Guardian reporter missing in Iraq

[RogueTrooper]

A journalist for the Guardian newspaper is thought to have been kidnapped after going missing in Iraq.

It is believed Baghdad correspondent Rory Carroll may have been abducted by armed men while on assignment in the capital, a Guardian statement said.

The paper said it was urgently seeking information about the 33-year-old Republic of Ireland national.

Mr Carroll had been in Iraq for nine months. He previously worked as South Africa correspondent.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4357284.st...

Only four graphs in this story at the moment.

[RogueTrooper]

1. Guardian link

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1595777,00....

The Guardian today confirmed that its Baghdad correspondent Rory Carroll, an Irish citizen, is missing, believed kidnapped, in Iraq.

Rory Carroll, 33, was on assignment in Baghdad earlier today when he went missing. It is believed Mr Carroll may have been taken by a group of armed men.

The Guardian is urgently seeking information about Mr Carroll's whereabouts and condition.

[Binka]

2. Holy Shit Rory Is In Trouble!

Hold on tight buddy it is as ugly as it gets there right now. Prayers for his family going up NOW!

[Sequoia]

7. The USA is behind this you can bet.

Oh sure, they'll get some brown people in hoods and act like they're the enemy but The Guardian comes out with some very hot news and our slutty leaders don't like that. Fake terrorist. I hope he'll be okay though. Journalist are the enemy of the state.

[TexasLawyer]

13. lawlessness

Another likely scenario is that he was kidnapped for ransom. Western companies pay big-time money to get their employees back.

Much of Iraq has become lawless, and there is rampant murder, robbery and kidnapping going on, largely unchecked.

[Sequoia]

17. Yet, no American journalist seemed to be kidnapped like other

countries'. (Knock on wood).

[Nihil]

22. That's because they don't leave the Green Zone when ...

... they are doing their "reporting".
(From the stuff they print, they don't even leave the Army Press
Briefing Room ...)

[EuroObserver]

25. The damage people like Judith Miller

have done to the very concept of principled, authentic journalism. And to the livlihoods as well as the very lives of real journalists...

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

3. cnn just "broke" this story at 10:06am edt

[tk2kewl]

4. were the kinappers driving stolen american vehicles by any chance

[RaleighNCDUer]

5. Or unmarked, white SUVs? nt

[uppityperson]

6. So sorry for Tory and his family/friends

edited for typo. Targeting journalists is a good way to get coverage (targeting of any sort, verbal or bombing).

[Cha]

8. I hope Rory Carroll ..by some

Miracle is all right!

[texpatriot2004]

9. Me too. Love and Light to him and his family/friends and many

miracles for him. INJ Amen.

[IChing]

10. Read his last report to the Guardian on this link

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph... wasn't what the US administration wanted to hear.

[Cha]

11. Sorry, IChing, there's a "bug

in the link".

[IChing]

14. link repaired-Trial of the Century? Not for Iraqis 10-17-2005!!!!!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

[Cha]

19. Thanks! And, a article like

this is against the USA, Not against the Iraqi People..who benefits?

[IChing]

20. Yes, who will benefit with his disappearance?

Who is most likely to make his disappearance happen?

I hope I am wrong and he turns up safe and alive

[EuroObserver]

12. Rory's September 12th article: Reporters at Risk

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1567737,00....

<snip>

Reporters at risk

Journalists believe recent deaths and injuries among their number based in Iraq show US troops are getting out of control

Rory Carroll in Baghdad
Monday September 12, 2005
The Guardian

...

</snip>

[Straight Shooter]

15. Oh. My. God.

I've always said a tinfoil hat isn't just a tinfoil hat, it's a bullsh*t detector, too.

Prayers for Rory, his family, his friends, and his colleagues.

[EuroObserver]

18. Tinfoil reading tea-leaves

would conjecture: Brits required to keep quiet about what they may know, or be in a position to investigate.

[IChing]

21. Don't forget about Basra Prison Break Investigator Mysteriously Dies

Basra Prison Break Investigator Mysteriously Dies

He was responsible for the investigation into the two Elite SAS men disguised as Arab "terrorists"
by Michel Chossudovsky
October 17, 2005
GlobalResearch.ca

In this capacity, Captain Masters was responsible for investigating the circumstances of the arrest of two undercover elite SAS men, wearing Arab clothing, by Iraqi police in Basra. on September 19 (London Times (17 Oct 2005)..

"The Ministry of Defence refused to reveal details about his work but it is believed he was involved in the inquiry into the dramatic rescue of two SAS soldiers held in a prison in Basra.

The Daily Mail (17 Oct 2005), however, tends to dismiss the suicide thesis "Little is known of his private life and it is said to be unlikely that the pressures of work would have led him to commit suicide."

Was the British military blocking Captain Masters police investigation?

There were apparent disagreements between British military commanding officers and the military police officials dispatched to the war theater in charge of investigating the actions and behavior of military personnel. (The Independent 17 Oct 2005).

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0510/S00242.htm

[hang a left]

16. Please.

Somebody make it stop!

[JoFerret]

23. Rory gave us lots of good stories from Iraq. So young

A link to the guardian story and a list of links to his stories.
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/news/archives/2005/10/19/gu...

[Peace Patriot]

24. Pray! Pray! Pray!

CACI-type death squads running amok, I can feel it. US troops fighting Syrian soldiers at the border (and over the border). White journalist gets snagged. All to crowd out the pending indictments. So like the Nick Berg event, when the torture photos were coming out.

I'm afraid Libby was right (or, rather, I read him right). The "aspens" are deeply rooted, and the Queen of Iraq is not to worry about anybody "turning" (the PNAC plan, and all its operatives and capabilities are still in place, even if Libby takes the "fall").