Channel 4 News correspondent Alex Thomson said his team were fired upon and forced to take evasive action
Syrian Rebels Tried To Get Me Killed, Says Channel 4 Correspondent -- The Guardian
Alex Thomson says crew was led to 'free-fire zone' as deaths would discredit Bashar al-Assad's regime.
The chief correspondent of Channel 4 News has claimed that Syrian rebels deliberately tried to get him and his crew killed by gunfire from government forces in a bid to discredit the regime of Bashar al-Assad.
Alex Thomson alleged a small group from the Free Syrian Army deliberately guided the vehicle in which he and his Channel 4 News colleagues were travelling into what he described as a "free-fire zone" on a blocked road near the city of al-Qusayr, because "dead journos are bad for Damascus".
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Update #1: British journalist says Syrian rebels set him up to die in no man’s land near Lebanese border -- Washington Post/AP
Update #2: Did Syrian Rebels Lure Journalists to Death Trap? -- Robert Wright, The Atlantic
My Comment: Alex Thomson's account of this assassination attempt is on his blog here.
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