Top CBS foreign correspondent Lara Logan suffered a "brutal" sexual assault at the hands of a mob in Egypt while covering the downfall of president Hosni Mubarak, the network said. "She and her team and their security were surrounded by a dangerous element amidst the celebration. It was a mob of more than 200 people whipped into a frenzy," CBS said in a statement.
"In the crush of the mob, she was separated from her crew. She was surrounded and suffered a brutal and sustained sexual assault and beating before being saved by a group of women and an estimated 20 Egyptian soldiers."
The incident took place on Cairo's central Tahrir Square last Friday, the day Mubarak stepped down, CBS said.
The assault lasted for around 20 to 30 minutes, an insider told the Wall Street Journal, though they stated that it was "not a rape".
Logan was flown to the United States the next day where she was admitted to hospital.
South African-born Logan has covered the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, becoming one of the US media's most recognisable war correspondents.
She became CBS News chief foreign correspondent in 2006 after starting at the network four years earlier.
The mother of two young children, Logan met her husband, a defence contractor, while working as a correspondent in Iraq.
She had been in Egypt to cover the celebrations after Mubarak's resignation for news program 60 Minutes.
16 Feb 2011In this instance, an allegation has been made that Ms, Logan, has been sexually assaulted by women and 20 soldiers (government personnel).
It is not in the interest of this blog to judge whether the occurrence of such a heinous act is true nor should it be a trail by media, as to whether this really occurred because these people are 'barbaric', or Mr. Julian Assange did not rape the women as alleged because he is a 'nice guy'.
Since the new age of this Global Judicial System, that can stretch to all the corners of the world, in similar fashion, to the extradition of Mr. Assange for questioning over rape 'allegations', the 'alleged' perpetrators of Ms. Logan can be easily found as 20 of them are government employees, they can then be extradited to the United States to face charges of rape.
We know this will NEVER happen, as this is NOT about sentencing the criminals against Ms. Logan, but rather the sentencing of an individual who exposed government corruption through publishing documents.
No comments:
Post a Comment