Comments on: Namir Noor-Eldeen and Saeed Chmagh http://blogs.reuters.com/blog/2007/07/13/namir-noor-eldeen-and-saeed-chmagh/ Just another Blogs.reuters.com weblog Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:34:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Lindsey Anne http://blogs.reuters.com/blog/2007/07/13/namir-noor-eldeen-and-saeed-chmagh/#comment-281757 Lindsey Anne Fri, 31 Aug 2007 20:57:38 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/2007/07/13/namir-noor-eldeen-and-saeed-chmagh/#comment-281757 Like Tamara Al-Om, I too was looking through Namir Noor-Eldeen's work with no knowlegde of the fact that he had been killed. His work tells the true story of Iraq to people like me & I wanted to let you know how much I admired his work. I only discovered that he had died at the end of the portfolio & it brought tears to my eyes. I feel very sad that so many innocent people like Namir Noor-Eldeen & Saeed Chmagh must pay with their lives in this senseless violence and all of the pain that their families & friends are suffering. Please keep Namir Noor-Eldeen's work public so that the truth is seen. Thank you. Like Tamara Al-Om, I too was looking through Namir Noor-Eldeen’s work with no knowlegde of the fact that he had been killed. His work tells the true story of Iraq to people like me & I wanted to let you know how much I admired his work. I only discovered that he had died at the end of the portfolio & it brought tears to my eyes. I feel very sad that so many innocent people like Namir Noor-Eldeen & Saeed Chmagh must pay with their lives in this senseless violence and all of the pain that their families & friends are suffering. Please keep Namir Noor-Eldeen’s work public so that the truth is seen.
Thank you.

]]> By: Evelyn Al-Om http://blogs.reuters.com/blog/2007/07/13/namir-noor-eldeen-and-saeed-chmagh/#comment-223096 Evelyn Al-Om Sat, 21 Jul 2007 15:48:09 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/2007/07/13/namir-noor-eldeen-and-saeed-chmagh/#comment-223096 Shame on you Dum Bass. This forum is meant for tributes to the brave men who sacrificed their lives for the good of mankind. Please don't bring petty gripes into the comments, and leave out the personalities. In my ignorance I was unaware of these men and their work and dedication, until I received an email from a member of my family. I am truly disturbed and grateful to them and all others similarly risking sacrificing themselves. God bless their families for their acceptance. Shame on you Dum Bass. This forum is meant for tributes to the brave men who sacrificed their lives for the good of mankind. Please don’t bring petty gripes into the comments, and leave out the personalities.
In my ignorance I was unaware of these men and their work and dedication, until I received an email from a member of my family. I am truly disturbed and grateful to them and all others similarly risking sacrificing themselves. God bless their families for their acceptance.

]]> By: Tamara Al-Om http://blogs.reuters.com/blog/2007/07/13/namir-noor-eldeen-and-saeed-chmagh/#comment-221652 Tamara Al-Om Thu, 19 Jul 2007 20:15:24 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/2007/07/13/namir-noor-eldeen-and-saeed-chmagh/#comment-221652 I was looking through the sample of Namir Noor-Eldeen's work that is up on your pictures section, with no prior knowledge of the tragic events that occured to him and Saeed Chmagh. As I looked through the pictures I had an overwhelming urge to contact Namir and praise him for the work he was doing, with every picture my heart ached for the fact that these atrocities are being faced by too many people every single day. People.. like me.. And then I got nearer the end and saw the picture of Saeed and I read what had happened. A pain surged through me. And I am but a stranger. More people need to see Namir's pictures. These photos are the REALITY, not the nonsense we hear our governments blithering on about. We must do something. If only but ensure more people see his pictures. I was looking through the sample of Namir Noor-Eldeen’s work that is up on your pictures section, with no prior knowledge of the tragic events that occured to him and Saeed Chmagh. As I looked through the pictures I had an overwhelming urge to contact Namir and praise him for the work he was doing, with every picture my heart ached for the fact that these atrocities are being faced by too many people every single day. People.. like me.. And then I got nearer the end and saw the picture of Saeed and I read what had happened. A pain surged through me. And I am but a stranger. More people need to see Namir’s pictures. These photos are the REALITY, not the nonsense we hear our governments blithering on about. We must do something. If only but ensure more people see his pictures.

]]> By: Dum Bass http://blogs.reuters.com/blog/2007/07/13/namir-noor-eldeen-and-saeed-chmagh/#comment-219870 Dum Bass Tue, 17 Jul 2007 20:04:39 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/2007/07/13/namir-noor-eldeen-and-saeed-chmagh/#comment-219870 To david campbell, Your theories have no basis, and you should be ashamed. However, nobody bothers to read your post with any seriousness, mainly due to the fact that in your infinite wisdom, you forgot to properly spell a few key words. "targetted" = targeted "sypathies" = sympathies and my favorite, "tragity" = tragedy. What happened was obviously a "tragity", and i empathize with these men. But I assure you, as a personal friend of many soldiers, and as an American, it was not a planned hit. Next, people will claim car bombs and IEDs are really made by American soldiers. To david campbell,

Your theories have no basis, and you should be ashamed. However, nobody bothers to read your post with any seriousness, mainly due to the fact that in your infinite wisdom, you forgot to properly spell a few key words.
“targetted” = targeted
“sypathies” = sympathies
and my favorite, “tragity” = tragedy.

What happened was obviously a “tragity”, and i empathize with these men. But I assure you, as a personal friend of many soldiers, and as an American, it was not a planned hit. Next, people will claim car bombs and IEDs are really made by American soldiers.

]]> By: Allen Thompson http://blogs.reuters.com/blog/2007/07/13/namir-noor-eldeen-and-saeed-chmagh/#comment-219714 Allen Thompson Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:35:47 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/2007/07/13/namir-noor-eldeen-and-saeed-chmagh/#comment-219714 Benjamin Franklin once said, and I am paraphrasing "I have never seen a good time of war, or a bad time of peace" My deepest condolences to the families of these two men, and may God watch over all those who find themselves in the shadow of this war. Benjamin Franklin once said, and I am paraphrasing “I have never seen a good time of war, or a bad time of peace” My deepest condolences to the families of these two men, and may God watch over all those who find themselves in the shadow of this war.

]]> By: Ryan S. Miller http://blogs.reuters.com/blog/2007/07/13/namir-noor-eldeen-and-saeed-chmagh/#comment-217951 Ryan S. Miller Mon, 16 Jul 2007 03:59:33 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/2007/07/13/namir-noor-eldeen-and-saeed-chmagh/#comment-217951 As a young photojournalist myself, I appreciated Namir's work and looked at it every time it appear on Reuters. May God have mercy on both these mens souls. They will not be forgotten. As a young photojournalist myself, I appreciated Namir’s work and looked at it every time it appear on Reuters.

May God have mercy on both these mens souls.

They will not be forgotten.

]]> By: Omar Anwar http://blogs.reuters.com/blog/2007/07/13/namir-noor-eldeen-and-saeed-chmagh/#comment-216716 Omar Anwar Sat, 14 Jul 2007 15:38:06 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/2007/07/13/namir-noor-eldeen-and-saeed-chmagh/#comment-216716 I known and worked with Namir and Saeed when I was in Baghdad. They are such brave dedicated men. Namir's photos were amazing and Saeed's efforts and courage was priceless and essential for the photographers he worked with. May God have mercy on them both and grant their families patience for their loss. They will join the Reuters convoy of Martyrs since the US invasion and they shall and should not be forgotten. May God the Almighty protect my colleagues and friends at Reuters Baghdad and all other journalists across Iraq. I known and worked with Namir and Saeed when I was in Baghdad. They are such brave dedicated men. Namir’s photos were amazing and Saeed’s efforts and courage was priceless and essential for the photographers he worked with.

May God have mercy on them both and grant their families patience for their loss.

They will join the Reuters convoy of Martyrs since the US invasion and they shall and should not be forgotten.

May God the Almighty protect my colleagues and friends at Reuters Baghdad and all other journalists across Iraq.

]]> By: David Viggers http://blogs.reuters.com/blog/2007/07/13/namir-noor-eldeen-and-saeed-chmagh/#comment-216603 David Viggers Sat, 14 Jul 2007 13:07:20 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/2007/07/13/namir-noor-eldeen-and-saeed-chmagh/#comment-216603 David, Thank you for your words of support and condolence, which I will pass on to the families of Namir and Saeed. We don't yet know the full circumstances in which they died but I hope you are wrong in your suspicion that they were deliberately targeted. Rest assured we will not hesitate to take appropriate action when all the facts are known. Regards, David Viggers David,

Thank you for your words of support and condolence, which I will pass on to the families of Namir and Saeed. We don’t yet know the full circumstances in which they died but I hope you are wrong in your suspicion that they were deliberately targeted. Rest assured we will not hesitate to take appropriate action when all the facts are known.

Regards,

David Viggers

]]> By: david campbell http://blogs.reuters.com/blog/2007/07/13/namir-noor-eldeen-and-saeed-chmagh/#comment-216079 david campbell Sat, 14 Jul 2007 01:09:09 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/2007/07/13/namir-noor-eldeen-and-saeed-chmagh/#comment-216079 dear sirs. i am afraid that the most recent deaths of your 2 members in Iraq was not an accident but a targetted murder. i am afraid that the usa has now adopted the IDF's policy of shooting the reporters because they may 1. be terrorists in disguise or 2. traitors who may be concealing a weapon. i pass along my deepest sypathies. i understand that accidents happen in war but i do not believe this to be the case here. i do think that these deaths signal an open season on journalists in Iraq as an unspoken policy by the usa military and that we will be seeing more journalist dying with increased frequency in the future. i hope your news bosses protest strongly and publicly. again i pass on my shared sorrow in this tragity. david campbell dear sirs.
i am afraid that the most recent deaths of your 2 members in Iraq was not an accident but a targetted murder. i am afraid that the usa has now adopted the IDF’s policy of shooting the reporters because they may 1. be terrorists in disguise or 2. traitors who may be concealing a weapon. i pass along my deepest sypathies. i understand that accidents happen in war but i do not believe this to be the case here. i do think that these deaths signal an open season on journalists in Iraq as an unspoken policy by the usa military and that we will be seeing more journalist dying with increased frequency in the future. i hope your news bosses protest strongly and publicly.
again i pass on my shared sorrow in this tragity.
david campbell

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