Related: When Was the Last Time You Heard About.... Somalia?
And now, ONE-DAY WONDER before the cover-up MSM buried it.
"French officials abducted in Somalia; Security advisers posed as reporters" by Edward Cody, Washington Post | July 15, 2009
PARIS - Two French security advisers posing as journalists were abducted from their hotel in Mogadishu yesterday by Somali gunmen, according to the Foreign Ministry and reports from the chaotic Somali capital.
Related: Operation Mockingbird
No wonder western media sucks.
The Foreign Ministry did not identify the two men or specify which branch of the French government had dispatched them to Somalia. But it said in an announcement that they were in Mogadishu on “an official mission’’ to assist the Western-backed government of President Sharif Ahmed in “security matters.’’
All of a sudden they discovered the Islamic government, huh?
A senior official in Ahmed’s government told Agence France-Presse, the main French news agency, that the two men had arrived in Mogadishu nine days ago, invited by the Somali Defense Ministry to train “their counterparts in Somali intelligence agencies.’’
The men were staying at the Hotel Sahafi International, which over the years has gained a reputation as headquarters for foreign correspondents covering the violence that has ripped Somalia apart in recent years. In more recent times, however, few Western journalists have ventured into Mogadishu, where the official police and army are weak, heavily armed factions often rule the streets, and kidnapping is a constant danger.
The hotel manager, Mohamed Mohamed, told news agencies that the two French abductees registered at the hotel as journalists on their arrival last week. He said a dozen armed men showed up Tuesday morning and, after disarming the hotel guards, searched the hotel door to door until they found their targets and bundled them off....
Must have been "Al-CIA-Duh," huh?
Some African and Western countries, including the United States, have backed Ahmed’s transitional government against its Islamic opponents, largely out of fear that Somalia could provide safe haven to terrorist groups. But despite help from Ethiopia, he has been unable to assert firm control over the country, which harbors wanted terrorist figures and groups of pirates preying on vessels that pass through the Gulf of Aden.
Yeah, Ethiopian "help."
I'm tired of the omissions and distortions of AmeriKa's jewspapers, how about you?
And WHEN was the LAST TIME you heard about the Somali pirates, huh?
France’s role in providing security assistance to his forces was not widely known in Paris. The report that the two kidnapped men had posed as journalists was received with alarm and some puzzlement by media advocacy groups.
“This accusation, while unconfirmed, is troubling,’’ said Robert Mahoney, deputy director of the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists. “Our position is that intelligence officers posing as journalists jeopardizes the security of all journalists.’’ Six journalists have been killed in Somalia this year, bringing the toll to 15 since 2007, the committee said.
You saps are pathetic!
Btw, US has killed HUNDREDS of REPORTERS in IRAQ!
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Until further notice, this reader will assume that ALL WESTERN MEDIA REPORTERS are AGENDA-PUSHING AGENTS -- especially since they PROVE IT EVERY DAY!
