CBS News reporter Lara Logan sexually assaulted, beaten in Cairo; Update: Unhinged NYU fellow attacks Logan as “war-monger”

Lara Logan in Cairo on Friday before she suffered a sustained beating and gang sexual assault. Image: CBS
I haven’t always had kind words for CBS News, but I’ve always admired reporter Lara Logan’s guts and willingness to report on the ground and on the battlefield around the world — even if I didn’t agree with her perspective.
CBS News reports this afternoon that Logan was sexually assaulted and brutally beaten on Friday amidst the celebrations in Cairo.
She was flown back to the U.S. and is in a New York hospital recovering. There is little detail about who the assailants are at this point.
But this much can be said:
Damn the animals who are responsible. Damn them.
Please keep this brave journalist and mother of two in your thoughts and prayers:
On Friday, Feb. 11, the day Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak stepped down, CBS chief foreign correspondent Lara Logan was covering the jubilation in Tahrir Square for a “60 Minutes” story when she and her team and their security were surrounded by a dangerous element amidst the celebration. It was a mob of more than 200 people whipped into frenzy.
In the crush of the mob, she was separated from her crew. She was surrounded and suffered a brutal and sustained sexual assault and beating before being saved by a group of women and an estimated 20 Egyptian soldiers.
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Flashback Feb. 3: Logan and crew detained…
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Update: Here’s your New Tone Alert via Jim Geraghty — an NYU security and law “fellow” named Nir Rosen uses the occasion to attack Logan as a “war-monger.”
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I’ve got zero compassion for scum like this. In fact, a dull, rusty cheese grater would be better.
I fail to see why we would expend any energy — beyond that which is released by the detonation of a thermonuclear weapon — to defend these people and their country. Islam is the opiate of the uneducated — and unwilling to be educated — masses in the Third World.
But what happens when they’re the same spot?
These barbarians are still living in the 7th century. It’s near time to go all Medieval on their @$$es.
Remember, it’s no longer “the family jewels”. It’s now “don’t touch my junk”.
In this case (for the rapists) more applicable than ever.
This is stating the obvious, but the MSM seems to overlook the obvious…
This attack was not perpetrated by Tea Party Patriots.
Lara Logan was not assaulted by Tea Party Patriots.
No violence coming anywhere close to this attack has ever been perpetrated at a Tea Party Rally by a Tea Party Patriot.
A large percentage of Tea Party Patriots are Bible-believing Christians.
The Bible condemns the behavior practiced by those who assaulted Lara Logan.
The Koran, however, encourages such behavior.
Again, that is stating the obvious, but the MSM seems to overlook the obvious…
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The MSM: the Marxist Soros Media…
… working every day to deconstruct Christian Capitalism.
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I pray not only for Lara’s physical, emotional, and spiritual healing, but also for her eyes to be opened to the belief system that motivated these attacks against her, and for her to speak the truth about that with boldness. I pray for the Holy Spirit to touch Lara Logan, heal her, and turn this around… to use this evil attack to accomplish something good for humanity.
This must be really encouraging news for all those progressives who just can’t wait to see their mothers, wives, sisters, daughters serving in front line military combat units.
She is in my prayers.
“Animals” is the exact term I used in telling my husband about this last night.
Religion of peace and civility. I cannot say here what I wish would happen to them.
but rape is about dominance, power and violence. These subhumans can’t even make up their minds what they want to do to a female.
C. Amanpour: that coulda been me!
Crowd: LOL. Not.
But they sure know what to do to a goat!
This fellow Rosen sounds like he may have been happy to participate in the attack on Ms. Logan. You know, honor before womanhood and all that multicultural one-world stuff.
Haven’t we seen this before? And won’t we see this again?
This looks like it’s simply another epidose in which the misunderstanders of islam demonstrate how they misunderstand islam….
(yes, /sarc)
(“Preview” also not working.)
It is my understanding that he got fired over this. Anyone know?
http://www.dnainfo.com/20110216/greenwich-village-soho/nir-rosen-resigns-from-nyu-after-bashing-lara-logan-on-twitter
Anyone wanna guess who said the above? That Logan getting “a taste” “warms her heart”?
Apparently it is someone who MM has put on the spam filter because I tried three times to post the link and name.
But let me just say disgusting comes from the right as well a the left.
I love your tireless efforts to find and point out someone on the right as vile as those on the left no matter the subject. Care to comment or commend Michelle on the fact that you can no longer link to that person?
I suspect that the spam treatment is more personal that political.
And why should I not point it out? And instead of complaining about me pointing it out, why don’t you condemn D.S.’s disgusting comment? What she said is at least as bad, if not worse, than the guy MM linked to.
BO-ring.
Indeed, and her comment is vile.
BTW, her name sounds like Debbie Sluice-ful (sort of…)
I suspect her comment about Lara Logan was as well.
NYU Fires Nir Rosen today:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110216/ap_on_en_tv/ny_lara_logan_tweets
I certainly condemn the attack, but I cannot pray for Lara’s well being, being an atheist and all. Though I certainly hope she recovers quickly.
I wouldn’t wish what this young lady went through on anyone I know, ex-wife and our resident trolls included, she will be in my prayers and thoughts.
GSP
So Rosen resigns, issues an apology, “that’s not who I am”, blah blah blah, and maybe nobody will remember this in a few days, right?
Not a chance.
Now Rosen’s got his own so-called aftermath to suffer.
I rarely watch Anderson Cooper, but I saw him interviewing Nir Rosen this evening. I must say, Cooper nailed the guy like a roach and would not allow him to wriggle free at all. And Rosen was dancing like you would not believe.
The piece on CBS sitting on the story for 5 days is very interesting. The MSM is willing to do anything and everything to perpetuate the lie being espoused by this administration.