Lara Logan Breaks Her Silence on Sexual Assault During Protests in Egypt…
Vile stuff.
(NY Times) — Lara Logan thought she was going to die in Tahrir Square when she was sexually assaulted by a mob on the night that Hosni Mubarak’s government fell in Cairo.
Ms. Logan, a CBS News correspondent, was in the square preparing a report for “60 Minutes” on Feb. 11 when the celebratory mood suddenly turned threatening. She was ripped away from her producer and bodyguard by a group of men who tore at her clothes and groped and beat her body. “For an extended period of time, they raped me with their hands,” Ms. Logan said in an interview with The New York Times. She estimated that the attack lasted for about 40 minutes and involved 200 to 300 men.
Ms. Logan, who returned to work this month, is expected to speak at length about the assault on “60 Minutes” on Sunday night. . . .
The assault happened the day that Ms. Logan returned to Cairo, having left a week earlier after being detained and interrogated by Egyptian forces. “The city was on fire with celebration” over Mr. Mubarak’s exit, she said, comparing it to a Super Bowl party. She and a camera crew traversed Tahrir Square, the epicenter of the celebrations, interviewing Egyptians and posing for photographs with people who wanted to be seen with an American journalist.
“There was a moment that everything went wrong,” she recalled.
As the cameraman, Richard Butler, was swapping out a battery, Egyptian colleagues who were accompanying the camera crew heard men nearby talking about wanting to take Ms. Logan’s pants off. She said: “Our local people with us said, ‘We’ve gotta get out of here.’ That was literally the moment the mob set on me.”
Mr. Butler, Ms. Logan’s producer, Max McClellan, and two locally hired drivers were “helpless,” Mr. Fager said, “because the mob was just so powerful.” A bodyguard who had been hired to accompany the team was able to stay with Ms. Logan for a brief period of time.
“For Max,” the producer, “to see the bodyguard come out of the pile without her, that was one of the worst parts,” Mr. Fager said. He said Ms. Logan “described how her hand was sore for days after — and then she realized it was from holding on so tight” to the bodyguard’s hand.
“My clothes were torn to pieces,” Ms. Logan said.
She declined to go into more detail about the assault but said: “What really struck me was how merciless they were. They really enjoyed my pain and suffering. It incited them to more violence.”
After being rescued by a group of civilians and Egyptian soldiers, she was swiftly flown back to the United States. “She was quite traumatized, as you can imagine, for a period of time,” Mr. Fager said. Ms. Logan said she decided almost immediately that she would speak out about sexual violence both on behalf of other journalists and on behalf of “millions of voiceless women who are subjected to attacks like this and worse.”
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Disgusting and horrific. I hope she will be able to recover from the trauma. It would be very hard to get past.
What do Whoopi and Joy have to say about this? (chirping crickets)
If she can talk about it and she thinks it helps her recovery, more power to her. Horrible event. Unimaginable.
Lara Logan should join Pastor Jones at the Dearborn Courthouse..
Try to arrest her for marching to the ‘mosque of america’ to protest on public land..
That’s the biggest FU that could happen..
lefty heads exploding EVERYWHERE..
Radical Islam is a ‘Centrally Planned’ religion. The same political structure as an LA street gang, or a Klan chapter.
There is no personal responsibility.
Collectivism reduces everyone to animals. Only ‘the few’ in charge are allowed to debate any proposed change to the status quo.
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-The notion of a “moderate Muslim”.
It’s a misnomer, even an oxymoron.
There are wolves, and there are wolves in sheep’s clothing,
but they are all still wolves.
Either way, they hate Jews. And whether they’ll say it or not, they want to wipe Israel off the map.
Oh, and their “prophet” Mohammed was a pedophile too.
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They’re uncivilized savages .
Nuke the site from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.
‘She declined to go into more detail about the assault but said: “What really struck me was how merciless they were. They really enjoyed my pain and suffering. It incited them to more violence.”’.. sounds familiar.. the Zero regime finds the pain and suffering of Americans exciting, too..
She is a “kuffar” woman. It is lawful under Sharia Law for “good muslim men” to rape non-mulsim women.
It was Bush’s fault.
Horrible trauma for her personally, but why was she so surprised “how merciless they were”?
If the morons in the ‘media’ weren’t so busy cheering for the ‘democracy movement’ they might have had half a Goddamn clue about what was really going on and how they were being used as useful idiots by the Muslim Brohood.
Now we have a growing alliance between Iran and Iran Jr.. Nice work, assholes!
This poor woman is nearly killed, but all the chattering fools could talk about was Anderson Pooper’s messed up hair! He was probably jealous he didn’t get some rough trade from the crowd.
Idiots. Just remember these are the ‘C’ and ‘D’ students that couldn’t find their asses with both hands and a map.
Death to her attackers…nuff said
If the lefty, heads in the sand CBS journalists hadn’t been brainwashed by their own pie-in-the-sky propaganda about Islam, Lara Logan wouldn’t have been in this crowd of barbarians to begin with. They would have known better.
I wonder if they’ll learn anything from this. My guess is No ! Journalists are some of the dumbest people on the planet.
Mohammedans will – when it’s convenient – tout the worldwide community of Moslems, the “Ummah.”
When it’s not convenient they scream *don’t lump us all into the same group!*
Disgusting crime. This poor woman–I cannot even imagine. But I think what troubles me more is that she has not acknowledged why this happened to her (at least, not in this article); she has not called out her attackers–Muslims, and by not doing so, she is victimized again.
Let’s not kid ourselves, it happens here too. Subhuman ghetto trash wilding
and gang raping very young girls has been in the news a lot lately.
Savages. Plain and simple. And that is all they will ever be. I am going to enjoy watching Egypt enslaved by the muslim brotherhood.
These comments coming from people who’s family tree resembles a vine
Before the assault, Ms. Logan said, she did not know about the levels of harassment and abuse that women in Egypt and other countries regularly experienced. “I would have paid more attention to it if I had had any sense of it,” she said. “When women are harassed and subjected to this in society, they’re denied an equal place in that society. Public spaces don’t belong to them. Men control it. It reaffirms the oppressive role of men in the society.”
Sweet Jesus Laura, reporting in the middle East and you know nothing about Sharia law and how women are treated? Will 60 minutes actually cover this with some truth about these Muslim pigs?
“What really struck me was how merciless they were. They really enjoyed my pain and suffering. It incited them to more violence.”
Welcome to the wonderful world of Islam, Lara.
If you would have spent 5 minutes on this website you would have figured that out before going to Egypt.
Sad.
There is so much evil in this world, and so many innocents suffer, that I feel if I did NOT believe that there is a day of Justice coming, I would go mad.
These savages will pay dearly, and the demon known as Allah will burn in Hell alongside his pedophile prophet.
And on that day I will sing like never before.
Reporters seem to think they are immune to this type of thing when with a group of animals like these. There are nothing but savages, always s have been. ..always will be. Life means nothing to them except their own…then they cry like little babies.
Poor girl. I will pray for her.
I would love to have an M-16 Sunday in a place like that.
There is a lot I could say on this subject, but all I will say is that I pray for her to heal as much as she possibly can–physically and emotionally–from what must have been an ordeal more horrible than any of us can imagine.
She could walk anywhere in Tel Aviv or throughout Israel and nothing would happen to her.
Can you imagine if those savages ever broke into Israel?
God bless, Lara Logan, but you really need now to have a deep conversation with Ayaan Hirsi Ali.
Mickey Shea says:
April 28, 2011 at 4:28 pm
Let’s not kid ourselves, it happens here too. Subhuman ghetto trash wilding
and gang raping very young girls has been in the news a lot lately.
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I was gang raped by 7 black guys when I was 15 ( I am a white female)..then just a few years later when I was 19 and living in an apartment a man knocked on my door at 11:45 said it was emergency so I opened the door (yes I know it was dumb and I learned the hard way to never trust or help anyone again!), he pushed hsi way in an tried to rape…long story short I got of the apartment running and avoided the rape (he did manage to get my pants off and I had to run through the apartment complex screaming half naked, he chased after me and caught me and tried to strangle me in the bushes-fortunatley my screams made a neighborhood open his door and the rapist ran off) so yes there is much ghetto trash out there ! I feel for Lara Logan and wish here a full recovery physically and emotionally !
There is sexual appartied around the world yet all National Organization of Women in America can do is to viciously fight to receive tax-payer money for the purpose of sucking their own baby’s brain out of its skull.
I am Woman, Hear Me Roar: I am not a brain-dead- Liberal-Statist Freaktard Feminist anymore!
Hopefully other news agencies will wise up to the risks of sending women into these places where women are lower than dogs. These men would love for this to happen to every woman in the west, anyone who thinks otherwise is a fool. Hopefully her bodyguard will be able to forgive himself.
I wonder why these Muslim men only attacked the woman? Why not the cameraman, the body guard, etc.?
Every “so called” feminist in this country should be outraged and planning floatillas to demonstrate their revulsion for the treatment of women in those countries.
Their silence speaks volumes.
That’s the pure evilness of islam on display.
So she “did not know” how Muslim men treat non-Muslim women? Or did she know and did not want to acknowledge it? Either way, it was a learning experience. At least it sounds like she learned. Now, she is very qualified to speak to the horrors of the death cult called Islam. She should do so, very often, and very loudly. So that other non Muslim women may learn from her and not suffer her fate.
As soon as we get the worthless scum out of the White House, I think we should sit down with Israel and decide how we are going to jointly destroy Islam. The religion of peace my ass.. these scum don’t deserve consideration, just a bullet to the head.
Might have to watch 60 Minutes…will they mention Muslims did this? I doubt it. They are peaceful according to the alphabet networks.
Why does America continue to welcome Muslim immigrants? How many warnings do we need?
liberal commie slut
Is Logan ready to condemn the ideology that spawned this behaviour? Is she going to publicly condemn the savages of Islam? I think not. She will tow the liberal line and vote for Obama in 2012.
Hey, no harm, no foul. She didn’t die. The crowd thought she was their sister, or maybe their daughter, I mean, they didn’t recognize her without the bag over her head that they require their women to wear.
Billy says:
April 28, 2011 at 7:13 pm
liberal commie slut
Yeah, so? Doesn’t mean she deserves that treatment.
Unless Ms. Logan will publicly admit that Islam is not the religion of peace and condemn these disgusting, Satan worshiping pigs, I will not feel one bit of sympathy for her. What the hell did she think was going to happen there? I’m not excusing it, but seriously, is she this naive or stupid or just stubborn? Let’s hear her actually say these people are savages and then I’ll listen to what she has to say. Sadly, I suspect she will equivocate and rationalize the behavior – and to that I say, you get what you deserve.
There is only one way to deal with Islam.
I am happy that Lara Logan in back home safe. And I hope that she can get over this horribly traumatic, and almost deadly experience.
But I am perplexed by her statement that she was surprised by their merciless behavior.
Lara sweetheart! Have you ever heard of 9/11? You know those two big buildings in New York? Remember?
17,122 terrorist attacks worldwide since then.
This doesn’t make any sense.
If us Weasel Zip-ees are aware, why would not a globetrotting journalist be aware?
When will the western world wake up and realize that these savages want a similar fate for all western women. Here in Australia we had a case a few years ago with a gang of muSSlims going around Sydney raping young girls because they thought they dressed immodestly i.e not in a burka.
we can utterly destroy Islam by parachuting millions of mp3 players with Rock n Roll on them, and tons of Hard Core Fetish Porno DVDs, bondage and Animal buggering .. they would never make it to the mosque again, they would be too busy whip’n their lizards.
it was tragic that the CNN administrators were so F’n STUPID to send a woman to aIslamicic country to begin with. they believe their own propaganda that we have changeMuslimsms into neutered lap dogs.
none of the Freedom demonstrations will ever create a better situation for them, it will only make it worse.
Muslimsuslims say they want MORE FREEDOM, what they mean is they want aDraconianconion form of sharia law to make them become bMuslimsuslims and closer to god. dumb sh*ts are toinbrednbread to be able to find their own ass with both hands. no woman would ever want one of them so they have to buy them as slaves or rape them.
This fucking whore loved it.
Am I missing something. I thought she was a liberal. So why the fuking simpathy. She got a taste of her beliefs so why do you care. Sorry for seeming insensative but do you think she gives a hoot about right and wrong. She cares about herself, period. Don’t let her blonde hair fool you. she will get back on her liberal box in time and claim the ‘radicals’ crap.
“She got a taste of her beliefs so why do you care.”
Because I’m a Christian. It’s part of the job description.
What happened to her is disgusting, but it’s no different than that stupid hippy that went to live with the grizzlies in Alaska.
Yes yes we are christians … So??? Being arrogant and stupid should make us feel sorry for her. She puts her hand into a fire and I’m supposed to have compassion. Stupid is stupid. I have little time for stupid because it is very dangerous quality to have. Stupid people brought this muslim problem on the west. They felt well the muslims aren’t too bad. There just normal foke. And yet when they learn they have honour killings, stonings for raped women, burn christians alive (for being christians) kill gays, denounce democracry etc etc they still keep their liberal position. Being to christian with these people cuts no ice with them , they don’t give a shit. Just remember the middle east was christain first. Now the muslims own it . So it is very difficult for me to feel for a person who supports these barbarians. As ck mentioned living with grizzlies is stupid. They will eat you!
Bob le flambeur: Your comment seems intended to give conservatives (and this site) a bad name. Troll?
tonyhk: “I thought she was a liberal. So why the fuking simpathy?” [sic] Having compassion for others’ pain–whether liberal, foreigner or whatever–isn’t a bad thing.
Wow, so much ignorance and hate and generally un-Christian comments here.
Do people not know that sexual violence is everywhere? Gang rape isnt about any particular religion–it’s about violence and power.
Do people not know that there are 12 to 15 million Christians living in Egypt? How do you know the rapists were even Muslim?
Ck: how is a woman doing her job by reporting an internationally important event the same as a young man with schizophrenia starving to death?
Seriously, like what did you mean by saying that? It’s easily the strangest thing Ive read in the last few months, at least.
It’s as though you neither understand the idea of “reporter”, “live with the grizzlies”. Are you saying that they both put themselves in a dangerous position, and so we shouldn’t be surprised at what happened to them?
Though I am no fan of hers, I wish her well and no future trauma from this savage event.
Hopefully also, Ms. Logan learned a lesson about the people involved in her attack, and changes her thinking accordingly.
I have a short video clip of her upcoming 60 minutes interview along with additional information over at my place:
http://zillablog.marezilla.com/2011/04/lara-logan-courageously-speaks-out.html
and a hat tip linking back here to Weasel Zippers.
@Kathleen, Zip, or anyone who actually watches her 60 Mins episode:
Let us know if she is still stupid about SHiTslam.
I am sorry if my lack of compassion (christian or otherwise) is lacking in me for this liberal. Yes I am somewhat angry. Try living with a majority muslim group who show no compassion to you because you are not a muslim. They want to destroy your country and you society and your family, every aspect of your life will be controlled by them. The liberals are using the muslim rage to their ends. Both are as grotesque as each other. They have no soul. Hatred only breeds hatred I know I read the big christian book to. But the Christians past and present also read that book in the middle east. They felt compassion too. Look where it got them. Lets hope she learns a lesson as sjh suggests. These poor egyptian men just couldn’t control themselves. They had to do it. So hopefully Ms Logan learnt ; All men are bad because they want control and power. Sorry but don’t put me in that sorry box.
@bob le flambeur says: I doubt very seriously she did.
@Vermonster: While I agree with the first part of your statement, was the rest of it, particularly the last, truly meant as a serious comment? Are you seriously putting forth the hypothesis that her attackers were NOT Muslim?
According to the CIA World Factbook, Egypt has a population of 82 million, 90% of whom are Muslim (mostly Sunni), and 10% are Christian (9% Coptic, 1% Other). So at best, there would be a little over 8 million Christians in Egypt, not 12-15 million. (And the majority Muslim population has been very busy lately whittling that number down even more.) That quibble aside, yes I suppose that she could have encountered a gang of violent Christians seeking power and dominance over women. Perhaps. The odds are enormously against it however.
I would seriously doubt, if you had any way to identify, that you would have found very many if any Christians in that crowd. Most of them are keeping a very low profile these days.
Wikipedia actually provides the sources for their estimates, while the CIA does not. The CIA might have better estimates, but it’s hard to know since they don’t say how they got them.
Also, I believe that Egyptian Muslims and Christians are both Arab–they are the same ethnicity. The Christians aren’t segregated or anything, and look the same, so why shouldn’t they be part of a mob? Do rioters segregate themselves based on religion? I think unless their religion is obvious, they wouldn’t.
From wikipedia:
The remainder of Egyptians, numbering between 10% and 20% of the population,[1] belongs to the native Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, an Oriental Orthodox Christian Church.[2][4][5][6][7] The most recent declarations, made by Pope Shenouda III and bishop Morkos of Shubra in 2008, put forward the number of Orthodox Copts in Egypt as being over 12 million. Other estimates made by church officials estimate this number to be 16 million. Protestant churches claim a membership of about 300,000 Egyptians,[11] and the Coptic Catholic Church is estimated to have a similar membership among Egyptians.[8][9] Based on these estimates, the total number of Christians in Egypt is between 15% and 20% of a total population of 80 million Egyptians. While some government sources have claimed a percentage of around 6 to 10%,[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] a number of published sources such as the Washington Institute, in addition to some of the Coptic sources, uphold that Christians represent more than 10% of the total population and claim that they actually still compose up to 15 or even 20% of the Egyptian population.[20][21][22][23][24][25][26]