Why Al-Jazeera didnt show the italian hostage execution

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Posted by Izzy on Apr-25-2004 20:04:

Why Al-Jazeera didnt show the italian hostage execution

How foolish of me to think that al-jezeera was censoring the italian hostage execution because it was too bloody.

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As the gunman's pistol was pointing at him the hostage "tried to take off his hood and shouted: 'now I'll show you how an Italian dies,'" he said.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3628977.stm

of course al-jezeera wouldnt want to show such western heroism over the supposed arab dominators - thats just bad propoganda, duh

Posted by DrUg_Tit0 on Apr-25-2004 20:23:

Guess you can't trust anyone these days...

Posted by Flotser on Apr-25-2004 20:59:

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Originally posted by DrUg_Tit0
Guess you can't trust anyone these days...

yep, if you cant trust Al-jezeera, you cant trust anyone else

and Izzy... thanx for info

Posted by Spin Doctor on Apr-25-2004 21:04:

It�s interesting to note that the Italian hostage struggled hard, as I've read in other reports, to remove his blindfold, I wonder why it is such a strong instinct to see your killer at the moment of death?

Posted by smokeape on Apr-25-2004 22:20:

We should certainly clue the Italians in on the whereabouts of the Italian captors - a general area will do. We can confront the abductors with the Fajullah scenario which is yet to develop. The only development left in Fajullah is that we will kill the insurgents and terrorists. We can help the Italians do the same with these thugs once we surround them.

[[[smoke]]]

Posted by Cyrus King on Apr-26-2004 00:11:

Re: Why Al-Jazeera didnt show the italian hostage execution

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Originally posted by Izzy
How foolish of me to think that al-jezeera was censoring the italian hostage execution because it was too bloody.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3628977.stm

of course al-jezeera wouldnt want to show such western heroism over the supposed arab dominators - thats just bad propoganda, duh

How does this article imply (under your reasons) that this is WHY al jazeera witheld the tape?

Posted by Deejiuana on Apr-26-2004 00:48:

I love this:

If they show the video, they'll get nothin but complaints bout how bloody it is
&
If they do not show the video, they'll get things like: Ah, they dont want to show how the Italian guy defied the killer....

well, what do you want???

Posted by sufee_b on Apr-26-2004 04:05:

Re: Re: Why Al-Jazeera didnt show the italian hostage execution

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Originally posted by Cyrus King
How does this article imply (under your reasons) that this is WHY al jazeera witheld the tape?

Exactly

Posted by Izzy on Apr-26-2004 08:11:

Re: Re: Why Al-Jazeera didnt show the italian hostage execution

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Originally posted by Cyrus King
How does this article imply (under your reasons) that this is WHY al jazeera witheld the tape?

of course this is my reasoning as to why they decided to censor it, i have no shame admitting so... but i guess we can all agree it definitely wasnt because "it was too bloody". i mean how worse could it have been then the american contracters burned bodies being dragged around and mutilated?

Posted by tathi on Apr-26-2004 11:29:

although i wouldn't put it past al jazeera censoring the tape because of heroism, i think (well imo) an execution is more disturbing than post humous mutilation :/

Posted by NYCTrancefan on Apr-26-2004 12:30:

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Originally posted by Deejiuana
I love this:

If they show the video, they'll get nothin but complaints bout how bloody it is
&
If they do not show the video, they'll get things like: Ah, they dont want to show how the Italian guy defied the killer....

well, what do you want???

Worrying about how bloody something is has never been Al-Jazeera's style, why start now? I don't believe the original post was referencing whether they should show the tape or not, but rather their rationale for not airing it according to Al-Jazeera, as they usually show everything they receive from "freedom fighters, terrorists, insurgents, et.al."

Posted by Izzy on Apr-26-2004 17:15:

Posted by Cyrus King on Apr-26-2004 17:46:

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Originally posted by tathi
although i wouldn't put it past al jazeera censoring the tape because of heroism, i think (well imo) an execution is more disturbing than post humous mutilation :/

I was going to post this as well. Many european news channels also showed the burned bodies being dragged as well.. but showing an actual execution is something of a touchy subject when a producer might choose to air it.
With respect to daniel perle, i dont know about Al-jazeera airing his death... but his death was on the internet... inm sure it could still be found.

Posted by biodigit on Apr-26-2004 18:54:

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Originally posted by Izzy
did they show the execution of perle? i honestly dont remember

He was actually already dead when they showed his pictures.