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‘Set up to Be Shot’: TV Reporter Says Rebels Lured Him to Attack by Syrian Army

British Channel 4 News Journalist Alex Thomson Says Rebels Set Him Up To Be Shot By Syrian Army

Channel 4 News Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson

Providing further evidence that there don’t seem to be obvious good guys in the civil war gripping Syria, a prominent British journalist alleged he and his team were lured by Syrian opposition forces into a trap, hoping they would be targeted for killing by the Syrian Army last weekend.

Alex Thompson, chief correspondent for Channel 4 News described the harrowing experience on his blog. Unlike many reporters covering Syria who sneak across the border from Lebanon, Thomson and his team were covering the conflict with the knowledge of the Assad government, which had granted them entry visas.

Providing a window to the lives of reporters covering war zones, he explains a United Nations official at the outset emphasized its representatives were not responsible for journalists. U.N. officer in charge Mark Reynolds told Thomson, “If you get into trouble we’ll leave you, yes? You’re on your own,” words that later that day would ring frighteningly true.

Thompson sets the scene of the day which was tense but at first appeared not to hold much promise for action. Clearly this was a case of the quiet before the storm as their convoy set out:

Just two UN plus the local police white patrol car marked “Protocol” as escort, moving south through the peaceful areas of Homs, unmarked by war.

Barely ten minutes south from the city and it’s goodbye protocol. The last Syrian Army checkpoint is right on the main highway south to Damascus.

We’re headed west – just follow the direction the tank barrel is pointing next to the parked protocol car and you get the idea.

There’s always that slight tightening of the stomach across deserted no-mans-land, but this is open country, no sign of fighting.

Presently, the first motorbike picks us up and we are across and into the first Free Syrian Army checkpoint.

After a long and dusty half-hour of tracks across olive groves, we arrive at al Qusayr, to the predictable crowd scene.

The U.N. officials settle down for a long meeting with local leaders, as Thomson and his colleagues wait outside.

But time drags. Our deadline begins to loom. And there’s this really irritating guy who claims to be from “rebel intelligence” and won’t quite accept that we have a visa from the government.

In his book foreign journos are people smuggled in from Lebanon illegally and that’s that. We don’t fit his profile.

He and his mates are making things difficult for our driver and translator too – their Damascus IDs and our Damascus van reg are not helping.

This is new. Different. Hostile. This is not like Homs or Houla and still the UN meeting drags on in the hot afternoon…

We decide to ask for an escort out the safe way we came in. Both sides, both checkpoints will remember our vehicle.

As is characteristic of war zones, Thomson describes an unexpected turn of events:

Suddenly four men in a black car beckon us to follow. We move out behind.

We are led another route. Led in fact, straight into a free-fire zone. Told by the Free Syrian Army to follow a road that was blocked off in the middle of no-man’s-land.

At that point there was the crack of a bullet and one of the slower three-point turns I’ve experienced. We screamed off into the nearest side-street for cover.

Another dead-end.

There was no option but to drive back out onto the sniping ground and floor it back to the road we’d been led in on.

Predictably the black car was there which had led us to the trap. They roared off as soon as we re-appeared.

Without the ability to access the Free Syria Army fighters, The Blaze cannot verify if the rebels indeed were targeting Thomson and his team, or if they too were caught off-guard by Syrian Army forces. Thomson has no doubt:

I’m quite clear the rebels deliberately set us up to be shot by the Syrian Army. Dead journos are bad for Damascus.

That conviction only strengthened half an hour later when our four friends in the same beaten-up black car suddenly pulled out of a side-street, blocking us from the UN vehicles ahead.

An Arab League observer to Syria Nawaf Al Thani tweeted to Thomson that he believes he was similarly “set up” by Syrian rebels earlier this year.

The Committee to Protect Journalists reports at least nine journalists have been killed in Syria since November, making it “the most dangerous place for journalists in the world.”

Thomson says he believes “it was nothing personal.”

(H/T: Arutz 7)

Comments (62)

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  • Passerby
    Posted on June 11, 2012 at 5:51pm

    Yeah, it’s ethnic clensing. All those places the Muslims are being attacked are in the traditional Alawite areas near the coast. They are driving the Muslims out, (and/or exterminating them.)

    They are about to exterminate a Muslim village very deeply embedded in the Alawite region. I suspect they won’t leave any body parts scattered around this time…

    “WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Syrian government appears to be planning a massacre in the opposition stronghold of Haffeh, the U.S. State Department said on Monday, and it warned that Syria’s army will be held to account for killings.

    State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said Washington shared the alarm of international mediator Kofi Annan, who described reports of mortar bombs, helicopters and tanks being used in Haffeh, near the coast, as well as government shelling of the opposition stronghold of Homs.

    “We are calling this out now in the hope that we can stop what could be a potential massacre,” Nuland said, citing reports from U.N. monitors on the ground in Syria.

    Nuland said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces were using “horrific tactics” including firing on civilians from airborne helicopters and deploying plainclothes “shabbiha” militia which the opposition has accused of slaughtering civilians in earlier attacks in the villages of Houla and Mazraat al-Qubeir….”

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  • Delores at CH WV
    Posted on June 11, 2012 at 10:39am

    When you are bored in a War, make yourself the News. Sad, this is not Real News

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  • trueamerican40
    Posted on June 10, 2012 at 11:49pm

    Let Russia save the Syrians. Sad to say but they won’t…the Russians are planning a bigger ME campaign to stamp out the only democratic country in the region—Israel.

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  • beckyspatflaveredstew
    Posted on June 10, 2012 at 10:36pm

    Nothing personal, we thought you were Charlie Sheen.

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  • random357
    Posted on June 10, 2012 at 9:39pm

    Wish they could get some some lame stream reporters.

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  • TRILO
    Posted on June 10, 2012 at 9:04pm

    Once again the US is helping the rebels. Can our government say with clarity who these people are? In Egypt and Libya the rebels turned out to be Muslim Brotherhood and Al Qaeda. These people (rebels) will stop at nothing including killing the old, women and children to get power. The Muslim Brotherhood, Al Qaeda and all the other terrorist groups are masters at killing then blaming someone else. They have no problem putting on the attire of their enemy, dressing up like a woman or loading a donkey with explosives to create as much death and destruction as possible. The rebels are no better than the dictators they wish to replace.

    Our country has assisted in the total destruction of the Middle East. If they think handing countries over to the Muslim Brotherhood will benefit our international interests, their heads must be somewhere where the sun does not shine.

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  • Passerby
    Posted on June 10, 2012 at 7:15pm

    Different religion, different genetics (both parents have to be Alawite to be Alawite, no exceptions), civil war, 1300 years of grudges, heavy weapons and WMD, outside interests flooding them with weapons, this fire has a lot of gasoline on it.

    The Muslims blow up pizza parlors full of Israeli women and children, but they never ever do that to the Alawites. Up to now. The reason is the Alwaites would exact a terrible revenge on the women and children of the Muslims, and they have the equipment and training to do it on an industrial scale. But these are Muslims after all, and every wild eyed Sunni jihadist is headed there, including Al-Qaeda, and whether we mention it or not, you better believe they want to grab one of those WMD sites. And they are getting stronger…
    Syrian rebels take over air base near Homs
    Battalion commander reportedly gives soldiers choice to go home or join the rebellion, forces choose the latter
    http://www.timesofisrael.com/syrian-fighters-conquer-airstrip-submarine-create-rebel-base/
    …Continued…

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    • Passerby
      Posted on June 10, 2012 at 7:23pm

      If there is a happy solution, where the WMD don’t get scattered to the wind, and there isn’t mass genocide and a Middle East wide war, it has to be to partition the country. Give the Alawites the homeland along the coast they they wanted all along. The butchering of the women and children are happening in Sunni enclaves in the Alawites areas. It could just be the strong eliminating the weak, but it also could be that’s what they are aiming at as a fallback position. Put a ton of UN troops between them and the Muslims for a half century or so. The Christians and other minorities can join them.

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  • blackyb
    Posted on June 10, 2012 at 5:40pm

    All any of them have to do is just take their azzes to Mexico, get some kid of ID saying they are Mexicans and come up here and get all kinds of free services, a great, almost free education, a place in government, run for any office and have all the protections that normally U.S. citizens would have and more. Vote themselves into Government and save all the killing. They can just come from within like those that are in there now working for any government but the U.S. who has fed, clothes, and gave them a great living. Is this all sick or what? It is true. They sit back and mock and laught at how stupid the American people are for allowing this. They better get Holder out of that Justice Department and Obama out of our White House because they are giving everything, even our vote away.

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  • WykkedWiggz
    Posted on June 10, 2012 at 4:30pm

    Trick or Betrayed

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  • blackyb
    Posted on June 10, 2012 at 4:21pm

    Bring your silly reporter azzes home. Getting shot is very personal. It is silly to go into a war zone and report news. You are not getting anything the services are not getting. They will release it sooner or later. They have journalists. That is not news, it is stupid in the first place. Stay out of places where you have no business. You are putting yourselves and others in danger so you can look big.

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  • South Philly Boy
    Posted on June 10, 2012 at 3:24pm

    Hey is this Guy Separated from Birth from Charlie Sheen?

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  • Passerby
    Posted on June 10, 2012 at 2:37pm

    There is a great international outcry, including some here saying we should get involved militarily etc. because 10,000 have been murdered. 100,000 have been murdered just across our border. And Mexico is a lot easier for the US Army to get to. And we sure got justification right across our border if 10,000 in some tribal hellhole on the other side of the planet is justification. They own everything on the other side of the border, (and probably a lot on this side), turn it into a no-man’s land. Long before we get involved with this one.

    Except for one thing…
    —–
    Syria never signed any treaties about WMD, and are believed to have 50 different sites (at least) that reportedly include VX and Anthrax. No one knows for sure, (even if we didn’t have the example of Iraq), because since they never signed anything, they don’t have to say anything.
    http://theweek.com/article/index/228841/could-syrias-wmds-fall-into-terrorists-hands
    Everyone’s tired of hearing about it, after Iraq, and no good purpose in putting it in the minds of terrorists any more than it already is, but it’s not a myth, and far more horrific than the stuff in WWI. That gets loose, if it only tipped us into a Great Depression, it would be a miracle. It would be a very different world we’d be living in….Continued…

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    • Passerby
      Posted on June 10, 2012 at 2:45pm

      And then this today, from the semi-official Russian government mouthpiece…
      http://www.rt.com/news/syria-chemical-weapons-plot-532/
      They are actually claiming (by saying some media report) that Turkey is training the rebels on how to use Chemical Weapons. And that they are going to use them on themselves and blame it on the Alawites. If Chemical weapons are used on the Muslims, it won‘t be the Alawite’s fault. Russian media has gotten a lot less free lately, it used to be more wild and woolly than ours, and that’s their mouthpiece.

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    • Walkabout
      Posted on June 10, 2012 at 5:31pm

      I look forward to your posts.

      But as Reagan said trust but verify.

      Do you know any history outside of Middle East History?

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    • Passerby
      Posted on June 10, 2012 at 7:13pm

      Why thanks, some, but closer to the Hebrew/Christian tradition the more I’m interested. There‘s a little more that I wrote this morning I’ll post in a minute, but I didn’t want to hog the forum.

      The Alawites have an interesting religion, lots of ancient elements. I see Mandaean, Mani, and maybe even Samaritan and early Jewish Christian. This is as close as you can get on the internet, they are big book files…

      http://www.scribd.com/doc/55596306/Nusayri-5-book-compilation

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  • Passerby
    Posted on June 10, 2012 at 2:21pm

    The Alawites get a lot of bad press. We all wail and moan about getting tough with militant Islam, but they have been living under the yoke of it for 1300 years. They fought on the side of the Crusaders against the Muslims, (after they were supposedly Muslim, which they aren’t.) In fact, they’ve always been on the side of the Christians and are more Christian than Muslim. The Christians In Syria support them and fear the Muslims for the same reason the Alawites do. They are the remnants of the Phoencians. They live on the coast, and there are mountains on the coast. They learned to retreat into the mountains to hide and to pretend to be Muslims. And they became very hard and warlike. In the Ottoman Empire, they weren’t slaughtered by the tens of thousands by the Muslims any more but had to pay the Dhimmi tax, and weren’t permitted good jobs and lived in poverty in their mountains. When the Ottoman Empire fell, and the French took over, the Alawites sided with the Christian French against the Muslims and finally were in positions of power. The French even gave them their own country sorta of for a few decades there on the Phonecian coast. But when the French created Syria, the Alawites, in particular Assad’s grandfather, begged the French to not abandon them to the tender mercies of the Muslims…Continued…

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    • Passerby
      Posted on June 10, 2012 at 2:24pm

      “Pro-French sentiment was expressed especially clearly in 1936, when the temporary incorporation of the ‘Alawi state into Syria provoked wide protests. A March 1936 petition referred to union with the Sunnis as “slavery.” On 11 June 1936, an ‘Alawi leader wrote a letter to Prime Minister Léon Blum of France, reminding him of “the profoundness of the abyss that separates us from the [Sunni] Syrians,“ and asking him to ”imagine the disastrous catastrophe that would follow” incorporation.
      Days later, six ‘Alawi notables (including Sulayman Asad, said to be Hafiz al-Asad’s grandfather) sent another letter to Blum in which they made several points: ‘Alawis differ from Sunnis religiously and historically; ‘Alawis refuse to be joined to Syria, for it is a Sunni state and Sunnis consider them unbelievers (kafirs); ending the mandate would expose the ‘Alawis to mortal danger; “the spirit of religious feudalism” makes the country unfit for self-rule; therefore, France should secure the ‘Alawis freedom and independence by staying in Syria….Continued…

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    • Passerby
      Posted on June 10, 2012 at 2:27pm

      An ‘Alawi note to the French government in July 1936 asked: “Are the French today ignorant that the Crusades would have succeeded if their fortresses had been in northeast Syria, in the Land of the Nusayris?…. We are the people most faithful to France.” Even more strongly worded was a petition of September 1936, signed by 450,000 ‘Alawis, Christians, and Druzes, which read:
      The ‘Alawis believe that they are humans, not beasts ready for slaughter. No power in the world can force them to accept the yoke of their traditional and hereditary enemies to be slaves forever…. The ‘Alawis would profoundly regret the loss of their friendship and loyal attachment to noble France, which has until now been so loved, admired, and adored by them.”
      http://www.danielpipes.org/191/the-alawi-capture-of-power-in-syria
      Continued…

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    • Passerby
      Posted on June 10, 2012 at 2:31pm

      The Assad family controls the shipping/smuggling coming through the coast. That’s where the Alawites are located, and with the tight cohesion, inevitable one would take over that and the Assad family is who did it. Those “Ghosts” that hacked up those kids were working for them, on a smaller scale, before they seized national power. They won’t go down easy, and that dentist is just a figurehead. And by now, the Assads have the heads of all Alawites (and Christians and all other minorities which all support them), on the block, can‘t let go of the tiger’s tail.

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  • ICEDRAGONNITE
    Posted on June 10, 2012 at 1:28pm

    What do you expect. mohommedist lie to you, themselves, and anyone that is in ear shot. They are pathological.
    So no surprise.

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  • JarheadX
    Posted on June 10, 2012 at 1:21pm

    Think like the rebels: It’s great PR, and what’s a few infidels more or less? They’ll just send more.
    From the article “no obvious good guys” The rebels don‘t want Assad AND they don’t want us. Like Warren Zevon said, “Send lawyers, guns, and money”, but hold the lawyers.

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    • Rajabear1
      Posted on June 10, 2012 at 4:49pm

      I have to say, that the 2 ‘massacres’ that have been very publicized over the lat two weeks seem to me to have the makings of the rebels backed by the terrorists organizations then that of the Syrian gov. They were shot by people coming out of the hills in different directions not bombed (if I’m not mistaken) and the fact that there were a large amount of children targeted screams propaganda. They are only going to get worse so the rebels can force the other nations to get involved with shock of the horrors and guilt.

      There are no good guys in the fight and it is NOT our fight, just like Libya wasn’t. Already rumors that we are supplying ‘support’ to the rebels . Getting real sick of this, folks….

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  • BlackCrow
    Posted on June 10, 2012 at 12:56pm

    More “Arabs” and another tribal, sectarian war. The best thing we can do is give them guns and let them kill each other.

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    • Passerby
      Posted on June 10, 2012 at 2:23pm

      Alawites aren’t Arabs, they are Phoenicians. Ancient Phoenician and ancient Hebrew is the same thing, they are probably more closely related to the Jews and Samaritans.

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    • Passerby
      Posted on June 10, 2012 at 2:32pm

      Arab Syrians call the Alawites “Germans” as a nickname.

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  • miamistorm
    Posted on June 10, 2012 at 12:17pm

    Has it occurred to Alex Thompson that the people he dealt with who claimed to be Syrian opposition forces might have actually been agents for Assad? Probably not, because the Western main stream media on average are clueless ideologues or merely “dopes” as Glenn likes to refer to them as. If Alex here is anything like Martin Bashir, Lawrence O’Donnell, Chris Matthews, Rachel Madcow, Ed Shultz, Maureen Dowd or Keith Olbermann to name but a few, then I’d have to seriously re-evaluate the accuracy this reporters claims.

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  • ArcticDodge
    Posted on June 10, 2012 at 12:05pm

    Would have been some excellent propaganda for the rebels if thier plan would have succeding in getting a western journalist killed.

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  • KidCharlemagne
    Posted on June 10, 2012 at 11:55am

    Romney says that the U.S. taxpayer should provide money and weapons to the Syrian rebels:

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    “Mitt Romney urges US to arm Syrian rebels, lead effort to oust Bashar Assad
    05/29/2012 4:06 PM
    By Callum Borchers, Globe Correspondent

    Mitt Romney has renewed his call for the United States to arm Syrians rebelling against the regime of Bashar Assad, after more than 100 people were massacred in the village of Houla last Friday.

    “President Obama can no longer ignore calls from congressional leaders in both parties to take more assertive steps,” Romney said Sunday. “The [Kofi] Annan ‘peace’ plan — which President Obama still supports — has merely granted the Assad regime more time to execute its military onslaught. The United States should work with partners to organize and arm Syrian opposition groups so they can defend themselves.”
    http://www.boston.com/politicalintelligence/2012/05/29/mitt-romney-urges-arm-syrian-rebels-lead-effort-oust-bashar-assad/8ASReNmBrMHqY1DpUz2bWN/story.html

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    • TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
      Posted on June 10, 2012 at 12:13pm

      What about a single missile up the wazoo of Assad. You on board to do a Chill Wills bucking bronco imitation like in Dr Strangelove? YeeeHawwww! Lol.

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    • Walkabout
      Posted on June 10, 2012 at 2:30pm

      I am not for arming the rebels, so they can kill Alawites, Christian, Sunni & Kurds.

      I am not for arming the rebels, so they can be co-opted by Muslim Brotherhood or Al Qaeda.

      Anyone who thinks the Muslim Brotherhood is not a threat or that Al Qaeda is finished is a fool.

      Let the dictator & the Muslim Brotherhood bleed for a good long while.

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  • Walkabout
    Posted on June 10, 2012 at 11:27am

    Syrian rebels plan to get foreign journalists killed by the Syrian Army so the West will get outraged & wipe out the Syrian Army.

    Of course if they are willing to kill 1 innocent person, how many more willing to kill?

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  • Liberty_Effect
    Posted on June 10, 2012 at 11:21am

    We should remember that in that part of the world, america has no friends. We have no idea who the good guys and bad guys are. It seems to me that the US is setting the stage for intervention

    Anyone who distrusts Washington should be alarmed at the goings on over there. We are involved, but nobody knows to what extent. It is very possible we have brought in Jihadists to fight as rebels in order to escalate the situation….

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    • TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
      Posted on June 10, 2012 at 11:35am

      I would venture to say Israel is our friend SOY. We just need to be a better friend at times don‘tcha’ think?? Maybe they might trust us more if we were consistent in our friendship…

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    • Liberty_Effect
      Posted on June 10, 2012 at 11:51am

      my comments were related to the muslim countries. I thought it was obvious but i should have known better with the paranoids around here

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    • TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
      Posted on June 10, 2012 at 12:05pm

      SOY. I’ve learned over the years to read between the lines when a Ron Paul cheerleader states something as obvious as…

      “We should remember that in that part of the world, america has no friends.”

      You can spin your response however you like but the facts are the facts. And I’ve read enough from you over the months to read between the lines on some occasions.

      No paranoia here… just pointing out your mindset regarding THAT “part of the world”… which includes Israel…

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    • Liberty_Effect
      Posted on June 10, 2012 at 12:13pm

      whatever you say man. Anything to distract away from my original point. Leftist strategy you employ

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    • TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
      Posted on June 10, 2012 at 12:18pm

      Sorry LIBERTY_EFFECT, truly and sincerely I am. Saw the Avatar and completely by-passed your screen name. Was thinkig I was writing to SOYBOMB. Accept my apologies. When I’m wrong will admit it and get new bifocals.

      Disregard all previous. I’ll copy and paste if SOYBOMB arrives on the scene. Again… my apologies.

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    • KidCharlemagne
      Posted on June 10, 2012 at 12:32pm

      TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
      Posted on June 10, 2012 at 11:35am

      I would venture to say Israel is our friend SOY.
      ==========================================

      Not a good idea according to President George Washington:

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      “Excessive partiality for one foreign nation and excessive dislike of another cause those whom they actuate to see danger only on one side, and serve to veil and even second the arts of influence on the other. Real patriots who may resist the intrigues of the favorite are liable to become suspected and odious, while its tools and dupes usurp the applause and confidence of the people, to surrender their interests.”
      -President George Washington, September 19, 1796
      http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/washing.asp

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    • Liberty_Effect
      Posted on June 10, 2012 at 12:37pm

      i had to create this name because the last few days theblaze has been blocking my posts. It would take hours for them to show up – then i create this name and they show up immediately

      i used to shurg when people said theblaze was deleting their posts but now i believe something strange is going on. I’ll switch back in a few to see if it is still the case

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    • Liberty_Effect
      Posted on June 10, 2012 at 12:38pm

      they started blocking me during the rand paul endorsement story

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    • TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
      Posted on June 10, 2012 at 12:51pm

      SOYEFFECT. Hmmmm, so you FINALLY got me to apologize for something and it wasn’t even warranted. You scoundrel you, lol.

      Btw, I’ve been having same probs as you lately. I had that discussion going (as you might remember) regarding the “supposed” illegal wars, Constitution etc. Very frustrating. As well as other benign postings not going through at all…

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    • TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
      Posted on June 10, 2012 at 12:56pm

      KID. Nice quote from a damn fine President I might add. But times have changed quite a bit from those good old bad days of “1796”…

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    • soybomb315
      Posted on June 10, 2012 at 2:20pm

      @time2
      You say that times have changed and that the wisdom of Washington no longer applies. Phewie. Progressives make the argument that the Constitution was written over 200 years ago and is outdated – what is the difference between what you said and the progressives?

      If you want the constitution back – you have to embrace ALL of the constitution

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    • freedomisasfreedomdoes
      Posted on June 10, 2012 at 7:20pm

      its safe to say you might not be one of them friend of America.

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    • freedomisasfreedomdoes
      Posted on June 10, 2012 at 7:21pm

      How is it up there on your pedestal?

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    • freedomisasfreedomdoes
      Posted on June 10, 2012 at 7:22pm

      yes and you know everything about everything. lmao.

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  • freedomisasfreedomdoes
    Posted on June 10, 2012 at 11:14am

    Resembles other recent Middle Eastern battles for “democracy.” Like Libya. Who made up the “rebel fighters?” Al Qaeda was found in Libya and other Middle Eastern countries aiding the rebels. It’s a little naive on individuals parts to think in black and white terms. There is always a whole lot of gray in the situation. Chosing sometimes between bad or worse if one choses to get involved.

    I am so greatful for this reporter’s bravery and integrity to report the story without the spin. Without the black and white portrayl of the story. I am sorry it almost came at a great cost. Just glad he and his team are ok.

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    • Liberty_Effect
      Posted on June 10, 2012 at 11:24am

      Another “lesser of two evils” fallacy

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    • freedomisasfreedomdoes
      Posted on June 10, 2012 at 11:37am

      you totally misunderstood me (IF CHOSING TO GET INVOLVED was also stated).

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    • Liberty_Effect
      Posted on June 10, 2012 at 11:55am

      i dont think i did – i was just showing how similar this is to american politics….

      Washington tells us we must either support the Syrian regime or the Syrian rebels. I say they are BOTH bad decisions. The correct action is to not get involved in their alleged civil war (since the rebels may be muslm brotherhood….again).

      Just like in america, they tell us we have to choose between democrats and republicans (lesser of two evils). Both are corrupt parties. The correct action is to not choose the lesser of two evils

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    • freedomisasfreedomdoes
      Posted on June 10, 2012 at 6:53pm

      of course you don’t you are not trying to understand how you might be wrong. Do a bit more introspection on your part. Won’t happen too much arrogance and self-importance. Good luck with that.

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    • freedomisasfreedomdoes
      Posted on June 10, 2012 at 6:55pm

      lmao. I was saying the exact same thing. so funny. Not to get involved. How well is your reading comprehension. you are ridiculous.

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    • freedomisasfreedomdoes
      Posted on June 10, 2012 at 6:57pm

      What I said to spell it out for you and you infantile reading comprehension level: How is getting involved in Middle Eastern conflicts stuff that has been going on for centuries when there are no clear good and evils a positive thing? Hello anyone in there that can read?

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    • Liberty_Effect
      Posted on June 10, 2012 at 7:33pm

      yup, that is what i understood your original post as. chill out man

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    • freedomisasfreedomdoes
      Posted on June 10, 2012 at 7:51pm

      so you are admitting to misunderstanding my original post?bc your retort already did that for me MAN

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  • RayOne
    Posted on June 10, 2012 at 11:10am

    If Thomson is alive, he is lucky, I wonder if his crew had the same information.

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  • Listen_then_think
    Posted on June 10, 2012 at 11:05am

    Dirt bags trying to get other dirt bags killed? Really? Why do we need reporters in foreign war zones? I know he is brit. It is not like the MSM suddenly tells the truth just because it is a war zone. I believe nothing the MSM says without independent confirmation.

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  • TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
    Posted on June 10, 2012 at 11:05am

    “Thomson says he believes “it was nothing personal.”” Yeah, similar to the Mafia… just Muslame business I guess…

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    • Todd P
      Posted on June 10, 2012 at 11:19am

      It’s nothing personal. I just need to kill you to further our political agenda.

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    • JACKTHETOAD
      Posted on June 10, 2012 at 9:12pm

      ‘It’s nothing personal. We’re just trying to start WW3 by slaughtering our own people as bait. Visit sunny Syria.’

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