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‘I’m Hit!’: ABC Correspondent Beaten in Bahrain Protest Crackdown

Posted on February 16, 2011 at 11:01pm by Meredith Jessup
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Miguele Marquez (ABC)

Expanding unrest across the Middle East entangled another American journalist in violent protests Wednesday evening after an ABC News correspondent was attacked while covering protests in Bahrain.

According to ABC, reporter Miguel Marquez was beaten during a military crackdown in Bahrain’s capital of Manama. The military action reportedly left two people dead.

Marquez was on the scene early Thursday (local time) as military police stormed Pearl Square, a gathering point for thousands of anti-government protesters. Though he says he was not seriously injured in the ordeal, the ABC correspondent said he was hit with billy clubs and that his camera was confiscated as he tried to explain that he was a journalist.

Like Egyptian protesters, the anti-government movement in Bahrain is pushing for sweeping political reforms from the country’s ruling monarchy.

Marquez was actually on the phone with ABC News in New York when the police crackdown commenced. “There was a canister that looked like — No! No! No! Hey! I’m a journalist here!” he could be heard yelling.

“I’m going! I’m going! I’m going! I’m going!” he said. “I’m hit.“ ”I just got beat rather badly by a gang of thugs,” Marquez said later. “I’m now in a marketplace near our hotel where people are cowering in buildings.”

He delivered the following report live at the scene:

“I mean, these people are not screwing around,” Marque added. “They’re going to clear that square, tonight, ahead of any protest, on Friday. The government clearly does not want this to get any bigger.”

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Comments (77)

pattybbb1
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 12:57am
Hear what the reporter said? If Bahrain goes, Saudi Arabia is in trouble.
Hope the reporter is ok.
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- ChiefGeorge
  Posted on February 18, 2011 at 1:02am
  Because Bahrain is where the Saudis zealots go to have man sex. Its the Las Vegas of the region….everybody knows that. A bridge connects the two and the zealots who cannot sin in Saudi come over in their big BMWs and make hay on the other side. No Bahrain, No Saudi!
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WILLIAM E.
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 12:56am
ABC should send Jimmy Carter & Katie Couric to do the reporting on this !!
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MONEY_FOR_NOTHING
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 12:54am
It didn’t sneak through. The site moderators are wise enough to know my comments were not sexual in nature, nor degrading to women. The woman, of course, being the finest of God’s creations.
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auntmoxie.com
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 12:34am
But I thought the media said this was “peaceful”– you know, warm and fuzzy freedom stuff….
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- fineyounglad
  Posted on February 17, 2011 at 12:46am
  It is all warm and fuzzy… if you consider beatings and rapes warm and fuzzy.
  
  I know the Islamic culture because I have lived with them. Americans our starting to see the true face of Islam now. That is that they murder those who violate anything that violates Sharia and they also rape women and children (including boys) because they think primitively. It may sound stupid and primitive but hey, that is the truth. I have been there with them and that is the way they are. They’re primitive.
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Chicago Ray
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 12:23am
Gee are they getting the Message most of us got on 911?

You know the one, that Muslims hate America and everyone and everything in it except the other Muslims, who are ONLY here planting their flag all over our nation until they finally come marching row by row out of the Mosques every 3 miles across the landscape they promise are ‘houses of worship’ when we know they’re filled with ammo and weaponry in reality…

They’ve already conquered Michiganistan thanks to liberal loon PC running interference for them gladly. Useful idiots, useful to the enemy of course.
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MONEY_FOR_NOTHING
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 12:19am
Beaten? In my neighborhood if you get a beating you’re unconscious.

This guy got pushed around a little bit. Bunch of *******….
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- Chicago Ray
  Posted on February 17, 2011 at 12:24am
  They sure are wusses, I’m surprised that snuck through the blaze censoring committee ;) lol
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- RED-DAWN
  Posted on February 17, 2011 at 11:26am
  Now that’s funny. What I don’t understand is where is the video? I think they were just sitting around having a drink, happy hour don’t you know, and realized they had to send in a story. They cut off the camera and the cameraman pushed him around a bit. Those sounds he claimed were teargas canisters sure sounded like beer cans hitting the floor to me. I believe nothing unless I have verified it myself.
  
  I’m just saying……..
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jeckelmyhyde
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 12:01am
The enablers are being turned on, they didn’t mean it.
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SpankDaMonkey
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 11:59pm
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What is wrong with you people? First some moron thought it would be good to send a Blonde (just 1) into a crowd of 200,000 lalalalala yell’in men. And now your dumb behind goes and stands in another crowd of fallalalalalalalala yell’in men………..

There is no shortage of stupid on the left…………..
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fineyounglad
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 11:56pm
He “got hit” he is a faker like Geraldo.
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thepatriotdave
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 11:54pm
When will these journalists learn? Unless you are praising Allah, you are fair game. They don’t give a crap that you are a reporter, they only care about what their Mullahs said to them.

If you are going to play in their sand-box you should at least learn how to play the game.

http://tinyurl.com/4rv8xsm
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heavllyarmed
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 11:52pm
ok it’s time send in wolf blizter
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- cheezwhiz
  Posted on February 16, 2011 at 11:53pm
  Good one
  :D
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- dcwu
  Posted on February 17, 2011 at 12:04am
  Helen Thomas
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- chickenlittle
  Posted on February 17, 2011 at 9:48am
  Geraldo, for that matter… might make his head a little smaller since he seems to think everybody loves him.
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bkeely
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 11:44pm
Is this the future of the middle east? I hope not if it is we are in deep trouble.
All to often a sad story told in America, trust no one with your children, and ask every child quesitons all the time…

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Buck

http://www.***************

Heirloom Seeds ‘How God plants His garden’
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ares338
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 11:43pm
Oh those crazy peace loving Muslims and their hilarious hijinx.
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- Portnov
  Posted on February 17, 2011 at 4:13am
  Everyone commenting on how violent and frenzied these Muslim protesters are seem to be either very misinformed or just choose to ignore factual truth. First off, the protesters aren’t the ones beating up journalists; the military or government-supported thugs are. This is a recurring theme in all these countries, yet the majority of you still insist the protesters are the violent ones. Get real! Second, the fact that these countries have Muslim majorities is NOT the cause of the violence…greedy bastards who choose to use violence to remain in power are the cause. For further proof that violence exists in nearly every revolution (not just ones involving Muslims), might I suggest looking into the histories of Russia, China, India, Germany, Mexico, Cuba, France, Czech Republic, Greece, Vietnam, and…oh yeah, the United States.
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- jimmythebullet
  Posted on February 17, 2011 at 4:49am
  portnov-
  did you miss the story on laura(lara?)logan?-beaten and gang raped by approx.200 “peace loving protesters”.20 egyptian WOMEN and military personnel saved her life.
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- arx
  Posted on February 17, 2011 at 9:49am
  Somebody appears to have it all figured out. I’m glad MSNBC could help. But I will say this… ‘factual’ truth’ is redundant…
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Outside Looking In
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 11:42pm
When do they all figure out that this ‘revolution’ thing is a messy bit of business?

Fools.
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thomas242007
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 11:39pm
Religion of peace at it again isnt islam beutiful? theyre such peace loving people
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- gobluebuckeye
  Posted on February 17, 2011 at 7:47am
  Its beautiful
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exdem
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 11:38pm
Guess they have no more respect for journalist than they do for anyone else. These peaceful people that just want democracy seem really violent, especially to westerners. I wonder how many have poured in through our borders? Do you feel safe? I don’t.
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cheezwhiz
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 11:37pm
“There was a canister that looked like — No! No! No! Hey! I’m a journalist here!” he could be heard yelling.
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Wrong words dude.
Should have said
” Hey brothers, I am from ABC, haven’t you heard about Behar and Whoopi and Rosie ? We love commies too . We are with you, I even have a Che t-shirt under my suit…”
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- Laurie
  Posted on February 17, 2011 at 8:49am
  exactly!!!!! perfectly said!
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vennoye
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 11:32pm
These protesters must not realize that they are beating up their cheerleaders.
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- Chicago Ray
  Posted on February 17, 2011 at 12:40am
  That’s a good one and so true…especially the chicks, AndersonPooper included….
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kentuckypatriot
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 11:30pm
you’d have thought they would have learned their lessons in egypt!
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- etetetet
  Posted on February 16, 2011 at 11:36pm
  learn? learn? hahahahahahahahahhahahahahahhahahahahhahaha – heheheehehehehehe – hahahahahhahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahhahahahahhahaha – heheheehehehehehe – hahahahahhahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahhahahahahhahaha – heheheehehehehehe – hahahahahhahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahhahahahahhahaha – heheheehehehehehe – hahahahahha
  That’s a good one :)
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DashRipRock
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 11:30pm
If I was a Journalist in the middle East

I would carrying a lot of rocks

and reporting from a camel.
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- SpankDaMonkey
  Posted on February 17, 2011 at 12:01am
  .
  If I was a Journalist in the middle East
  
  I’d be trying to get my dumb azz back to America. Where I could cover a Union Protest and not get my butt kicked……………
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- Chicago Ray
  Posted on February 17, 2011 at 12:36am
  Better carrying the new and troop loved Punisher! In fact they should emboss your avatar right on the freaking barrel of that thing!! ; )
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- Chicago Ray
  Posted on February 17, 2011 at 12:38am
  Oops I thought yours was MrButcher’s MuhammadHead from the cartoon uprising of whenever the flickflock that was, I get all these ****** uprisings confused since one just morphs into the next since the last Crusades.
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cheezwhiz
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 11:24pm
“I mean, these people are not screwing around,” Marque added. “They’re going to clear that square, tonight, ahead of any protest, on Friday. The government clearly does not want this to get any bigger.”
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Your turn Mika
;-)
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GrannyATL
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 11:21pm
What was it that Beck said? Oh, yea, that’s right……a cascade of violence througout the Middle East.

Bahrain wasn‘t on anyone’s radar. Now this reporter is talking about the possibility of Saudi Arabia being one of the next locations for violence?
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TruthTalker
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 11:17pm
This from the religion of love and peace?!?!?!
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GrannyATL
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 11:13pm
There go those peaceful Muslims again.
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MrButcher
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 11:08pm
way it goes…

don’t look for any pattern in these “revolutions” just yet.

if you think you see one then (think to yourself) you don’t..

this is anarchy spreading in lunatic lands.

let it spread….
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- etetetet
  Posted on February 16, 2011 at 11:29pm
  Agree with your statement – throughout history, borders, governments, and countries have continuous modifications and do-overs. This is just another Do-Over time.
  Only if we see one from that region rise to join them all, then, I’ll be scared.
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- walkwithme1966
  Posted on February 16, 2011 at 11:36pm
  I certainly won’t want to be a journalist in the Middle East right now!! http://wp.me/pYLB7-DF
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- etetetet
  Posted on February 16, 2011 at 11:45pm
  WALKWITHME1966 – your link is opinion.
  Here are some Facts about one who was in the middle of it all. Listen to then entire response(s) from the former S.o.S
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- etetetet
  Posted on February 16, 2011 at 11:50pm
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsWAPSRWCZg
  forgot to copy link
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- Chicago Ray
  Posted on February 17, 2011 at 12:34am
  “I certainly won’t want to be a journalist in the Middle East right now!! ”
  
  I wouldn‘t wanna be one ever in this ’PC-ified Liberal idiocy class of the new millennium” basically. A collection of useful idiot Traitors in any other moment in America’s history.
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- grandmaof5
  Posted on February 17, 2011 at 9:17am
  ABC, CNN, CBS, get the hell out of there!!!!! Maybe they will wake up to what is going on and take what Glenn is saying more seriously (MSNBC is a lost cause). It is a shame their news people are the ones in the line of fire when it is the execs not listening.
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- taskmaster78
  Posted on February 17, 2011 at 9:36am
  What a dimwit: look at his own words, “I’m a journalist” several time. He obviously thought they gave a crap that he carrying a journalist pass, in short no. These were not thugs they were the cops and he was at the wrong place at the wrong time. It illustrates the arrogance of these journalist, it‘s like the self important Senator Kerry’s famous “do you know who I am?”
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- MontanaRob
  Posted on February 17, 2011 at 10:04am
  To walkwithme1966
  According to your link, there was no yellowcake, however there WAS! There was an attempt to purchase NEW material which was described as a reason for the invasion. The yellowcake that was already there had been guarded since 1991 by UN inspectors, not the most trustworthy lot. When Saddam was threatened, those inspectors were tossed out and left the 550 metric tons of material ungaurded. It was feared that Saddam might get it out of there through Syria or directly to Iran.
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25546334/ns/world_news-mideast/n_africa/
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- Polwatcher
  Posted on February 17, 2011 at 4:39pm
  Danger, community organizers at work.
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