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Subject: Alex Thompson
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jlh1182 12.06.12 - 10:29am
Heres a copy of a recent blogg made by this channel 4 journalist, he claims that syrian rebels led his convoy into a kill zone where the syrian military would have shot and killed him and his companions, the aim of which would have been to blame assad for killing news reporters.. * +

jlh1182 12.06.12 - 10:31am
www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Thomson_(journalist) * +

jlh1182 12.06.12 - 10:32am
Alexander James 'Alex' Thomson (born 22 December 1960) is a UK television journalist and newscaster. Thomson was educated at the state comprehensive Cranbourne Secondary School , which has since been renamed Cranbourne Business and Enterprise College, in Basingstoke, Hampshire, followed by University College, Oxford. * +

jlh1182 12.06.12 - 10:33am
Thomson has worked for BBC television and radio in Northern Ireland. In addition he has written books on India and the Gulf War. In 1997 he won the Home News Award at the Royal Television Society Journalism Awards for his reporting on blood Sunday. His current role is as television presenter and chief correspondent for Channel 4 News, part of ITN. He has covered fifteen wars as well as other major international conflicts. * +

jlh1182 12.06.12 - 10:34am
blogs.channel4.com/alex-thomsons-view/hostile-territory/1863 * +

jlh1182 12.06.12 - 10:36am
Standing outside the Safir Hotel in Homs as the white UN Nissan landcruisers stood waiting, the Irish officer in charge, Mark Reynolds, came over: 'Usual rules Alex OK? Were not responsible for you guys. If you get into trouble well leave you, yes? Youre on your own.' * +

propidol 12.06.12 - 10:37am
So he would have been killed by Assads forces and then the rebels would have blamed Assads forces for killing them. Yep, got it. * +

jlh1182 12.06.12 - 10:38am
'Yup no problem Mark. Understood.' I always say that, sort of assuming it will never come to that in any case. Just two UN plus the local police white patrol car marked 'Protocol' as escort, moving south through the peaceful areas of Homs, unmarked by war. Barely ten minutes south from the city and its good bye protocol. The last Syrian Army checkpoint is right on the main highway south to Damascus. * +

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