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NBC News foreign correspondent missing in Syria
UPDATE: NBC’S ENGEL, TV CREW ESCAPE ABDUCTION IN SYRIA
Award-winning NBC News foreign correspondent Richard Engel missing in Syria since last Thursday
NBC News chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel, one of the most prominent and accomplished international correspondents in the world, is reportedly missing in Syria.
Turkish newspaper Hurriyet reports that Engel, together with Turkish journalist Aziz Akyavaş, were last known to be in Syria and haven’t been in contact with NBC News since Thursday morning.
While the Turkish media have been circulating the report for several days, American outlets had been operating under a news blackout requested by NBC until today.
NBC colleague David Schuster is amongst those to have tweeted their concern about the missing journalist and author.
Engels, who is divorced and doesn’t have children, was promoted to NBC News’s chief foreign correspondent in 2008. He runs NBC’s Middle East bureau and has been reporting on the ongoing conflict between rebels and forces backing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
He last reported from inside Syria on December 11. He is also known as a regular Twitter user, but hasn’t tweeted since Dec 1.
old_oaks
December 18th, 2012
Too bad a few more NBC journalist hacks aren’t missing.
Billy Fuster
December 18th, 2012
Good.
even steven
December 18th, 2012
NBC is missing one of its propagandists. How tragic. *yawn*
Xavier
December 18th, 2012
Breaking@NBC.com: Engel kidnapped by Tea Party after discovering they were smuggling WMDs to the Assad regime.
What? It’s as accurate as anything else NBC publishes.
Jerry Manderin
December 18th, 2012
You people can be so cruel.
Yet I find myself agreeing with you.
Hopefully he’s converted to Islam!
CrustyB
December 18th, 2012
Civilized man shouldn’t venture into Middle Eastern countries anymore than zoo visitors should walk into an ape cage. Leave the animals to their own kind.
MNP
December 18th, 2012
He escaped this morning.
Spaeking of MOA, anyone heard from Ann B.
She has’nt made a post on her site in more than a week?
Boobie the Rocket Dog
December 18th, 2012
Maybe AnnB. is out putting her pink AK47 to good use.
MNP
December 18th, 2012
She does’nt own an AK.
She would never own an AK.
She owns an AR.
You sound like an MSNBC pundint.
MNP
December 18th, 2012
This Richard Engel thing was a publicity stunt.
Wag the dog.
He will be on every news show for the next 2 weeks.
Award winning bullshit.
FreeMan & Sarah Intend to Defend
December 18th, 2012
Well well well, I sure hope that if they cut off his head that they record it and play it in TV so MSNBC can see the peaceful side of islam.
MNP
December 18th, 2012
He “escaped”.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_SYRIA_NBC_ENGEL?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-12-18-06-24-24
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Bad Brad
December 18th, 2012
Bad news, they released him and his crew.
Bad Brad
December 18th, 2012
MNP, I’m going with your publicity stunt theory. Need those ratings after all.
thirdtwin
December 18th, 2012
I’m assuming he is divorced from a woman and is not another gay man trolling the Muslim world for the ultimate in risky sex.
Team America
December 18th, 2012
Suggestion – do an update – he and the other two escaped or have been released.
MNP
December 18th, 2012
H/T team america.
Stranded in Sonoma
December 18th, 2012
Just remember Mr. Engel, right now you are just a tool of the muzloids. If they take over, you and your ilk will be the first to go because you might tell the truth about their bloodthirsty genocidal beliefs.
You got lucky this time. Mostly because your name doesn’t “sound Jewish.” Daniel Pearl could not be reached for comment.
Anonymous
December 18th, 2012
This was news yesterday…and you know what they say.
FreeMan & Sarah Intend to Defend
December 18th, 2012
Turns out he was one of them, they let him go.
“MSNBC, you are one of us, you can go”
who watches that crap
December 18th, 2012
Have not watched anything on ABC, CBS, NBC, in 20+ years.
Even Fox news is getting liberally annoying.
Moe tom
December 18th, 2012
Escape from Syria? This should be investigated.
Lowell
December 18th, 2012
They were reported missing because the phone battery died.
He’ll probably get the Medal of Honor.
Used to be only soldiers qualified. That did something that usually resulted in their death.
Fuck these sensationalist parasites and the twatwaffles they work for.
Truthsayer221
December 19th, 2012
I think this whole story is a ruse! I saw the interview last night, no emotion whatsoever! Not cuts, no black eyes, no broken ribs! ¿Really those goat fckuers didn’t do any harm at all to these “pretty boys”? I’ve gotta call a bull$hit on this one!