Al-Jazeera technician 'shot in West Bank'

[IndianaGreen]

Shit! I was hoping that Israel would refrain from emulating US tactics when it comes to Al-Jazeera. Prior to this incident, Israel had only arrested Al-Jazeera's correspondents and technicians.

Al-Jazeera technician 'shot in West Bank'

Ben Dowell
Wednesday July 19, 2006
MediaGuardian.co.uk

An al-Jazeera technican was shot by the Israeli military today during the filming of a live report, the Arabic satellite broadcaster has claimed.
Al-Jazeera said that technician Wael Tantous, who was part of a crew covering today's Israeli assault on the West Bank town of Nablus, was shot, but declined to elaborate on the extent of his injuries.

The network claimed the attack came after an Israeli military vehicle suddenly sped up towards al-Jazeera's reporter, Jivara al-Budeiri, in "an apparent attempt to interrupt the report".

Al-Jazeera said that Tantous, who was part of the crew working with al-Budeiri, was subsequently shot and immediately rushed to hospital.

"Since the start of the current war on Lebanon al-Jazeera crews have consistently been targeted by the Israeli authorities, resulting in a constant hindrance and obstruction of their work," the broadcaster said in a statement.

http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,,1824207,00.html

[Norquist Nemesis]

1. Sometimes it's hard to tell who is emulating who

Especially considering where the US got their training from.

[Kagemusha]

2. So they shot the guy because of the imminent danger of a live report.

I heard from Haaretz that this crew's only been reporting what Israeli reporters have been themselves reporting. The exact same stuff. So what's the deal.

[w4rma]

3. Blind hate from propaganda. (nt)