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« Idiots on The Right! | Main | Building the Conservative Fanbase..... » May 09, 2005
An interesting theory on Kidnappings in Iraq
From: Say Anything: Recently Paul Taggart, a professional photographer who was taken hostage in Iraq for three days back in July of 2004, wrote a story about his experience for the April 2005 edition of Maxim. It was an informative read, but I found this passage near the end of the story particularly interesting: There were a few theories on why I ended up in safe hands rather than being executed. Most were that either a criminal gang or Shiite militants had taken me and that Sadr City militia representatives interceded on my behalf, maybe to help out in their negotiations with the Iraqi interim government and coalition forces. Another major factor may have been that my abduction was never publicized; knowing that images of me on global TV would have made me much more valuable to insurgents and in ransom schemes, the media blacked out stories about my abduction.--- This is an entirely plausible theory. The question is, will the bloggers who have really publicized these abductions take this theory to heart when publishing the reports on kidnappings and the the grisly beheading videos. Posted by David A at May 9, 2005 04:08 PM
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But consider, David, that bloggers seldom, if ever, break the news of a kidnapping. They take the lead from the MSM. I've found the blogosphere reports best for more in-depth information on abductions that have already been publicized. And I don't put much stock in the theory to begin with. The folks who are the local targets of the publicity don't get their news from NBC. They get it from Al Jazeera et al, who are unlikely to withhold publicizing an abduction because the victim is a Western journalist. Posted by: Boyd at May 9, 2005 07:19 PM Boyd, you may be right. I just thought it was an interesting theory. Guess you just shot the hell out of that one. (Grin) Posted by: David at May 9, 2005 08:44 PM Post a comment
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