Detained journalist Dorothy “D” Parvaz used to work at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Published 7:00 am Thursday, May 12, 2011
Detained journalist Dorothy “D” Parvaz used to work at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Recently she went to Syria to cover the rebellion there for Al Jazeera. Instead, she never left Damascus. She was arrested promptly, detained in Syria, then, this week, transported to Iran where she’s still being detained. But why was she arrested in the first place? Smarter people than us have what could be the dumbest answer ever. .bbpBox68673392282316800 {background:url(http://a1.twimg.com/images/themes/theme7/bg.gif) #EBEBEB;padding:20px;} p.bbpTweet{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px !important;line-height:22px;-moz-border-radius:5px;-webkit-border-radius:5px} p.bbpTweet span.metadata{display:block;width:100%;clear:both;margin-top:8px;padding-top:12px;height:40px;border-top:1px solid #fff;border-top:1px solid #e6e6e6} p.bbpTweet span.metadata span.author{line-height:19px} p.bbpTweet span.metadata span.author img{float:left;margin:0 7px 0 0px;width:38px;height:38px} p.bbpTweet a:hover{text-decoration:underline}p.bbpTweet span.timestamp{font-size:12px;display:block} NPR on Parvaz (#freedorothy) says former job at Seattle Post-Intelligencer might be flag to Syria/Iran because “Intelligencer” suggests CIA.less than a minute ago via TweetDeck Favorite Retweet ReplyJacqui BanaszynskiJacquiB Here’s the full story from NPR.Follow The Daily Weekly on Facebook and Twitter.
