Committee to Protect Journalists Criticizes Mubarak's Policy of Attacking Journalists in Egypt

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The Mubarak regime's violent crackdown has included deliberate targeting of journalists covering the protests across Egypt. News outlets including Al Jazeera, CBS News, ABC News, Fox News, CNN, BBC, the Washington Post, the New York Times, Australian Broadcasting, Danish TV2 News and Swiss television have reported assaults, intimidation or arrests of their workers. We speak to Frank Smyth with the Committee to Protect Journalists, who reports there has been a record of 100 attacks on journalists, 30 detentions, 26 assaults, and eight cases of media equipment seized. "This is worst case of the most blatant violence against the press I have seen in my 24 years reporting and my 10 years at CPJ," Smyth says. "Clearly the Mubarak regime is responsible. They are implementing a policy to eliminate witnesses to what is occurring. It seems that the Mubarak regime is attempting to literally unplug Egypt from the world."

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[marcellogentile1]

The only way to defuse this bomb is to take out mubarak before is to late.

One great statement of this revolution is that Egyptian people are mostly peaceful and loving people which stand together for peace and freedom.

Free Egypt

[MustacheVerra]

@gamoonbat Well seems we agree much than i thought we would. I only briefly looked at your channel and was being judgmental i guess. Sorry about that. ;)

And yes AIPC has has that power. It's ridiculous...

[gamoonbat]

@MustacheVerra - I think that the President came around to advocating that Mubarak step down reluctantly. Most of our Middle East hands here in the U.S. are Israeli or have ties to AIPAC. Politicians do not get all of the information that they need to act in the best interests of the American people.

[gamoonbat]

@MustacheVerra - I am a Democracy Now addict, but I agree that there are times when they fail to investigate the corruption and brutality of left wing totalitarian regimes. They also tend to cover any apparently grassroots activity favorably even when there is sophisticated organization from above as there has been in Mexico and Central America.

What is it about my blog that makes you think that I am a fan of cable TV journalists such as AC?

[MustacheVerra]

@gamoonbat BTW, this attack on US journalist is probably just what the US want so they can vilify the Mubarak regime some more. Hell it could even have been stage. I'm not saying it was but they do these thing you know. They want Mubarak out and they want a new, younger puppet i think.

[MustacheVerra]

@gamoonbat lol... good one! ..You WERE joking right? :)

Well i just had a look at your channel and realized you might be serious here. And you probably mean well. :)

Anyway, i assure you you don't have real journalism in America anymore and that is what you should be worry about. Even democracynow doesn't go nearly as far as they should. Well do do when that means criticizing the right but they are rather soft on the left and are part of this fake right vs left game consciously or not.

[gamoonbat]

@MustacheVerra - -These are our journalists. They were throwing punches at Anderson Cooper!

[MustacheVerra]

@1michelemichele1 Of course the control of resources is at the center of all of this. But that doesn't mean the Israeli aren't able to use this to their benefit. In fact they are leaders in game theory which means they are very well aware of this. & that doesn't lesser the power of the Israeli lobby in anyway. In fact they most likely are dominant in this area anyway. Think speculation on wall street etc...

Coms[iracy theory? Are you kidding? You think they play this game cards on the table?

[1michelemichele1]

@MustacheVerra Smells like conspiracy theory to me, esp after taking a look at your channel. This is bigger than Israel, it always was. Access to oil and regional hegemony is the main driver here, but a lot of people don`t believe that... esp with the signal to noise ratio on the Net & in the media these days

[MustacheVerra]

@MustacheVerra It's not a crazy conspiracy theory as Israel stands to gain from all this destabilization and have them divide thus weaken. And in many other ways. Like drawing attention away from the ongoing building of illegal settlement etc..

And you can bet your ass Israel, this so called ally to America, is back stabbing America to achieve THEIR own goals.

Also, be on the look out for Israel to use this instability as a cover to trigger an even so they can start a new war.