Al Jazeera journalist shot in Syria while crossing the streets
Part of channel(s): Syria (current event)A sniper killed an Al-Jazeera reporter in southern Syria on Friday, the pan-Arab television network said, in the second such shooting of a journalist in two days in the conflict-swept country.
The killings take the death toll of reporters who have died in Syria's 22-month conflict to at least 20, according to a count by AFP and Paris-based media watchdog Reporters Without Borders, or RSF.
"Mohammed Hourani was shot dead by a regime sniper in Basra al-Harir in the province of Daraa, while he was covering the clashes there," Al-Jazeera said in a statement.
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Added: Jan-18-2013 Occurred On: Jan-18-2013
By: HansWerner
In: Syria
Tags: FSA Crime, Pro FSA Al Jazeera Propagandist Hit,
Location: Syria (load item map)
Marked as: approved, featured
Views: 135497 | Comments: 1012 | Votes: 24 | Favorites: 52 | Shared: 6293 | Updates: 0 | Times used in channels: 3
By: HansWerner
In: Syria
Tags: FSA Crime, Pro FSA Al Jazeera Propagandist Hit,
Location: Syria (load item map)
Marked as: approved, featured
Views: 135497 | Comments: 1012 | Votes: 24 | Favorites: 52 | Shared: 6293 | Updates: 0 | Times used in channels: 3
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Posted Jan-18-2013 Bydevries (336.90) 
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@devries LOL - comment of the fucking day!
Posted Jan-18-2013 ByEternal21 (274.70) 
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@devries Way too fucking soon to joke on someones death.
Posted Jan-18-2013 ByJackpodyOnLiveLeak (13.70) 
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@JackpodyOnLiveLeak You must be new to the Internets...
Posted Jan-18-2013 ByEternal21 (274.70) 
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@JackpodyOnLiveLeak Please tell me when exactly it is appropriate to joke about someone's death.
Posted Jan-18-2013 Bydevries (336.90) 
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@JackpodyOnLiveLeak agreed ..
Posted Jan-18-2013 Byluvpump1 (143.32) 
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thanks for the cover fire guys!
Posted Jan-18-2013 Bysupershine (20.50) 
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@supershine good one!
Posted Jan-18-2013 Bypil kil (27.70) 
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@supershine Undertow, great album
Posted Jan-18-2013 ByHans_Downerpantz (118.44) 
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@supershine
I think they were trying to hide their position as long as possible.
Posted Jan-18-2013 ByDellian (51.48) 
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@supershine
Not only no cover fire... but why didn't he wear a vest? Sure, he got hit on the side, and sure, most sniper rifles have calibers that usually go through a vest (but still? something is better than nothing).
Posted Jan-18-2013 ByCaligula (129.90) 
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Also, don't forget to let the guy with the AK run across first @Caligula
Posted Jan-18-2013 ByDuckSanctuary (155.10) 
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Classic sniper ambush; NEVER be the second guy.
Posted Jan-18-2013 ByBrondo25 (117.80) 
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@Brondo25
NOTED! 8|
Posted Jan-18-2013 ByAssyren (60.90) Assyren View Channel Send Message
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@Brondo25 what about 3rd?
Posted Jan-18-2013 Byglideman (16.40) glideman View Channel Send Message
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@glideman
If It were me; Not without Heavy cover fire, body armor, and combat helmet.
Or find another way around.
Posted Jan-18-2013 ByBrondo25 (117.80) 
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@Brondo25 Never be any of the runners. Be the sniper.
Posted Jan-18-2013 Bymeanmiguel (45.10) 
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@meanmiguel
Damn good plan.
Posted Jan-18-2013 ByBrondo25 (117.80) 
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Why did the Al Jazeera reporter cross the road?
To get to the Top Of The Page on LL today
worked, too
Posted Jan-18-2013 By2DLISH2QUIT (2054.50) 2DLISH2QUIT View Channel Send Message
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@2DLISH2QUIT
ZING!
Posted Jan-18-2013 ByFire37Rescue (12158.90) 
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@2DLISH2QUIT LMAO You are now legendary.
Posted Jan-18-2013 ByASSASSYN360 (372.86) ASSASSYN360 View Channel Send Message
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@2DLISH2QUIT :D
Posted Jan-19-2013 ByTalos4 (219.30) 
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Running a couple of seconds after the first militant was a big mistake,it drew attention to the crossing point and enabled the sniper to get range,bloody foolish,should have waited 5 minutes if not longer
Posted Jan-18-2013 Byslot (1.40) 
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@slot
I don't know much about war, but I was kind of thinking the same thing....and why did the people that are supposed to be protecting him, allow him to cross directly after the other guy?
Posted Jan-18-2013 ByBthor420 (828.80) 
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@slot Lolol true. They should have watched 'full metal jacket" first. The first runner just lets the shooter get a bead. The second runner is dead.
Posted Jan-18-2013 Bydmarlow310 (134.50) dmarlow310 View Channel Send Message
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@slot your playing too much black ops
Posted Jan-18-2013 Byglideman (16.40) glideman View Channel Send Message
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@slot alright smart-ass. if they did that at every corner they wouldnt get back in time for prayers. Im guessing they had no inclination that a sniper was sitting in wait there....
Posted Jan-19-2013 ByBulldogSpirit (76.20) 
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Always be the first to go....or the last. never the second...
Posted Jan-18-2013 ByBarracudaMtl (17.00) 
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Dont bring a microphone to a gun fight
You will just record your agony
Posted Jan-18-2013 ByZoinks (8.80) 
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@Zoinks haha if i could vote i would vote you up, so true.
Posted Jan-18-2013 ByAli bim Hautuillat (16.60) 
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@Ali bim Hautuillat
But you can't vote. So make your own interesting comments and get points that way.
Posted Jan-18-2013 Byinternetian (23.90) 
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Too bad he wasn't one of their bloggers.
Posted Jan-18-2013 ByDie Humans (719.70) Die Humans View Channel Send Message
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@Kurdistan4Ever expose fsa? what do you mean? he was banned for posting about fsa?
Posted Jan-18-2013 ByAli bim Hautuillat (16.60) 
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@Kurdistan4Ever BWAHAHA You are timbuckchu die motherfucker, now We know who creates mass accounts and go comment on random videos : Ooooh I wish I can vote your sweet witty funny comment up but I can't ......xD eat shit motherfucker ....In3el Mok .
Posted Jan-18-2013 Byrastamoun (398.08) 
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@Die Humans Douggy Fresh in your avatar there
Posted Jan-18-2013 ByBioviper (63.20) 
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Easy to forget that sometimes journalists are in the line of fire just as much as the soldier next to them. The difference is that the only weapon they hold is the light that they can shine on man's inhumanity to man.
R.I.P to all those who have died in the act of telling the world of the atrocities they see.
Posted Jan-18-2013 Bylowlandsmatt (51.88) 
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@lowlandsmatt BULL shit!
Journalist today kill more people with their camera than any soldier on the frontline.
Laing truth twisting basterds Rot in hell!
Posted Jan-18-2013 Bycroat (117.20) 
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@croat
Please note I make the distinction between those who deal in facts and the truth and who care about the audience, and the gutter press who manipulate the media for their own ends.
Why so angry by the way? Croatia is a fine country with beautiful women?
Posted Jan-18-2013 Bylowlandsmatt (51.88) 
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@lowlandsmatt And witch category Al Jazeera comes in your note??
Why am angry?
No I am not angry but I regard jurnalsuit as lower scum than lawyers and drug dealers and the 0.01% that are ok don’t make a big difference!
Posted Jan-18-2013 Bycroat (117.20) 
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@croat You should be thankful, if it weren't for journalists then nobody in North America or the rest of Europe would have given a shit about the Yugoslav wars. Just cut out the politics and appreciate that they're showing you the shit you would never normally see.
Posted Jan-18-2013 Bysuicidebob (208.28) 
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@suicidebob Well said.
Posted Jan-18-2013 Byrozafa24 (41.18) rozafa24 View Channel Send Message
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He was a combat-reporter in FSA propaganda army, and in his hand he has a WEAPON OF MASS DECEPTION
Posted Jan-18-2013 Bypil kil (27.70) 
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@pil kil
weapon of mass deception. youre one cheesy motherfucker
Posted Jan-18-2013 Byimlegit (110.00) 
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@pil kil I agree. Just like those guys in Iraq that got killed by the apache gunships.
Posted Jan-18-2013 Bygrunt (481.70) 
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fucking campers.
Posted Jan-18-2013 Byspiki (11.30) 
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@spiki You son of a bitch, now I've got water all over my laptop.
On a serious note, he should have waited til the first that ran across and cleared the corner. What a noob.
Posted Jan-18-2013 Bymkinla (110.92) 
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@spiki best comment if the day, that made me chuckle. Thanks.
Posted Jan-18-2013 Bynorthpappyflappy (155.84) 
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Okay! I will go first across the street then you second so that the sniper can can shoot you.
Posted Jan-18-2013 Bylarknark (42.80) 
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@larknark Or the machine gunner.
Posted Jan-18-2013 Bygrunt (481.70) 
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Translation
"I'll go first, then after the sniper has been alerted to our presence...you go!...simples"
Posted Jan-18-2013 ByDonegal (491.00) 
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They should have all lined up side by side and ran across so they looked like 1 dude.
Posted Jan-19-2013 Byprogigolo (9.00) 
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@progigolo LOL not bad.
Posted Jan-19-2013 BytxFirehawk (44.90) 
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@progigolo It's sad, but this comment cracked me the fuck up. Put the dumbest guy on the right and the reporter at the end of the line...lmao.
Posted Jan-19-2013 ByGrope4luna (39.50) 
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I'm not taking sides here but how was the sniper meant to know he was a journalist. Firstly he looks like a local and he is wearing plain clothing, secondly he just ran across after a guy who was carrying an AK47 and thirdly that thing he's carrying in his hand could be an IED for all the sniper knows. This guy should have taken a desk job instead of becoming a war journalis as he obviously didn't know what he was doing.
Btw I'm not saying I could have done better but I at least would have take More..
Posted Jan-18-2013 ByTruelegend (22.70) 
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@Truelegend Yeah - don't they usual walk with big 'PRESS' signs on them? But then again, FSA would probably start dressing like reporters, making the whole 'PRESS' point moot.
Posted Jan-18-2013 ByEternal21 (274.70) 
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@Truelegend You're right, there's no way to know. Being a war journalist takes massive balls.
Posted Jan-18-2013 ByChimpy (268.48) 
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@Chimpy What makes you say he didn't? Unlike western war journalists he does not have a vest or a million bodyguards.
Posted Jan-18-2013 ByTEXAS HOLDEM123 (9042.60) 
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@Truelegend "This guy should have taken a desk job instead of becoming a war journalis as he obviously didn't know what he was doing. "
Unfortunately the thing about experience is it gives the test first and lessons later.... I do not think there is anyway where one can truly prepare or educate themself about what a war correspondent might face
Posted Jan-18-2013 ByTEXAS HOLDEM123 (9042.60) 
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@TEXAS HOLDEM123 That probably has more to do with him being a freelancer than a legitimate Al Jazeera reporter (who would probably have a vest and bodyguards as well).
Al Jazeera is claiming that he is a Syrian activist-turned reporter, so it also goes to show that they tossed any ounce of objectivity they had out the window by literally turning their sources into their local representatives.
Posted Jan-19-2013 Bysakb (8249.30) 
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