Stephen Farrell

He's responsible because he was captured whilst trying to highlight the plight of the region? It's sad people died in the raid but I do not hold him responsible. I think leaving hostages to be killed isn't a great strategy and is against what we stand for.

I would be interested to see if Sultan Munadi was killed by friendly fire or his captors; this seems to be creating a stir.
 
I agree, wasn't worth the risk given that negotiations were reportedly underway. And it wasn't the first time he's been kidnapped, you think he'd learn by now. Four people die in the rescue, hope he feels good about himself.
 
I don't believe that any news story is worth the death of a British soldier it's not what we sent our bos to Afghanistan to do and it's not what they signed up to do. The journalist went into a war zone knowing the risks and then went to a highly sensetive area knowing that it increased his risk exposure. To sacrafice the life of a British service man rescuing this idiot who is well known for taking excessive risks and putting himself in extemely dubious situations is a crying shame. My thoughts and prayers are with the family of yet another British serviceman killed unnecessarily.
 
rodo said:
He's responsible because he was captured whilst trying to highlight the plight of the region? It's sad people died in the raid but I do not hold him responsible. I think leaving hostages to be killed isn't a great strategy and is against what we stand for.

I would be interested to see if Sultan Munadi was killed by friendly fire or his captors; this seems to be creating a stir.
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Well its not as if it was his first time being lifted there and he was warned not to go there..he seems to be on a mission to be known as some kind of journalistic super hero.
 
The thought did occur to me that it was kind of ironic that he got rescued by NATO soldiers when he got kidnapped whilst doing a bit of anti-NATO reporting. Also, he has dual British/Irish citizenship - just strikes me as a bit convenient, first you're Irish so the Taliban won't behead you, then you rely on being British so that British soldiers will have to come and rescue you.
 
I don't think the news are treating him as a hero, I certainly don't regard him as one. But the fact he was captured before is a bit worrying. I'm interested to see more on this story.
 
Deluxe1 said:
If indeed he was told of the security risks then he brought it on himself and shouldnt of been rescued.
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He was warned repeatedly of the security risks and still chose to go, to an area of very high tension following a coalition air strike. His actions were ridiculous and he should have been left to rot in a taliban prison.
 
****, so how come he got priority over others that have been abducted?

This is only going to spur him on further to go out and report thinking he is invinsible now due to being rescued and thinks he can rely on rescues in the future.

again, ****

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They should have left him, you don't jump off the side of a boat in rough seas and expect nobody to come after you, without risking their own life or dying saving you.

He and his colleagues will always argue that their job is to take risks - to give the public "the story" I say **** the story, and let the armed forces do their job, without halfwit hotshot reporters getting way out of their depth.
 
V-Spec said:
They should have left him, you don't jump off the side of a boat in rough seas and expect nobody to come after you, without risking their own life or dying saving you.

He and his colleagues will always argue that their job is to take risks - to give the public "the story" I say **** the story, and let the armed forces do their job, without halfwit hotshot reporters getting way out of their depth.
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yup couldn't agree more. all they want is the sensationalist aspect, they don't seem to care that they're endangering others, especially the armed forces who are there trying to do their job.
it really ****** me off that one second the journo's are behind the troops, then one thing goes a bit amiss and they're against them...
 
twist3d0n3 said:
yup couldn't agree more. all they want is the sensationalist aspect, they don't seem to care that they're endangering others, especially the armed forces who are there trying to do their job.
it really ****** me off that one second the journo's are behind the troops, then one thing goes a bit amiss and they're against them...
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Ross Kemp doesn't seem to get in the way though, so it isn't everyone.

Personally I think the mass media has no place in war zones. Go back to to military-authored propaganda statements I say.
 
doesn't seem to, but i bet they have to sacrifice a few men to be his personal body guard when they could put them to more tactical use...
 
twist3d0n3 said:
doesn't seem to, but i bet they have to sacrifice a few men to be his personal body guard when they could put them to more tactical use...
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Ross didn't have any personal body guards (tbh). He even peed himself at one point - that's how much in the thick of it he gets. He seems to get involved, relaying comms and stuff and generally seems stuck in. Granted this could all be editorial spin, but the troops and MoD seem to like him.
 
Acording to the radio this morning, the local village elders also told him to stay away. These are likely to have strong contacts with the Taliban, making his actions completely irresponsible. Utter gimp, who I hope is crucified when he gets back home. But more than likely the press will close ranks around one of their own.
 
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