60 Minutes Reporter Lara Logan Sexually Assaulted By Egyptian Revolutionaries

[twyacht]

Gee, what about the religion of peace and tolerance? Where are the Libs on this one?

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/cbs-news-correspondent-subjected-to-brutal-and-sustained-sexual-assault-in-egypt/

As a Western journalist covering the resignation of then-Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, CBS News correspondent Lara Logan was reportedly attacked by a mob of protesters while she and her crew navigated through the crowds in Cairo on Feb. 11.

According to a statement released by CBS News Tuesday, Logan was “covering the jubilation in Tahrir Square for a 60 Minutes story when she and her team and their security were surrounded by a dangerous element amidst the celebration.” After Logan was separated from the rest of her CBS crew, she was brutally attacked, the network confirmed.

The full statement describes Logan’s horrifying ordeal:

    On Friday February 11, the day Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak stepped down, CBS correspondent Lara Logan was covering the jubilation in Tahrir Square for a “60 Minutes” story when 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 frenzy.

   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. She reconnected with the CBS team, returned to her hotel and returned to the United States on the first flight the next morning. She is currently in the hospital recovering.

    There will be no further comment from CBS News and correspondent Logan and her family respectfully request privacy at this time.

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What a nice bunch of inspiring "freedom" seeking citizens.....Thankful women, and soldiers came to her rescue.

Still a bunch of damn savages.

 

[tombogan03884]

"saved by a group of women and an estimated 20 Egyptian soldiers."
AKA "The good people"

"a mob of more than 200 people whipped into frenzy.

   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 "

The ones Obummer supports.

[r_w]

Prayers out to her and her fam.

That said, I don't think I have ever seen a peaceful gathering of young unemployed males.  They do not possess the character, faith, emotional stability, or discipline to hold a job.  Put thousands of them together and something is going to go wrong.  Whether they are taught a religion of hate or as being a victim class, the result is the same.

[tombogan03884]

I was going to flame RW on the point that they are unemployed NOT because they are lazy but because there simply aren't any jobs.
Then I remembered the huge crime rate in civilized old England with it's 50 + % unemployment.
Add to that the fact that these people aren't particularly "civilized" and I'm not surprised she was attacked.
I'm only surprised she was not gang raped in a culture that think's any woman in western clothing is a whore.

[JC5123]

I am going to go a different direction with this. I am all about equal treatment when it comes to women in the workplace, but this is just plain stupid. Forget for a moment that she is a woman. WTF are you thinking as a journalist? Lets go walking around in a MOB! The M's have covered this on the the first season of TBD:S. See a mob, go the other direction. Even armed I would not go walking into a situation like that. Why do these people think that just because they have a press badge they are immune to the chaos around them?

Having ranted that, I wish her the best and hope for her speedy recovery.

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[r_w]

I was going to flame RW on the point that they are unemployed NOT because they are lazy but because there simply aren't any jobs.
Then I remembered the huge crime rate in civilized old England with it's 50 + % unemployment.
Add to that the fact that these people aren't particularly "civilized" and I'm not surprised she was attacked.
I'm only surprised she was not gang raped in a culture that think's any woman in western clothing is a whore.

OK, Unemployed and NO ALCOHOL.  Not many ways left to vent. 

I am going to say she was in the process of being gaing raped.

JC, you are right but the story is always in the danger.  Those reporters are adrenaline junkies. 

Her security detail has some answering to do. 

[JC5123]

OK, Unemployed and NO ALCOHOL.  Not many ways left to vent. 

I am going to say she was in the process of being gaing raped.

JC, you are right but the story is always in the danger.  Those reporters are adrenaline junkies. 

Her security detail has some answering to do. 

Agreed, however, just as with anything, a little bit of forethought and you can get the scoop without getting yourself violated.

I took a left turn into the north forty on that rant. What my real point was ties into what Tom was saying. The sheep (journalists especially) have been conditioned to think that Muslims are peaceful people and it's just the kooks causing problems. This has been and continues to be our gravest error in dealing with them as a threat. In most ANY situation. And these people have PROVEN time and time again that they are DANGEROUS in crowds.

[crusader rabbit]

It's a religion of peace and love... except for that women as chattel part where men get to do anything they want to women without fear of reprisal.

No woman, regardless of political persuasion or ideology, deserves this sort of violence.  It is simply wrong.

My prayers go out for her and her family.

[tombogan03884]

I don't blame the Wogs half as much as I do the managers of these networks.
What kind of f*cking moron sends a woman into the middle of a tense situation in a culture that considers women property ?
She could probably sue the crap out of her employer.
They might as well send a black person to cover a KKK Rally.

[PegLeg45]

I don't blame the Wogs half as much as I do the managers of these networks.
What kind of f*cking moron sends a woman into the middle of a tense situation in a culture that considers women property ?
She could probably sue the crap out of her employer.
They might as well send a black person to cover a KKK Rally.

All in the name of ratings......fodder for the ratings.