(Despite Gaddafi's Media & Internet Blackout) Report Gets Out On "The Battle For Zawiyah" (Graphic)

[Turborama]

Run time: 10:29 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkaAXDTLhsw   Posted on YouTube: March 08, 2011 By YouTube Member: ScarceMedia Views on YouTube: 314   Posted on DU: March 09, 2011 By DU Member: Turborama Views on DU: 928

 

(Sky News) Report by Alex Crawford -- The people of Zawiyah are fighting for their lives. We have seen with our own eyes Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's forces firing on peaceful protesters.

We have witnessed the regime's tanks shelling residential buildings. We have sheltered in a mosque as the colonel's soldiers fired on the minarets.

Later, we were in the town's Martyrs' Square watching the rebels' celebrations as the authorities in Tripoli told the foreign media they had "liberated" the place.

Hat tip to joshcryer who posted a link to a shorter version in this thread: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4761197">50 Tanks and planes hit Libya rebels. "They tore Zawiya down to ashes" - source tells BBC

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1. Amazing they could get this footage out. nt

[LandR]

2. mad respect

Yeah, this is unfortunate, yet amazing footage. Props to the camera team for sure.

[wpelb]

3. I have to be a bit sceptical [sic] about this

Sky is Britain's version of Fox (or Faux, as many here prefer) News, though government regulation may ensure that it is more politically impartial and thus (one hopes) accurate in its reporting.

[Turborama]

4. Sky isn't the same as Faux. Have you watched Faux? Have you watched Sky? Did you watch the video?

As you mentioned, there are laws in Britain about impartiality and accuracy in news reporting. Therefore, Sky News cannot be anything like Faux "news" (BTW it is called Faux here for a very good reason, it's FAKE news). In fact, Britain cannot have any "version" of Faux "news" on TV.

http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/broadcasting/broadcast-codes/broadcast-code/impartiality/">Section Five: Due Impartiality and Due Accuracy and Undue Prominence of Views and Opinions

Are there any reports in this piece that you think could be inaccurate?

If so, feel free to report them to Ofcom: http://ask.ofcom.org.uk/help/television/howTvcomp

PS Why did you (sic) your own writing?

[Adsos Letter]

5. Very, very frustrating to watch...

that wrecked multi-barreled afv they were celebrating around was some variant of the Shilka ZSU-23 23mm AA gun. Very, very deadly, and shows some of what the rebels have been up against.

Very frustrating to watch because a well trained, well armed, disciplined military unit (even a company sized formation) could avoid some of the quite normal mistakes being paid for in blood by the rebels, and wreak havoc on Gaddafi's guys in those built-up areas.

Not trying to slam the rebels; just hard to watch them bunch up, waste ammo, advance in the open, etc., and end having to pay in blood.

[NuclearDem]

6. "I hate you Ghaddafi! I hate you!"

Love it!

Also...9:30...I don't know why, but that was unusually moving.

[Charleston Chew]

7. Muammar Gaddafi speaks, Mar 7, 2011

Exclusive - Muammar Gaddafi speaks to FRANCE 24

In an exclusive interview with FRANCE 24, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi repeated his claim that al Qaeda was responsible for plunging the country into chaos and denied media reports of mass killings.

More on the interview: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x560464

[Turborama]

8. Anderson Cooper has just finished interviewing Alex Crawford

Very insightful. Hopefully it'll be uploaded to YouTube soon.

[Turborama]

9. Anderson Cooper's interview with Alex Crawford.

Part 1 "in this town, they are 99 percent civilians": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BC4e0qbAs2Y

Part 2 "if that isn't a massacre, I really don't know what is": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymCYt-UP6XE

Here's the transcript: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1103/09/acd.01.html

If/when Gaddafi finally stands trial for crimes against humanity and/or war crines, Alex Crawford will be a key witness.