Sent to be shot

Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group KHPG ^ | 01.07.14 | Halya Coynash

[WhiskeyX]

A Forbes Russia journalist who was close by when Russian TV 1, or Pervy Kanal, correspondent Anatoly Klyan was killed on Sunday evening, has suggested the real role assigned journalists on that fatal trip. They were taken there to come under fire. With Russia’s Foreign Ministry and Kremlin-loyal TV channels thundering all day about the ‘war’ the ‘fascists in Kyiv’ are allegedly waging against journalists and civilians, Orkhan Jemal’s report warrants attention.

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Jemal concludes: “There will probably now be a whole lot of statements about the inhuman Kyiv fascists who shoot journalists. Although all who were there, without exception, understand that we were simply placed under fire. It’s not for nothing that they call this war “mainly information”: a busload of journalists shot at is also a propaganda achievement, no worse than a military unit that’s surrendered.”

[WhiskeyX]

Putin said: “We don’t want to do it, but we will, we will do it only in order to protect Ukrainian citizens. We will put their women and children in front of our troops, not behind, but in front and we will be hiding our solders behind them. I dare any Ukrainian commander to give an order to shoot at such crowd.”

[Nifster]

Putin and his desire for a commie regime to be the number one power in the world is busy dozing up to Iran, Iraq, and Syria....Everyone should be very very concerned....particularly since the Dictator In Chief seems to be willing to do nothing

[DJ Frisat]

"A Forbes Russia journalist who was close by when Russian TV 1, or Pervy Kanal, correspondent Anatoly Klyan was killed on Sunday evening, has suggested the real role assigned journalists on that fatal trip. They were taken there to come under fire."

Hmmmm... Betcha Obama's lips were curled into a wistful smile as he dreamed last night of similar treatment for conservative commentators and Fox News reporters...

[Krosan]

If you read the article more carefully you’ll notice that in this case the pro-Russians sent their own journalists to be shot in order to manufacture outrage.

[Jabba the Nutt]

You posted this at a related thread: "Another war crime by the criminals in Kiev. Keep it up and you will force Putin to invade."

In light of this new (and predictable information) do you intend to revise and extend your remarks?

[McGruff]

has suggested the real role assigned journalists on that fatal trip. They were taken there to come under fire

All I see here is propaganda not facts.

[Jabba the Nutt]

The reporter was sent from Russia to view this attack, he now realizes. It was a set up by the Russians not the evil fascist, tea-party Ukrainians.