Mediaite reports that CNN has fired senior editor of Middle East affairs Octavia Nasr. As Daniel Halper pointed out the other day, Nasr wrote on Twitter on July 4 that she was “sad” to hear of the death of Hezbollah’s Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah–a man for whom she has “respect.” Fadlallah had justified suicide bombings, is believed to be responsible for the Marine barracks bombing, and had said that “Zionism has inflated the number of victims in this Holocaust beyond imagination.”
In a followup blog post last night, Nasr wrote that it “was an error of judgment for me to write such a simplistic comment and I’m sorry because it conveyed that I supported Fadlallah’s life’s work. That’s not the case at all.”
She explained that she knew about all the wicked aspects of Fadlallah’s life–saying she even “lost family members” in the barracks bombing–and was simply referring to the fact that she respected Fadlallah for his opposition to “honor” killings and beating women. But saying you respect Fadlallah for opposing murdering and beating (Muslim) women is almost like saying you respect Osama bin Laden for building day care centers.
Read More: BY John McCormack, Weekly Standard
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Good for CNN ! Her remarks reminded me of former White house staff member Anita Dunn, who also admired a killer, Chairman Mao ,who Mrs Dunn described as a man she looked up to as a mentor. Why anyone would seek out murderous idols is beyond comprehension. It is a strange world we live in today !
JOANT,
WE JUST HAVE ALOT OF SICK PEOPLE IN OUR WORLD.
Surprised CNN actually did this. Mmmmmm
BABS,
I AGREE! I AM TOTALLY AMAZED THAT SHE WAS FIRED.
In my opinion she should be deported and put right in the middle of them or either taken to the middle of the ocean and be thrown overboard and told to swim girl swim but not to the shores of the USA!!
LOL! HI CAROL,
I AGREE WITH YOU BUT US NOT PUT HER OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OCEAN AND MAKE HER SWIM. I DO NOT THINK SHE WOULD MAKE IT TO SHORE.
They may have to take her back as Obama does not want anything said bad about his muslins and she said something nice for his ears.