For details read James Joyner’s post in which he notes two interesting details — one of which you won’t see in news stories:
- The two men were forced to convert to Islam at gunpoint. Yes, we’re SURE this conversion will one they will follow all of their lives. (This should be a relief because it’s proof that terrorists aren’t rocket scientists).
- He notes: “Incredibly, to watch the FOX video feed of this story requires sitting through an 18 second ad for a stock trading company beforehand. That seems a wee bit inappropriate under the circumstances.” (This proves the the Fox folks who set up the video feed also aren’t rocket scientists — or even public relations people).
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.