Google Saves Life
Correspondent:: ±
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 20:28:45 -0700
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http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=20494
Iraqi militants 'Googled' journalist
21:39 AEST Tue Oct 19 2004
AP - Iraqi militants who kidnapped and threatened to kill an Australian
journalist "Googled" his name on the internet to check his work before
releasing him unharmed.
John Martinkus, a veteran freelancer who has covered conflicts from East
Timor to Iraq, was released a day after he was taken hostage by four
Sunni militants and ex-Iraqi army officers.
Mr Martinkus was filming a report for SBS's Dateline program and was
preparing to leave Iraq when he was grabbed about 5pm (AEST) on Saturday
outside a hotel popular with foreign correspondents.
SBS executive producer Mike Carey said the journalist's captors had
investigated his background online and saw he was harmless.
"They Googled him, they checked him out on a popular search engine and
got onto his own website or his publisher's website and saw he was a
writer and journalist," Mr Carey told AAP.
"They had thought he was working for the Americans as an informer."
In this case, modern technology probably saved his life, he said.
"It certainly did help," Mr Carey said.
Mr Martinkus said he was caught outside a Baghdad hotel occupied by
journalists, directly across the road from the Australian embassy.
He said his life was threatened but was treated well once he told his
kidnappers he was independent and not linked to the US-led coalition in
Iraq.
"I can't say very much but... of course they said they were going to
kill me," Mr Martinkus told ABC's Lateline program.
"I was able to basically establish that I was an independent journalist
reporting what was going on and that I had no links to the coalition."
News of Mr Martinkus's kidnapping came as a car bomb exploded near the
Australian embassy in Baghdad, killing seven people, and as Mr Downer
confirmed the government had rejected a United Nations request for
Australian troops to help protect UN officials in Iraq.
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Correspondent:: "Bill Cleere"
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 22:26:28 -0700
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"±" wrote in message news:41772CED.78FF549@hotmail.com...
> http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=20494
>
> Iraqi militants 'Googled' journalist
> 21:39 AEST Tue Oct 19 2004
>
>
> AP - Iraqi militants who kidnapped and threatened to kill an Australian
> journalist "Googled" his name on the internet to check his work before
> releasing him unharmed.
We're fucked if they ever get us.
I read some of my old crap, I feel like slicing my own head off.
Correspondent:: hellpopehuey@subgenius.com (HellPopeHuey)
Date: 21 Oct 2004 07:27:14 -0700
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"Bill Cleere" wrote in message news:<2tovkdF21mu1nU1@uni-berlin.de>...
> "±" wrote in message news:41772CED.78FF549@hotmail.com...
> > http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=20494
> > Iraqi militants 'Googled' journalist
> > 21:39 AEST Tue Oct 19 2004
> > AP - Iraqi militants who kidnapped and threatened to kill an Australian
> > journalist "Googled" his name on the internet to check his work before
> > releasing him unharmed.
>
> We're fucked if they ever get us.
> I read some of my old crap, I feel like slicing my own head off.
You have to love a man who recognizes his own vileness. In the name
of Mencken, Clemens and Bierce, I say God bless you, sir and may He
give raging cases of hemorraghic Melon Balls to all those insane
bastards who force me to clomp about clad in kevlar and an aluminum
derby.
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and I approve this message.
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for those who want it."
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Correspondent:: "Bill Cleere"
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 08:06:04 -0700
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"HellPopeHuey" wrote in message news:8cc8cffc.0410210627.f860a65@posting.google.com...
> "Bill Cleere" wrote in message news:<2tovkdF21mu1nU1@uni-berlin.de>...
> > "±" wrote in message news:41772CED.78FF549@hotmail.com...
>
> > > http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=20494
> > > Iraqi militants 'Googled' journalist
> > > 21:39 AEST Tue Oct 19 2004
> > > AP - Iraqi militants who kidnapped and threatened to kill an Australian
> > > journalist "Googled" his name on the internet to check his work before
> > > releasing him unharmed.
> >
> > We're fucked if they ever get us.
> > I read some of my old crap, I feel like slicing my own head off.
>
> You have to love a man who recognizes his own vileness. In the name
> of Mencken, Clemens and Bierce, I say God bless you, sir and may He
> give raging cases of hemorraghic Melon Balls to all those insane
> bastards who force me to clomp about clad in kevlar and an aluminum
> derby.
With this post, sir, you have shown yourself entitled to the esteem of that
eminent English philosopher who said that he liked a good hater.
-- Bill Cleere
Correspondent:: 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Penii
Date: 21 Oct 2004 15:09:19 GMT
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"Bill Cleere" wrote in
news:2tovkdF21mu1nU1@uni-berlin.de:
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> "±" wrote in message
> news:41772CED.78FF549@hotmail.com...
>> http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=20494
>>
>> Iraqi militants 'Googled' journalist
>> 21:39 AEST Tue Oct 19 2004
>>
>>
>> AP - Iraqi militants who kidnapped and threatened to kill an Australian
>> journalist "Googled" his name on the internet to check his work before
>> releasing him unharmed.
>
> We're fucked if they ever get us.
>
> I read some of my old crap, I feel like slicing my own head off.
I can only hope my rep would spare me.
JUDEO_CHRISTIAN HOLOCAUST NOW!!!!!111
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Correspondent:: "Bill Cleere"
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 08:19:52 -0700
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"7 Habits Of Highly Effective Penii" wrote in message
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> "Bill Cleere" wrote in
> news:2tovkdF21mu1nU1@uni-berlin.de:
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> >
> > "±" wrote in message
> > news:41772CED.78FF549@hotmail.com...
> >> http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=20494
> >>
> >> Iraqi militants 'Googled' journalist
> >> 21:39 AEST Tue Oct 19 2004
> >>
> >>
> >> AP - Iraqi militants who kidnapped and threatened to kill an Australian
> >> journalist "Googled" his name on the internet to check his work before
> >> releasing him unharmed.
> >
> > We're fucked if they ever get us.
> >
> > I read some of my old crap, I feel like slicing my own head off.
>
> I can only hope my rep would spare me.
>
> JUDEO_CHRISTIAN HOLOCAUST NOW!!!!!111
What, when we haven't even finished off the Masons yet?
Correspondent:: 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Penii
Date: 21 Oct 2004 21:12:24 GMT
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"Bill Cleere" wrote in news:2tq2d9F23kij2U1@uni-
berlin.de:
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> "7 Habits Of Highly Effective Penii" wrote in message
> news:Xns958967269A437spamspamsnuhspam33@207.14.113.17...
>> "Bill Cleere" wrote in
>> news:2tovkdF21mu1nU1@uni-berlin.de:
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>> >
>> > "±" wrote in message
>> > news:41772CED.78FF549@hotmail.com...
>> >> http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=20494
>> >>
>> >> Iraqi militants 'Googled' journalist
>> >> 21:39 AEST Tue Oct 19 2004
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> AP - Iraqi militants who kidnapped and threatened to kill an
Australian
>> >> journalist "Googled" his name on the internet to check his work
before
>> >> releasing him unharmed.
>> >
>> > We're fucked if they ever get us.
>> >
>> > I read some of my old crap, I feel like slicing my own head off.
>>
>> I can only hope my rep would spare me.
>>
>> JUDEO_CHRISTIAN HOLOCAUST NOW!!!!!111
>
> What, when we haven't even finished off the Masons yet?
Fuck. I really need to use my PDA, or some sort of prioritized list.
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Gortician's Not Dead, Punk
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http://www.audiostreet.net/artists/000/640/gortician.html
Correspondent:: "Bill Cleere"
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 14:18:26 -0700
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"7 Habits Of Highly Effective Penii" wrote in message
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> "Bill Cleere" wrote in news:2tq2d9F23kij2U1@uni-
> berlin.de:
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> >
> > "7 Habits Of Highly Effective Penii" wrote in message
> > news:Xns958967269A437spamspamsnuhspam33@207.14.113.17...
> >> "Bill Cleere" wrote in
> >> news:2tovkdF21mu1nU1@uni-berlin.de:
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> >> >
> >> > "±" wrote in message
> >> > news:41772CED.78FF549@hotmail.com...
> >> >> http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=20494
> >> >>
> >> >> Iraqi militants 'Googled' journalist
> >> >> 21:39 AEST Tue Oct 19 2004
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> AP - Iraqi militants who kidnapped and threatened to kill an
> Australian
> >> >> journalist "Googled" his name on the internet to check his work
> before
> >> >> releasing him unharmed.
> >> >
> >> > We're fucked if they ever get us.
> >> >
> >> > I read some of my old crap, I feel like slicing my own head off.
> >>
> >> I can only hope my rep would spare me.
> >>
> >> JUDEO_CHRISTIAN HOLOCAUST NOW!!!!!111
> >
> > What, when we haven't even finished off the Masons yet?
>
> Fuck. I really need to use my PDA, or some sort of prioritized list.
....with the Mind Control Filter set to "Maximum".