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> > > -----Original Message----- > Subject: Pentagon: "Who cares . . . [journalists] have been warned" > > > At 7:59 PM -1000 3/10/03, viviane wrote: > > > http://www.gulufuture.com/ > >PENTAGON THREATENS TO KILL INDEPENDENT REPORTERS IN IRAQ > >10th March, 2003 > >by Fintan Dunne, Editor > > > > The Pentagon has threatened to fire on the satellite uplink positions > > >of independent journalists in Iraq, according to veteran BBC war > >correspondent, Kate Adie. In an interview with Irish radio, Ms. Adie > >said that questioned about the consequences of such potentially fatal > >actions, a senior Pentagon officer had said: "Who cares.. ..They've > >been warned." > > > > According to Ms. Adie, who twelve years ago covered the last Gulf > >War, the Pentagon attitude is: "entirely hostile to the free spread of > >information." > > > > "I am enormously pessimistic of the chance of decent on-the-spot > >reporting, as the war occurs," she told Irish national broadcaster, Tom > > >McGurk on the RTE1 Radio "Sunday Show." > > > > Ms. Adie made the startling revelations during a discussion of media > > >freedom issues in the likely upcoming war in Iraq. She also warned that > > >the Pentagon is vetting journalists according to their stance on the > >war, and intends to take control of US journalists' satellite equipment > > >--in order to control access to the airwaves. > > > >Another guest on the show, war author Phillip Knightley, reported that > >the Pentagon has also threatened they: "may find it necessary to bomb > >areas in which war correspondents are attempting to report from the > >Iraqi side." > > > >Audio of this very frank discussion of the problems facing reporters in > > >Iraq. > >Guests: Kate Adie, BBC; Phillip Knightley, author of The First > >Casualty, a history of war correspondents and propaganda; Chris Hedges, > > >award winning human rights journalist, and former Irish Times Editor > >Connor Brady on the Sunday Show, RTE Radio1 9th March, 2003. ========= > >*** NOTICE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this > material is > >distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest > in > >receiving the included information for research and educational > purposes.*** > > > > > Come one come all! Families United against War Rally and March, Sunday 2:00 p to 5:00 p, Hermann Hill by Miller Outdoor theater. Child-friendly events and activities!! Sponsored by the HCJNW. > > > ----------------------------------------- > FRIDAY CANDLELIGHT VIGIL TO STOP THE BUSH WAR PLAN! > > Join us for a weekly protest/vigil at Mecom Fountain, where Montrose Blvd. ends at Hermann Park. We will maintain a presence from 5:00 p to 8:00 p every Friday. Come when you can -- leave when you want. Candles will be available. > ********************************************* > Sunday -- Dec. 1 -- 2:30 pm to 5:00 pm. Special meeting to make plans for nonviolent direct action on national protest day against the war on Iraq, (December 10). HPJC, 1627 W. Alabama. All nonviolent peace activists welcome! > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http://archive.jab.org/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http://archive.jab.org/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
