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‘We thought we were safe... then CNN stepped in!’
South Wales Echo ^
| November 29, 2008
| Staff
Posted on 11/30/2008 4:59:00 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
A SOUTH Wales couple caught in the Mumbai terror attacks claimed last night that CNN put their lives at risk by broadcasting where they were.
Lynne and Kenneth Shaw, of Penarth, warned that terrorists were listening in to the media to pinpoint Western victims.
Mrs Shaw claimed the American cable TV channel had broadcast details of where they were at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel.
She has appealed to the media to be careful with the information it broadcasts because safety could be compromised and lives lost.
The couple flew back into Heathrow yesterday morning on a flight arranged by the British Consulate.
Mrs Shaw had been forced to hide under a table as terrorists stormed the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel.
She and her husband were later rescued by Gurkhas and taken straight to the Australian Embassy for safety.
The couple were at the end of a month-long visit to India and were staying in Mumbai for a few days before heading back to the UK.
From her home in Penarth yesterday, Mrs Shaw said: We have been asked by the British terror police not to talk to the press.
But the reason I would not want to talk to anyone is because our safety was actually compromised by CNN, which broadcast where we were.
The terrorists were watching CNN and they came down from where they were in a lift after hearing about us on television. For that reason I would appeal to the media to be very careful about what they broadcast.
(Excerpt) Read more at walesonline.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: cnn; dbm; drivebys; hostages; india; looselips; mohammedanism; mumbai
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To: Dilbert San Diego
Yes, he did. Reeeeeaaaaaaalllllly pissed off the generals. As I recall....one said, “Get him the f@#$ out of here.”
To: ConservativeMind
>>>
The industry's time is expiring, and that is what the threads are all about. <<<
Their time as profit making entities may be expiring, but as long as they continue their willingness to spout leftist bias, the left will keep them alive and kicking.
They demonstrated their effectiveness Nov 4th.
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posted on
11/30/2008 6:05:06 PM PST
by
HardStarboard
("The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule - Mencken knew Obama)
To: timestax
Some people at CNNLIES should be FIRED over this!! Oh please, CNN is counting the money the terrorists paid them to broadcast the information.
To: Free ThinkerNY
There is nothing pro-Western about CNN. CNN International especially.
They proudly serve their new anti-Western overlords.
44
posted on
11/30/2008 6:22:28 PM PST
by
weegee
(Sec. of State Clinton. What kind of change is it to keep the Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton Oligarchy?)
To: mass55th
So see, there IS some news that CNN will not report for fear of upsetting their host nation.
Kick the traitors out. They serve enemy governments. I am serious.
There is no protected speech in treason.
45
posted on
11/30/2008 6:24:47 PM PST
by
weegee
(Sec. of State Clinton. What kind of change is it to keep the Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton Oligarchy?)
To: timestax
To be fair, their full name is Time-Lies-Warner-Turner-CNN.
Boycott the lot of them.
46
posted on
11/30/2008 6:25:45 PM PST
by
weegee
(Sec. of State Clinton. What kind of change is it to keep the Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton Oligarchy?)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Shades of the William Atherton character in Die Hard.
47
posted on
11/30/2008 7:21:07 PM PST
by
Ghengis
(Barack Obama is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I've ever known in my life)
To: Ammo Republic 15
Some people at CNNLIES should be FRIED over this! There, thats better...
You got that RIGHT !
48
posted on
11/30/2008 8:06:09 PM PST
by
timestax
( CNNLIES)
To: ConservativeMind; TenthAmendmentChampion; abb; stevecmd; timestax; weegee; george76
Yet another case of terrorist stringers providing intel to terror cells.
Obama surely smells the overpowering stench emanating from dinomedia's rotting corpse. That's why
he uses YouTube for his weekly fireside chats instead of dinomedia.
49
posted on
11/30/2008 10:11:20 PM PST
by
Milhous
(Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.)
To: Dilbert San Diego
Didnt Geraldo Rivera or some other journalist give away American troop movements during the initial stages of the Iraq war? I saw the newscast you're referring to. It was not anything blatant, but could have been suggestive to someone very well informed. He got his chops busted bad for it.
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posted on
12/01/2008 1:29:07 AM PST
by
GVnana
("I once dressed as Tina Fey for Halloween." - Sarah Palin)
To: stevecmd
Turned off the comp a little early last night and was reading a book. Glad you thought about me, though.
I’ll have a thread ready to go later this am. Would you care to be added to the ping list?
51
posted on
12/01/2008 2:28:05 AM PST
by
abb
("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)
To: stevecmd
52
posted on
12/01/2008 4:42:47 AM PST
by
timestax
( CNNLIES)
To: TenthAmendmentChampion
But the reason I would not want to talk to anyone is because our safety was actually compromised by CNN, which broadcast where we were.<<<
It is amazing that CNN and other news people border on being traitors, to the humans of the world.
53
posted on
12/01/2008 6:37:06 AM PST
by
nw_arizona_granny
(http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1990507/posts?page=7451 [Survival,food,garden,crafts,and more)
To: timestax
54
posted on
12/01/2008 7:53:31 AM PST
by
timestax
( CNNLIES)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Dinosaur Media Death Watch Alert?
They got Obama elected. I’m with you...They are far from irrelevant aren’t they?
many here have been lulled...
55
posted on
12/01/2008 7:57:26 AM PST
by
wardaddy
(Monarchists for Palin 2012)
To: wardaddy
56
posted on
12/01/2008 2:52:24 PM PST
by
timestax
( CNNLIES)
To: bitterohiogunclinger; Dilbert San Diego
As I remember, didn’t Geraldo draw a diagram in the sand of the US position and its intended movement?
57
posted on
12/01/2008 7:34:32 PM PST
by
happygrl
(BORG: Barack 0bama Resistance Group: we will not be assimilated)
To: happygrl
“As I remember, didnt Geraldo draw a diagram in the sand of the US position and its intended movement?”
Yep, that was it. Gotta love whorealdo, if he's not busy hanging onto trees in a hurricane, he's faking being shot at and giving the enemy tips on where to attack.
To: Ammo Republic 15
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posted on
12/04/2008 6:40:00 AM PST
by
timestax
( CNNLIES)
To: timestax
I’m sorta new here. What does the “bump” thing mean?
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