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February 22nd, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
Anthony Shadid
Died Syrian border, February 2012
Shadid
covered the Middle East for The New York Times, the Washington Post and the
Associated Press. In 2002 he was shot in the shoulder by a sniper in
Ramallah, West Bank. He was one of four journalists to be held captive by
Col Gaddafi in Libya in 2011. He died of an asthma attack while leaving
Syria on horseback.
Gilles Jacquier
Died Homs, Syria, January 2012
Jacquier,
a correspondent for France-2 Television, was the first Western correspondent
to die in the Syrian uprising. The Syrian authorities claimed he was killed
in an opposition grenade attack. His colleagues believe it was a trap, and
said Jacquier’s Syrian minders had encouraged him forward to film the site
of the explosion after making an unscheduled stop.
Tim Hetherington Chris Hondros
Died Misurata, Libya, April 2011
The photojournalists were killed under shelling by Col Gaddafi’s forces in the
rebel city of Misrata. Two other photographers were injured in the blast.
Hetherington,
40, was the director of the Oscar-nominated documentary Restrepo, about US
Marines defending a fortified outpost in Afghanistan. Hondros, 41, a
photographer for Getty Images, was a Pulitzer Prize finalist whose honours
included the World Press Photo competition and the Robert Capa gold medal.
He had previously worked in Liberia and covered Hurricane Katrina.
Rupert Hamer
Died Nawa, Afghanistan, January 2010
Hamer,
39, the Sunday Mirror’s defence correspondent was embedded with US Marines
when his vehicle was hit by a 200lb improved explosive device in Helmand
province. His photographer, Philip Coburn, was seriously injured. One marine
died and four were seriously injured.
Michelle Lang
Died Kandahar, Afghanistan, December 2009
Lang, 34, a health reporter with the Calgary Herald, died alongside four
Canadian soldiers in a roadside bomb attack.
Martin Adler
Died Mogadishu, Somalia, June 2006
Adler,
48, a freelance photographer and camera man, was gunned down by an unknown
assailant while covering a peace rally in the Somalian capital.
Kate Peyton
Died Mogadishu, Somalia, February 2005
Peyton,
39, was shot in a drive-by shooting outside a hotel in the chaotic Somalian
capital after meeting MPs and government officials. She had only just
arrived in the country from the BBC’s Johannesburg bureau.
Simon Cumbers
Died Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, June 2004
Cumbers,
36, was a freelance journalist working for the BBC who was shot and killed
while filming an Al Qaeda safehouse in Saudi Arabia. Frank Gardner, the
BBC’s security correspondent, was shot in the back in the attack.
Terry Lloyd
Died Basra, Iraq, March 2003
Lloyd,
50, a reporter with ITN, was killed by US forces in southern Iraq. He was
shot in the head while travelling in a makeshift ambulance, having already
been wounded in crossfire between US and Iraqi forces. Husein Osman, the
Lebanese interpreter, and Fred Nerac, the team’s French camera man, were
also killed.
Lloyd had travelled as a ‘unilateral’ journalist rather than being embedded
with coalition forces. His widow said the US troops had behaved like “trigger
happy cowboys”. The US said they had followed the rules of engagement. No
charges were brought.
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