For some reason they think they can put stuff on YouTube but then ban even one of their paid subscribers from linking or embedding it. Rotsa ruck, dumbos. I knew most of the print dinosaurs didn’t understand the Web. They’re still in denial. But I didn’t think they were this schtoopid.
Via Instapundit.
UPDATE: Must have finally checked with their lawyers. AP apologizes to the subscriber.
AP’s version is inside the crowd, with views of armed police and troops, but no Hez militia in sight.
"Hundreds of thousands of protesters from Hezbollah and its pro-Syrian allies massed Friday in downtown Beirut seeking to force the resignation of Western-backed Prime Minister Fuad Saniora, who was holed up in his office ringed by hundreds of police and combat troops."
Pajamas Media’s Michael J. Totten had no trouble finding the militia or other context.
"The Hizbullah militia has laid siege to the government building, trapping the prime minister and cabinet ministers inside. Roadblocks were set up by Hizbullah members in what can only be described as coup d’etat…Saudi King had to intervene through his ambassador, to ‘partially’ remove the siege.
"Hizbullah ‘tents’ are still on the roads, isolating the government building. The Saudi king phoned the cabinet and spoke to all ministers one by one, affirming his support. The only countries NOT supporting this government are Syria and Iran.’
AP gets one strategic point clear: Bush considers Lebanon a central front in the war. It is, indeed.
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Mohammed at Iraq the Model writes a horrific description of the past few days and the fear he and his neighbors and relatives feel, in part at stories such as AP’s about the burning of people alive–in that case from the mouth of one of AP’s bogus police sources.
"Rough times blur the vision and disrupt reason, I understand that. When you hear stories about people burned alive or mass public executions it makes you imagine that the streets are full of monsters coming to predate everything and makes you shout calling for merciless punishment upon even those who are only suspects."
Worth reading it all.
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