[thechat] 'War Correspondent' Has Cover Blown
Hugh Blair
hblair at hotfootmail.com
Tue Apr 1 10:51:30 CST 2003
>From the "He did what?" department:
Apr 1, 8:55 am ET
MBABANE (Reuters) - Listeners to Swaziland's state-run radio
station thought it had its own correspondent in Baghdad covering
the war -- until legislators spotted him in parliament at the
weekend.
"Why are they lying to the nation that the man is in Iraq, when
he is here in Swaziland, broadcasting out of a broom closet?"
MP Jojo Dlamini demanded of Information Minister Mntomzima
Dlamini in the House of Assembly on Monday.
The minister said he would investigate the matter.
Announcer Phesheya Dube gave "live reports" purportedly from
Baghdad last week. Program host Moses Matsebula frequently
expressed concerns about Dube's wellbeing and once advised
him to "find a cave somewhere to be safe from missiles."
The station declined to comment and referred questions to
the ministry.
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