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Thread ID: 19390 | Posts: 5 | Started: 2005-08-02
2005-08-02 18:12 | User Profile
[url]http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050802/ap_on_re_eu/russia_abc[/url]
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[SIZE=5]Russia Won't Renew ABC-TV's Accreditation [/SIZE]
By MIKE ECKEL, Associated Press Writer 34 minutes ago
MOSCOW - Russia's Foreign Ministry said Tuesday it will not renew permission for ABC-TV to operate in the country after the network broadcast an interview with a notorious Chechen warlord.
In a statement, the ministry said ABC would be considered "undesirable" by all Russian state agencies because of an interview with Shamil Basayev, which was broadcast last week.
The ministry called the broadcast a "clear fact supporting the propaganda of terrorism" and said it contained "direct vocal calls for violence against Russian citizens."
As a result, the ministry said it decided "not to renew the accreditations of employees of this television company after they expire."
[B]The Foreign Ministry is the main government agency authorizing foreign media outlets to work in Russia, and the decision effectively now bars ABC from working here.[/B]
ABC News had no immediate comment.
On Friday, the Foreign Ministry summoned a top U.S. diplomat to protest the interview with Basayev, who has claimed responsibility for some of Russia's most terrifying terrorist attacks, including last year's hostage seizure at the school in Beslan, which ended in the deaths of more than 330 children and adults.
In the interview conducted by Russian journalist Andrei Babitsky, Basayev, who has a $10 million bounty on his head, said he was plotting more attacks.
Among other attacks, Basayev has been linked to a 2002 hostage-taking assault on a Moscow theater that left 170 people dead, a 2003 suicide attack in the Moscow subway that killed 41 people, and a 2003 double suicide bombing at a Moscow rock concert that killed 17 people.
[B]On Sunday, Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said he was barring military personnel from contact with ABC and said the ministry now considered the network "persona non grata."[/B][/FONT]
2005-08-02 18:27 | User Profile
[QUOTE]Russia kicks out the ABC TV-network - take that, jewsmedia! [/QUOTE]
Within a few days/weeks, "Nuke Russia" will be just another household phrase amongst "patriotic" 'Merrikuns.
2005-08-02 18:32 | User Profile
Rather unlikely, for Russia can nuke back at USA (and also Israel).
Petr
2005-08-02 18:44 | User Profile
My guess is that 80% of the Russian anti-Semitism that we hear about is illusion. Jews easily infiltrate Russian populations undetected because their features overlap considerably. That said, it's easy for Jews to do their deeds without being identified as Jewish deeds and also easy for Jews to pretend to be Russian anti-Semites as a means to lead the opposition.
2005-08-02 21:46 | User Profile
A news agency is held accountable for feeding terrorists what they want via news coverage. Interesting approach.
Not sure how effective it is, or will be in the long run, but it is a signal to media that they are part of the problem, not part of the solution. Dupes of terror organizations, or maybe more correctly, willing tools.
[QUOTE=Petr][url="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050802/ap_on_re_eu/russia_abc"]http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050802/ap_on_re_eu/russia_abc[/url]
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[size=5]Russia Won't Renew ABC-TV's Accreditation [/size]
By MIKE ECKEL, Associated Press Writer 34 minutes ago
MOSCOW - Russia's Foreign Ministry said Tuesday it will not renew permission for ABC-TV to operate in the country after the network broadcast an interview with a notorious Chechen warlord.
In a statement, the ministry said ABC would be considered "undesirable" by all Russian state agencies because of an interview with Shamil Basayev, which was broadcast last week.
The ministry called the broadcast a "clear fact supporting the propaganda of terrorism" and said it contained "direct vocal calls for violence against Russian citizens."
As a result, the ministry said it decided "not to renew the accreditations of employees of this television company after they expire."
The Foreign Ministry is the main government agency authorizing foreign media outlets to work in Russia, and the decision effectively now bars ABC from working here.
ABC News had no immediate comment.
On Friday, the Foreign Ministry summoned a top U.S. diplomat to protest the interview with Basayev, who has claimed responsibility for some of Russia's most terrifying terrorist attacks, including last year's hostage seizure at the school in Beslan, which ended in the deaths of more than 330 children and adults.
In the interview conducted by Russian journalist Andrei Babitsky, Basayev, who has a $10 million bounty on his head, said he was plotting more attacks.
Among other attacks, Basayev has been linked to a 2002 hostage-taking assault on a Moscow theater that left 170 people dead, a 2003 suicide attack in the Moscow subway that killed 41 people, and a 2003 double suicide bombing at a Moscow rock concert that killed 17 people.
On Sunday, Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said he was barring military personnel from contact with ABC and said the ministry now considered the network "persona non grata."[/font][/QUOTE]