'Joe the Plumber' turns Mideast war reporter

12 January 2009 | 11:26:44 AM | Source: APTV

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Samuel Wurzelbacher, dubbed 'Joe the Plumber' by the Republican campaign during the US elections, is in Israel to cover the Gaza conflict for a conservative online news organisation.

An Ohio man, who shot to fame during the US presidential campaign for asking Barack Obama about his tax plan has travelled to Israel as a war correspondent for pjtv.com.

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'Joe the Plumber', whose real name is Samuel Wurzelbacher travelled to the south Israeli town of Sderot hoping to give ‘ordinary Israelis’ a voice in the media, he said.

The people of Sderot "can't do normal things day to day,", for fear a rocket might come in,” said Wurzelbacher.

Wurzelbacher landed in Israel on Friday and said he has already experienced several rocket alerts.

On Sunday, he was shown remains of rockets while an Israeli police spokesman briefed him about the situation in Sderot.

Standing in front of a pile of spent rockets Wurzelbacher said "I have thousands of questions but I can't think of the right one."

What he could summon up quickly was anger against Israel's critics, who are outraged by the more than 800 Palestinians killed in Israel's bruising air and ground onslaught against Gaza.

Thirteen Israelis have also died since the operation began, including four killed by the rocket fire that has been cited by Israel to be the reason for the war in the first place.

However, war correspondent or not, Wurzelbacher will not be able to enter Gaza due to Israel’s blockade of foreign journalists there.
 

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12 Jan 2009 19:27 AEST

Dave

From: Queensland

What's Next?

What's next, Mickey Mouse or Donald Duck reporting?
If they are going to send a puppet in to report, maybe they should send Kermit the Frog or Miss Piggy.
It just show's how desperate Israel is getting trying to buy support for its war crimes.
As for the people of Sderot, I'd rather be one of them living in fear of a rocket attack then someone in Gaza having to deal with actual rocket attacks tank shells, blockades. Oh the people of Sderot have it soooo bad.

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12 Jan 2009 14:18 AEST

James

From: Melbourne

Report about the Civilian Killed in Gaza

Did that reporter think about the 300 Children died in Gaza?
We need the truth of this massive number of death toll in Gaza.
Does he expect the Palestinians to die without defending themselves?

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