Anderson Cooper Attacked, Punched in Head by Pro-Mubarak Mob In Egypt

[Hissyspit]

Source: Huffington Post

Anderson Cooper Attacked, Punched In The Head By Pro-Mubarak Mob In Egypt

The Huffington Post  Jack Mirkinson  First Posted: 02/ 2/11 08:47 AM Updated: 02/ 2/11 08:50 AM

Anderson Cooper and his crew have been attacked by supporters of Hosni Mubarak in Egypt, according to CNN.

CNN's Steve Brusk tweeted that "Anderson said he was punched 10 times in the head as pro-Mubarak mob surrounded him and his crew trying to cover demonstration."

Al-Jazeera also reported the news.
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Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/02/anderson-cooper-attacked-punched-egypt_n_817352.html

[Fearless]

1. Yikes!

[CottonBear]

2. Twitter feed from Anna Stewart of CNN RE: Cooper and chaos in Cairo:

http://twitter.com/annastewartCNN

[DearAbby]

3. Hope he is okay.......nt

[CottonBear]

4. Link to live feed from BBC with info on Cooper and the events in Cairo:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12307698

[earthside]

14. CNN International

Live video feed from Anderson Cooper also available on CNN International.

If its not on your cable/satellite, there is a CNN International app.

[CottonBear]

39. Thanks for the info! I only have internet and basic TV cable. n/t

[gademocrat7]

15. Thanks, CottonBear

[CottonBear]

38. You are welcome from another GA Duer! n/t

[Cali_Democrat]

37. Thanks for that. n/t

[tabatha]

5. Yikes indeed.

"It looks like protesters are digging up the road to throw at each other in #Cairo, violence clearly escalating."

[bigworld]

6. Some good those massive biceps were

[dixiegrrrrl]

7. Hissyspit, I am cross posting this link in the Egypt thread, ok with you?

We are trying to get stuff on one page for later bookmarking/timeline.


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x328992#329077

[Hissyspit]

9. Sure. Also this:

@RawStory 'They are blocking the entrances, throwing glass bottles... Thousands of women and children here.' Follow #Egypt live. http://bit.ly/fCFYRu
15 secs ago from TweetDeck

[xchrom]

8. recommend

[forty6]

10. Let's send Bill O'reilly and Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck over there!

Of course those folks never go anywhere outside of their cushy homes, limo's and offices.

[lame54]

21. my first thought

[SpiralHawk]

27. Ah wait - they are all Bona Fide Republicon Chickenhawks

So they are definitely not going to actually do anything -- though I am sure they'd be tickled to send our sons and daughters to fight for them. As usual.

[Divernan]

11. The US has been subsidizing Mubarek's thugs for what, 30 years?

Hell hath no fury like a thug scorned.

[malaise]

33. Let's see if CNN stop spinning this crap for

Mubarak from now. Imagine Anderson was safer in Haiti!

[FreakinDJ]

12. This going to get ugly

Some told Mubarak's cronies the "Gravy Train" was about to end

[bemildred]

13. Tsk. How gritty. nt

[Turborama]

16. Did he say "We're not Al Jazeera!", like he did yesterday on AC360? n/t

[harvey007]

17. Ouch

This should be a reminder to all reporters of the dangers of walking into the middle of an angry crowd of protesters.

[Turborama]

18. He was on the phone just then and sounded fine. Drama over.

Meanwhile, women and children are getting attacked by Mubarak's thugs in Tahrir Square.

[Name removed]

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[proud2BlibKansan]

20. OMG Hope he's okay.

[forty6]

23. He's okay... he's on the air reviewing the incident... not seriously hurt at all

Just shaken up and surprised.

[snooper2]

34. hmm., maybe CNN will stop their pro-Mubarak slant

[suffragette]

22. Reporters from Spain were attacked as well

http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/blog/2011/feb/02/egypt-protests-live-updates

1.23pm: Spain's Cadena SER radio station's reporters in Cairo are reporting that their car has been surrounded and attacked by pro-Mubarak thugs and they have had to take refuge in a building protected by the army, writes Giles Tremlett in Madrid.

[forty6]

24. Sounds like Mubarek has his hired secret former CIA paid thugs out there ...

working the crowds, instilling fear, trying to make the protestors and news people stop what they are doing..

It won't work.

[RegieRocker]

25. Maybe they were flown in?

[forty6]

30. Possibly... would make sense since they didn't show up until today...

you might be very right....had to collect those folks from wherever they "rendition" prisoners to.

[bdamomma]

31. thugs dressed as police from what I read

Mubarak is a desperate man, and is killing off his people.

[Lars77]

26. If you can bomb a wedding in Afghanistan, you can fucking bomb a presidential palace!! nt

[upi402]

28. Forget citizens being brutalized by thugs, a "journo" is getting hims hair mussed up!

The glory-hounds pile onto a thing they don't give a rat's ass about and lap up the lime light on the backs of the suffering masses.

Shod & froida

[Raine]

41. If journalists are assaulted to stop them from reporting

how is the world supposed to find out about the thugs brutalizing the citizens.

[upi402]

43. Those pompas asses aren't journalists. And

they don't care a whit about telling the world what's happening. They care about their careers and their place in the hierarchy of the info-tainment propaganda business.

the real journalists are getting elbowed out as these halfwits come on the scene to pretend they're in the shit.

[Raine]

44. Whether you call them journalists or

not they are being threatened, beaten and harassed so they can't report. So I guess you don't have to see film of the people being beaten from those "pompous asses" covering them anymore.

[bdamomma]

29. check this out

http://www.blogslut.com/blogslut/

also read from CNN site that Anderson Cooper is alright.

[arthritisR_US]

32. ouch...I'd lose count after the third one. n/t

[Lucinda]

35. Video of AC talking about the attack @ CNN

http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/02/video-anderson-and-crew-attacked-in-cairo/

[gauguin57]

36. A female Catalan journalist was apparently attacked while she was on the air.

I heard it through the Twitter-vine.

[Xenotime]

40. He's doing it for the ratings.

[Raine]

42. then again he could stay on the roof like Brian Williams

all nice and safe and still get ratings I suppose. :shrug: