*snuff?
and *asia as well.

Invocations (asia) cannot be called by MarineGunrock because MarineGunrock is not privileged - sorry.

I certainly say not snuff because it's not for entertainment. Thanks for the Asia tip.

rough translation from Reddit:

Voice over: The tragedy took place in central Yangon. Civilians retreating from the security forces. As the camera panned to the left, Mr. Nagai gets shot.

Man: This is the Tokyo Shinbun from this morning. It has a photo from Reuters. Judging from his appearance and situation, the man lying there is Mr. Nagai. The caption says, man trying to capture photo as he falls. This appears to have been Mr. Nagai.

We'll take a look at the footage again, but despite earlier reports that he had been caught by a wandering bullet, there doesn't seem to be any way that this is the case.

Woman: It appears that he was shot point blank.

Voice over: <same thing as opening>.

Mr. Nagai falls there and, seemingly to appeal for help, waves his spasming arms. In that hand was a camera. Wearing short sleeves and short pants. We cannot discern from this footage whether he was wearing an armband or helmet to show that he was a member of the press.

The man who shot him was a soldier in uniform. The footage shows that he stopped running and shot Mr. Nagai at point blank range. Then, after shooting him, goes on to fire at others around him.

2 minutes later the camera caught Mr. Nagai again. Still on the ground, he doesn't move. Autopsy showed that the bullet penetrated his heart.

Mr. Nagai was with news production APF Communications. This clip shows him on a Fuji TV show 6 years ago.

Mr. Nagai: We seem to get many Taliban communications on the radio.

@ Studio: The most striking thing was the juvenile (underaged) soldiers.

Voice over: The veteran journalist who has covered war zones in Afghanistan and Palestine has lost his life.

Pretty sad.

That was one dedicated photographer. When he fell, it looks like he lifted his camera and kept taking pictures of the riot to his left.

'Democracy'... 'Freedom'... 'Iraq'... 'Terrorists'

Of course, when its not a nation chock-full of oil as Iraq is. the US of A stands idly by and allows such brutal dictatorships to flourish.

Yeah.. its not about oil. Really. Moral crusade? I don't think so. Bush/Cheney would much rather rant/rave about Iran and start another major un-winnable war than strive to do some real good for the people, rather than seeing dollar signs.

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This was horrifying. These are the real journalists on the frontline out there, putting themselves at such risk. My deepest respects to Mr. Nagai.

Its too bad for Nagai, as well as all the civilians shot just for demonstrating against a military dictatorship. Its not just the US thats at fault, but the entire UN for not doing shit. Just like Rwanda and Darfur, we dont save the people that need it

It's not oil in Burma's case, but natural gas. China is the biggest importer of that gas, and has thus far been somewhat reluctant to let the Security Council do anything. But short of invading and imposing 'democracy' from the barrel of a gun (and we've seen how well that works), the west does not have much leverage against the junta. Asean has been cranking up the pressure the past few days - let's hope they can at least get them to call off the hounds.

There are striking parallels to what is happening there right now and what has been happening in Iraq for six years.

Nagai was shot dead by a soldier - Let's not forget that Al Jazeera was bombed by US forces by direct order of Bush.

Thankfully the BBC and british press are doing a superb job in reporting the situation in Myanmar, in striking contrast to the washed out drivel of Iraq, Iran, Palestine and Isreal reportage. Considering the information blackout in Myanmar we're getting a better idea of what's going on via the news than we're getting about Iraq.

I'm starting to think that instead of screaming 'support the troops' we need to be screaming 'support the PEOPLE'

There's a big difference between helping rebels when they ask for help and what happened in Iraq.

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