Beaten Fox News Reporter Describes the Bloody Attack
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Beaten Fox journalist Greg Palkot.
Yesterday, we reported that Fox News reporter Greg Palkot and his crew (including cameraman Olaf Wiig) were attacked while covering the unrest in Egypt. Today, Palkot has written a dramatic, first-hand account of the incident. Here’s an excerpt:
Still we waited for a turn in events. The anti-government protesters started targeted the building. When a Molotov cocktail smashed through the window of the room we were in, spreading gas over the floor, we decided that was it. We weren’t going to go up in flames. We were going to make a run for it. We rushed down the stairs and out on the street.
It was nothing short of a battle zone. Smoke filled the air, fighters scrambled back and forth across the no-man’s land between the two sides, hurling rocks, gas bombs, and other projectiles. Bursts of gun fire crackled through the night.
All the while, Egyptian soldiers stood on their tanks from inside the compound of Cairo’s museum across the street, watching it all, not interceding.
Heads low, with everything whizzing by, we scrambled in the direction of our hotel, straight into the thousands of the pro-government mob.
Ibrahim and the other colleague were able to blend into the crowd and left.
Within seconds Olaf and I were spotted as foreigners and attacked. They hit us with their open hands, their fists, sticks, bars, rocks, whatever was around, especially aiming at our heads. They grabbed us and punched us. Several dug through my pockets. All the while screaming madly in our faces. But still we pushed on. [...]
As [Egyptian Army soldiers] stood by, Olaf and I continued to be pummeled by the crowd. His shirt was off, he was writhing and was knocked to the ground twice. I somehow stayed upright but was losing strength fast and the hits were harder. Unable to make it over the high side of the vehicle, I thought Olaf and I were finished. A few more minutes in the crowd and it would have been all over.
Read the rest at FoxNews.com.
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Comments (104)
Ronko
Posted on February 4, 2011 at 1:53pmMan I hope all those journalists are ok. It‘s a good sign that they’re good Egyptians out there but I fear that it won’t matter and the Caliphate will continue as planned which will start a Holy war between the Muslims and the Jews/USA.
Report Post »IM_UR_HUCKLEBERRY
Posted on February 4, 2011 at 1:52pmI know we often give these reporters a hard time for going into the fray and chastise them when they get beat up, (Anderson Cooper), saying they should expect it.
But all in all, we need these eyes and ears to be there for us. We need to get first-hand info rather than govt. originated propaganda.
They EARN their money. Glad I don’t have to do that.
Report Post »jmgair
Posted on February 4, 2011 at 1:50pmWhy did this not happen to Chris Matthews, Rachel Maddow or Kieth Olberman ? Oh, I forgot that they never leave their cozy studios at MSNBC.
Report Post »solaveritas
Posted on February 4, 2011 at 1:50pmIslam is a religion of peace?
No foreign aid for Egypt unless those doctors at the hospital are in power!
Report Post »RestoreCapitalism
Posted on February 4, 2011 at 1:48pmOne can only imagine what would have happened if the mob had thought they were Jews. You know it’s the 99% of muslims that give all the rest a bad name. In America there are plenty of them, just silent about this.
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on February 4, 2011 at 11:56pmActually it is the 1% of Muslims who give the others a bad name!
Report Post »Sister_Mary
Posted on February 4, 2011 at 1:47pmaccording to Matthews this is jsut like the Tea Party meetings … wow !!!
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on February 4, 2011 at 1:58pmYeah, well, it’s a known fact that Matthews “just ain’t right.” Drank too much Koolade!
Report Post »theLarry
Posted on February 4, 2011 at 1:47pmpack a piece to keep the peace
Report Post »Alvin691
Posted on February 4, 2011 at 1:45pmThat’s just Kharma. Anyone headed over there thinking this would be a cakewalk is kidding themselves. They need a long term peaceful solution. Mubarak leaving down immediately is a mistake. They need to have an orderly transition and turn the internet back on. It will allow the info from the rest of the world to seep back in and they can see what they are doing.
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 12:05amThe internet is back on!
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on February 4, 2011 at 1:45pm@MagLight
Report Post »–before Obama tied our hands with the START Treaty and before everybody developed nuclear bombs.
kapnkd
Posted on February 4, 2011 at 2:32pmNot to worry too much! …It’s easy for the US to break treaties….just ask an American Indian!
Report Post »kapnkd
Posted on February 4, 2011 at 2:33pmNot to worry too much! …It’s easy for the US to break treaties….just ask an American Indian!
Report Post »simple thought
Posted on February 4, 2011 at 1:44pmwith such a peaceful religon on display for the world to see,
Report Post »no wonder the American media is afraid to tell the truth about islam..
these people will not be happy till isreal is forced to protect themselves.
at witch time , like japan in the 1940′s , they glow in the dark.
only several well placed nukes will end this radical madness.
and thanks to our bow’r in chief. they’ll be forced to do as we did to japan.
and ya know, japan dont mess with anyone anymore, they learnt the lesson well.
iran, siria, lebanon, will have to exsperince this glow before they are stoped ..
it’s sad, but when it comes down to survival, isreal will have to use the big one..
only thing is , will they use it before iran
DirtyPaw
Posted on February 4, 2011 at 2:32pmSadly that is reality in a nutshell Simple Thought. We are currently in a domino effect and I don’t think it is being interrupted. Nuclear fusion would cauterize the effect but at a high price for all. It might be unavoidable after all. .
Domino effect
Report Post »From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The domino effect is a chain reaction that occurs when a small change causes a similar change nearby, which then will cause another similar change, and so on in linear sequence. The term is best known as a mechanical effect, and is used as an analogy to a falling row of dominoes. It typically refers to a linked sequence of events where the time between successive events is relatively small. It can be used literally (an observed series of actual collisions) or metaphorically (causal linkages within systems such as global finance or politics).
Helldogger
Posted on February 4, 2011 at 1:43pmSo…are you trying to say……that there is a ….cultural difference in the Middle Eastern folk & the American folk? Um????
Report Post »I bet their glad they didn’t get assigned to the Koch Bros protest!
Grumpy old Flight Nurse
Posted on February 4, 2011 at 1:43pmGee. Who know this was possible?
Report Post »jzs
Posted on February 4, 2011 at 1:39pmEver wonder why the attack on CNNs Anderson Cooper simply a big lie, but the attack on the FOX guy is accepted without question?
Report Post »sweetnsalty
Posted on February 4, 2011 at 3:39pmI don’t think they were lies, most people believe it, Katie Curic is lucky she didn’t get beaten, raped or killed I don‘t like her but I’m glad she was not physically hurt.
Report Post »Maglight
Posted on February 4, 2011 at 1:38pmWe should have done that 10 years ago.
Report Post »hollowpoint
Posted on February 4, 2011 at 1:37pmFunny how this story about Egypt has morphed into stories of “poor me journalists”. I keep hearing these stories that are all about themselves rather than the politics of the chaos. I have no sympathy for any of them. They think being in Egypt now will allow them to “make their mark”. I hope the only marks they get are the ones from getting punched in the face. Sorry, sounds mean but they have no business there. They are not wanted there and certainly were not invited.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on February 4, 2011 at 1:54pmHollowpoint, does your username refer to your head?
You have no sympathy for them? You come to TheBlaze for WHAT? News or to get attention? If it’s news, how under God’s sun are you going to get it WITHOUT journalists? Osmosis?
HELLO, EVERYBODY–HOLLOWPOINT IS HERE. PROBABLY AN OLD POSTER WITH A NEW NAME.
HOLLOWPOINT
HOLLOWPOINT
HOLLOWPOINT
There. Is that enough?
Get a life!
Report Post »cnsrvtvj
Posted on February 4, 2011 at 1:33pmThey sure are Boss. :-)
Report Post »EyebrowsLaMana
Posted on February 4, 2011 at 1:29pmWhat?? Middle eastern people acting up?? No…that can’t be right…
Report Post »G man
Posted on February 4, 2011 at 1:26pmYeah well, I love Palkot and all, but I watch Fox and he was clearly on the side of the anti-government protesters. That is not what you do as a reporter. No doubt those in Egypt’s government were watching too. I watched a ton of live feed and I don’t think the pro-government guys were the only ones throwing rocks? He and the rest are lucky we hold some sway over there. Well at least for another day or so. On a side note it seems to me that the most they had in any given rally was about 250K? Hell we had 500K down in Washington in August. Why was the world not asking for Obama to step down?
Report Post »Bob
Posted on February 4, 2011 at 3:25pmI agree, I have watched Greg Palkot and he definitely is not what one would call neutral in his recap of events. Wait, he’s not a reporter is he, he’s really a commentator with views, oh, shame on me for not recognizing that fact sooner. Next we will hear that the tugs that rocked him were paid 2 euros to beat him, of course the government paid them to be sure, which government paid will be the next question?
Report Post »tetgrunt
Posted on February 4, 2011 at 3:53pmI agree. Fox news reporters, Palkot and Shepard etal are interjecting their opinions into this mess and inflaming the principals of this uprising. They too watch the reactions of the Americans. CNN, in the form of Anderson Cooper and others, are doing the same except they believe that it’s the “dawning of the age of aquarius” Egyptian style. No wonder they’re getting the crap beaten out of them! How about “you report we’ll decide”!
Report Post »Chicago Ray
Posted on February 4, 2011 at 1:23pmWhen in the zoo, beware of feeding the animals.
Report Post »EyebrowsLaMana
Posted on February 4, 2011 at 1:30pmWell said!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on February 4, 2011 at 2:41pmI seem to remember reporters during other “events” reporting from roof tops and balconies … please do not put yourselves in a sitution where others are expected to come and rescue you…. at least “try” to be safe. What if they were kidnapped? .. what would this administration do? … 444 days like under Carter? Reagan they feared .. Carter NOT SO MUCH!
Report Post »reza hosseini
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 7:46amWhat’s that supposed to mean, sir?
Report Post »reza hosseini
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 7:48am(comment above)
Report Post »reza hosseini
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 7:50amSorry, my last post was directed toward CHICAGO RAY.
Report Post »Boss J
Posted on February 4, 2011 at 1:20pmBoy those Middle Easterners are a peaceful bunch of folks.
Report Post »middleclassprophet
Posted on February 4, 2011 at 3:50pm-BossJ-
When was the last time a middle-eastener attended a peaceful rally and shot and killed 9 innocent people? Or walked into a church and shot 4 people? We have our fair share of idiots here, you know.
Report Post »harumph
Posted on February 4, 2011 at 5:30pmOk. How about a Muslim army psychiatrist on a U.S. military base?
Report Post »GONESURFING
Posted on February 4, 2011 at 6:49pmHappens all the time but you wouldn’t know that as you are probably glued to MSNBC. I guess you have never heard of suicide bombers.
Report Post »GONESURFING
Posted on February 4, 2011 at 1:19pmHow did they escape ? I want to hear the rest of the story. Wish Greg and Olaf well. These guys go through a lot, Olaf was kidnaped by the Palestinians a while back.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on February 4, 2011 at 1:48pmIt says, “Read the rest at FoxNews.com.” It at the end of the story on the left. There’s a link to it.
Report Post »GONESURFING
Posted on February 4, 2011 at 5:16pmSHOWTIME, thanks, just read the story.
Report Post »Philo Beddoe
Posted on February 4, 2011 at 1:19pmWow.
Running through a gauntlet of crazed ideologues and being beat on.
I’d pray to God everyday and thank him for sparing my life.
Report Post »SREGN
Posted on February 4, 2011 at 1:18pmI‘m surprised that those participants who practise the Religion Of Peace didn’t protect you.
Report Post »SREGN
Posted on February 4, 2011 at 1:29pmOops, some did. I should have read further before shooting off my mouth. Or, I guess fingers. Carry on.
Report Post »crypticmitch86
Posted on February 4, 2011 at 3:14pmThe religion of peace…that’s always good for a laugh
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on February 4, 2011 at 11:49pmMany of the reporters were protected by Egyptians who were on the anti-government side. During prayers the Muslims protesters were protected by the Christian protesters. I thought that was sort of cool! Today there was no violence as the Army prevented the pro-goverment thugs from entering the square. Members of the Muslim Brotherhood are a small minority of Egyptians.
Report Post »cnsrvtvj
Posted on February 4, 2011 at 1:14pmThat’s just about right hauschild. They had an interview on CNN where the people in the streets were chanting for the death of Jews and the United States. I would not want to be walking around in that crowd if I were either from Israel or America. The Muslim Brotherhood has already called for war with Israel if they get in power. So why is the Obama administration supporting those in the street? This isn’t looking good no matter how you slice it.
http://www.donsmithshow.com – see the mixed messages on Egypt video
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on February 4, 2011 at 1:14pmI watched all of this live – and it was a blood mess. But the Army today has keep the thugs away and they have demonstrated all day peacefully with no violence. http://wp.me/pYLB7-A4
79USMC83
Posted on February 4, 2011 at 3:12pmAll we hear from the MEDIA is that all of these attackers are PRO Mubarak. That the violence was all started by them also.
Funny I have been watching this since day one and you cannot tell one side from the other. Looks like to me it is just Muslims beating up Muslims. How the hell do THEY know who they are beating and whom is even in THEIR crowds!!!
It even looked like on the edges men were free to move from on side to the other!!!
Could all of these MEDIA attacks been COVERT Ops by the MUSLIM Brotherhood to MAKE Mubarak look bad???? Maybe the MEDIA was being attacked by JIHADIST that want to KILL all INFIDELS !! The MEDIA is quick to blame PRO-Mubarak people. When it was obvious the MUSLIMS had know idea WHO was WHO themselves !! One thing is sure the PIGS do believe in STONING each other to death and that my friends is SHARIA law at it’s best !!
Maybe that who was attacking the so-called PEACEFUL protesters yesterday too ???
The Muslim Brotherhood believes in the whole world ruled under a Caliphate !!
This is what the “Speech Giver” and the LEFT talk about all the time. Global Economy,Global Warming,Global Law, and Social Justice. Someone did a story yesterday about Bill “I do not know the definition of sex” Clinton the Freaking GLOBAL PRESIDENT !!!
Report Post »be heard
Posted on February 4, 2011 at 4:18pmMy observation is that the anti-government protesters were burning buildings and defacing the museum before the pro-government protesters even showed up. I consider destroying property and burning buildings that people could be in to be violent. So to say one side is violent and the other is peaceful is unfair. Each side is very violent. Each side is throwing rocks.
Report Post »Xcori8r
Posted on February 4, 2011 at 4:21pmI think Palkot got nabbed by Palestinians for a few days a couple of years ago. I know about paying your dues in that line of work but I also know what they say about three strikes, so watch out, Greg.
Report Post »rodamaa
Posted on February 4, 2011 at 4:26pmCheck this link out
http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6386&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+fpmdtn+%28FrontPage+Magazine+%C2%BB+Discover+the+Networks%29
This site is great by the way
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on February 4, 2011 at 4:30pm@79USMC83
Posted on February 4, 2011 at 3:13pm
For those who want to know who the Muslim Brotherhood is go its English web site. Look at the Communist advertisement .
http://www.ikhwanweb.com/article.php?id=804
Good one! Thank you, Sir, and thank you for your service to our country.
Report Post »be heard
Posted on February 4, 2011 at 4:57pmon a sarcastic note, I think CNN and MSNBC need to send some more journalist over for on the street coverage. JK
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 9:10amTo all those DEMANDING video of the occurrence or it won’t be believed should be ashamed of yoursel.. oh wait, that was the Anderson Cooper thread.
Report Post »nptden
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 10:03pmCloward-Piven Principles:
Their strategy to create political, financial, and social chaos that would result in revolution blended Alinsky concepts with their more aggressive efforts at bringing about a change in U.S. government. To achieve their revolutionary change, Cloward and Piven sought to use a cadre of aggressive organizers assisted by FRIENDLY news media to force a re-distribution of the nation’s wealth.
(They used the media as ‘bait’ to make them an ally, and it has worked, so far)
In their Nation article, Cloward and Piven were specific about the kind of “crisis” they were trying to create:
By crisis, we mean a publicly visible disruption in some institutional sphere. Crisis can occur spontaneously (e.g., riots) or as the intended result of tactics of demonstration and protest which either generate institutional disruption or bring unrecognized disruption to public attention.
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 9:50amNPTDEN, your entire post is cut and pasted from other sites. You should credit those.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on February 4, 2011 at 1:41pmI’m praying that we can hold out until we can either vote them out or expose them with documents obtained by House subpoenas.
Ten states have already started the legislative process to require a certified copy of the long-form birth certificate and other certified documents to be attached to paperwork of anyone seeking the office of POTUS or congressional seat before they can be placed on the ballot. It would be a good idea to contact your state representatives to ask that they follow suit. Due process, people, due process! There is no entity who is charged with vetting presidential or congressional candidates. It is up to each of the sovereign states to protect us.
Meanwhile, the court martial of Lt. Col. Terry Lakin needs to be investigated by a House committee! The punishment handed down by the court martial that Obama has allowed is unconscienable! WE THE PEOPLE should stand up on Lt. Col. Lakin’s behalf! I am outraged! I am ashamed of Obama!
Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on February 4, 2011 at 4:40pmSHOWTIME
Report Post »You really think that Obama and his team haven’t already forged up some documents, in the time they had, by now?
walkwithme1966
Posted on February 4, 2011 at 11:52pmThis is not coming here and anyone who is spreading that fear is not being a very good person to scare all your friends. Beck is so wrong on this one!
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