Freed British Journalist 'Ignored Advice By Travelling To Taliban Area'

Stephen Farrell went to a Taliban-controlled area of Afghanistan against advice, according to David Miliband. Photograph: Marko Georgiev/AFP/Getty Images

From The Guardian:

Miliband rules out inquiry into raid to rescue Stephen Farrell that left four dead in Afghanistan.

The British journalist freed from Taliban captivity by Nato special forces had ignored "very strong advice" by travelling to the area of Afghanistan where he was kidnapped, the foreign secretary, David Miliband, said today.

The pre-dawn raid on Wednesday to free the New York Times reporter Stephen Farrell left four people dead, including his Afghan translator, Sultan Munadi, and a British paratrooper, Corporal John Harrison.

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My Comment: It is not hard to understand why New York Times reporter Stephen Farrel decided to not heed these warnings.

I may not know who he is .... but I know what he is. From my own experience of working in the media, many liberal reporters feel that they are immune to events that are occurring around them. That they are .... in short .... immune from it.

Nothing can be farther from the truth. And as this week's events have shown, it is often other people who end up suffering because of it.