ABC's Jake Tapper grills an Obama regime flunkie over the hilarious hypocrisy of the regime sobbing and lionizing "war reporters" while acting like a tin-pot dictatorship when it comes to reporting on the regime:



I'll bet Tapper will be out of work, writing real estate listings at the El Paso Times by next week.

BTW, look at the woman from NPR (National Petroleum Radio) rolling her eyes and making faces when Tapper is asking his question. You can just hear her thinking "HOW DARE HE! How dare he criticize the regime for jailing whistleblowers under the Espionage Act! He is criticizing THE REGIME! I hope our brave SS agents shoot him for treason and disloyalty."

Quoting yourself as a source? Give the lady a bit of respect and go easy on the narcissism. Maybe? Just once? Out of a vestige of respect?

Looked to me like she was saying "What? What are you talking about? When has that ever happened?"

Good point, National Petroleum Radio (NPR) reporters reflect the intelligence of most Staters and generally aren't up on basic facts, like the fact that in 3 years six whistleblowers have been rounded up and jailed by Obama regime state security officials under the Espionage Act for talking to reporters (when in the preceding 100 years this had only happened 3 times):

http://blackagendareport.com/content/ob ... tleblowers

[saxitoxin]

In a rare moment of independence, ABC's Jake Tapper grills an Obama regime flunkie over the hilarious hypocrisy of the regime sobbing and lionizing "war reporters" while acting like a tin-pot dictatorship when it comes to reporting on the regime:



I'll bet Tapper will be out of work, writing real estate listings at the El Paso Times by next week.

BTW, look at the woman from NPR (National Petroleum Radio) rolling her eyes and making faces when Tapper is asking his question. You can just hear her thinking "HOW DARE HE! How dare he criticize the regime for jailing whistleblowers under the Espionage Act! He is criticizing THE REGIME! I hope our brave SS agents shoot him for treason and disloyalty."

Quoting yourself as a source? Give the lady a bit of respect and go easy on the narcissism. Maybe? Just once? Out of a vestige of respect?

Respect for oil industry PR flacks? I'll let you carry that banner.

[Symmetry]

Thanks, I guess.