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Michael Yon: Hunting Al Qaeda Part III of III - How to Get Killed
michaelyon-online.com ^
| Sep 19, 2007
| Michael Yon
Posted on 09/19/2007 12:09:06 PM PDT by neverdem
The Silver Van
First, a recap of the end of yesterdays mission which is important to todays mission:
Two men had been killed on the 15 July mission. Our guys shot them. Warning shots were fired, the driver sped up and our guys rained bullets. Slugs kicked up dust, some bullets striking the van, but it kept going. A fusillade commenced, and about 20 seconds after the first shot was fired the van was getting away. It had nearly escaped. A Bradley gunner was tracking the van in his crosshairs. He squeezed the trigger on his 25mm cannon...
(Excerpt) Read more at michaelyon-online.com ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; iraq; michaelyon
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posted on
09/19/2007 12:09:11 PM PDT
by
neverdem
To: neverdem
Notice in the
video they refer to him as "Blogger Michael Yon".
The guy is a better American reporter than just about anybody else in Iraq - he's making a fraction of what the typical reporters make and without the support staff they haul around. He also goes into places typical reporters won't.
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posted on
09/19/2007 12:19:37 PM PDT
by
af_vet_rr
To: neverdem
3
posted on
09/19/2007 12:23:35 PM PDT
by
txhurl
To: neverdem
Yon must clank when he walks.
L
4
posted on
09/19/2007 12:29:12 PM PDT
by
Lurker
( Comparing moderate islam to extremist islam is like comparing smallpox to ebola.)
To: af_vet_rr
He is not in the military but he is risking his life to tell the story. Michael is a great American hero, and his work will become the stuff of which legends are made.
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posted on
09/19/2007 12:31:40 PM PDT
by
doug from upland
(Stopping Hillary should be a FreeRepublic Manhattan Project)
To: neverdem
"The M242 Bushmaster Cannon on the M2 Bradley. Image is official U. S. National Guard photograph. Reference National Guard Operation Tarheel Thunder Website for more information. As a product of the federal government of the United States of America, copyright restrictions do not apply to this image."
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posted on
09/19/2007 12:36:51 PM PDT
by
angkor
("California, Is nice to the homeless, California, Supercool to the homeless..." South Park 11.07)
To: doug from upland
Yup, off of one of his pages:
When my writings about Mosul started to attract a huge readership, the MSM press took notice, though not always with Tony Cs collegial tone. Many professional journalists sneered at my work. The most common criticism was that I lacked objectivity because I called enemy fighters terrorists when they used car bombs to blow up civilians, or because I openly admitted that as an American, I hoped our side would win. I seemed to get particularly bad marks for describing the outcomes of combat missions with terms like: killed the enemy, shot the terrorist, or captured the suspects. But in the context of the war as I was seeing it, the terminology was accurate.
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posted on
09/19/2007 12:38:12 PM PDT
by
af_vet_rr
To: neverdem
Another excellent piece by Michael Yon, he’s a great reporter.
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posted on
09/19/2007 12:45:01 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(DefendOurMarines.com)
To: af_vet_rr
Notice in the video they refer to him as "Blogger Michael Yon".Thanks for the link. Did Yon link that video on his homepage for this report? If he did, then I missed it.
Maybe I have the wrong impression. I thought Michael Yon was an independent, primary news reporter. I thought bloggers were folks who gave serial commentaries/opinions on the news. Any corrections are always appreciated by me.
9
posted on
09/19/2007 12:48:29 PM PDT
by
neverdem
(Call talk radio. We need a Constitutional Amendment for Congressional term limits. Let's Roll!)
To: af_vet_rr
Well, when they refer to him as “Blogger” then I know he was actually on the scene. Really, they’re doing us a favor.
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posted on
09/19/2007 12:56:26 PM PDT
by
Belasarius
(Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. Job 5:2-7)
To: neverdem
11
posted on
09/19/2007 1:04:23 PM PDT
by
Rummyfan
(Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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posted on
09/19/2007 1:15:18 PM PDT
by
eureka!
(Is power so important to the Democrats that they are willing to betray our country? Sadly, yes.)
To: wardaddy; Joe Brower; Cannoneer No. 4; Criminal Number 18F; Dan from Michigan; Eaker; Jeff Head; ...
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posted on
09/19/2007 1:22:35 PM PDT
by
neverdem
(Call talk radio. We need a Constitutional Amendment for Congressional term limits. Let's Roll!)
To: Brad's Gramma; HiJinx
Michael Yon’s reports are always a good read...ProTroop PING!
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posted on
09/19/2007 1:22:45 PM PDT
by
FlashBack
(WoundedWarriorProject.Org/MoveAmericaForward.Org/ProudPatriots.Org)
To: Lurker
Clang! for after work reading...
To: FlashBack
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posted on
09/19/2007 1:30:11 PM PDT
by
Brad’s Gramma
(Mother of the Bride here, treat me with respect for once, will ya? ;))
To: neverdem
He depends on financial support from you and me.
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posted on
09/19/2007 1:37:08 PM PDT
by
sageb1
(This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
To: sageb1
He depends on financial support from you and me.That's one of the reasons that I excerpt his articles. Folks see the request for support at the end. The other is that they include so many pics.
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posted on
09/19/2007 1:43:33 PM PDT
by
neverdem
(Call talk radio. We need a Constitutional Amendment for Congressional term limits. Let's Roll!)
To: neverdem
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posted on
09/19/2007 1:48:23 PM PDT
by
Gritty
(Al Qaeda wins another media victory because they play the media like a Stradivarius-Michael Yon)
To: neverdem
Thanks for the link. Did Yon link that video on his homepage for this report? If he did, then I missed it.
Yes, it was buried (just a link in one sentence, he didn't have a video frame linked to it).
Maybe I have the wrong impression. I thought Michael Yon was an independent, primary news reporter.
From what I've read, he does allow his videos and photos to be used by certain news organizations, but he isn't paid for it (although it gives him exposure, which means traffic to his site).
I've actually seen some of his stuff on Fox as well as ABC - probably because Fox and ABC don't have reporters doing a fraction of what he does.
I thought bloggers were folks who gave serial commentaries/opinions on the news.
That's the thing - Yon is reporting on the real news, while the MSM is reporting a sanitized version, usually far from where the action is at. His critics maintain that because he calls the enemy "terrorists" and says "our guys" (meaning American soldiers), they think he is just another blogger, as if what he is reporting is heavily tainted by his opinions, while what they report is a mockery of what's going on.
In my mind, what the MSM reports in Iraq is more of a commentary/opinion than Yon, because you are only getting a small piece of the story - it's not even because many of them are liberal, it's because they don't want to risk their lives to get the stories.
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