UK journalists held in Libya after Welsh mistaken for Hebrew

Posts : 19 Join date : 2012-03-19

Quote :: Gareth Montgomery-Johnson, from Carmarthen, and Nicholas Davies-Jones, from Berkshire, were picked up by the Misrata Brigade in Tripoli last month.
They were carrying medical supplies which had Welsh words printed on them. Mr Montgomery-Johnson told the BBC: "They thought this was Hebrew and we were Israeli spies."
The men had been working for the Iranian broadcaster Press TV, when the militia detained them on 22 February.

It serves them right - they should know better than to work for the iranians.

GSlob wrote:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-17444890

Quote :: Gareth Montgomery-Johnson, from Carmarthen, and Nicholas Davies-Jones, from Berkshire, were picked up by the Misrata Brigade in Tripoli last month.
They were carrying medical supplies which had Welsh words printed on them. Mr Montgomery-Johnson told the BBC: "They thought this was Hebrew and we were Israeli spies."
The men had been working for the Iranian broadcaster Press TV, when the militia detained them on 22 February.

It serves them right - they should know better than to work for the iranians.

I have to agree.

Posts : 17 Join date : 2012-03-26

Gideon wrote:

GSlob wrote:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-17444890

Quote :: Gareth Montgomery-Johnson, from Carmarthen, and Nicholas Davies-Jones, from Berkshire, were picked up by the Misrata Brigade in Tripoli last month.
They were carrying medical supplies which had Welsh words printed on them. Mr Montgomery-Johnson told the BBC: "They thought this was Hebrew and we were Israeli spies."
The men had been working for the Iranian broadcaster Press TV, when the militia detained them on 22 February.

It serves them right - they should know better than to work for the iranians.

I have to agree.

Good, then I'm not the only one who holds no sympathy for these idiots.