A prominent BBC overseas correspondent was found alive and well on a rooftop in Kuwait City last week after having been stranded there during a coalition forces attack on the city in September 1991.
Rageh Omarr, 53, was discovered hiding behind an air conditioning unit by the resident of the house who had gone up on the roof to adjust his TV aerial.
Omarr told a local news team that he became stranded during a mortar barrage when his film crew fled the roof, closing the door behind them.
“There was no handle on my side so I had to stay up there in the hope of being rescued.” he said
“To be honest, I didn’t even know that the war was over, although, I did notice that it got much quieter as the years went by”
Omarr, who was in good health apart from some minor sunburn to the back of his neck, told Kuwait News that he survived by drinking rainwater from the guttering and diving on top of pigeons that landed on the roof and then swallowing them whole or warming them up with his cigarette lighter.
A BBC spokesman said last night: “We’re delighted that Rageh has been found, although if he thinks he can claim backpay for sitting on a roof doing nothing he’s in for a big disappointment I’m afraid”
In 2008, female BBC war correspondent, Kate Adie, was found living up a tree in Cambodia after fleeing from Khmer Rouge soldiers in 1975 while doing a piece to camera about the military takeover by Pol Pot.
January 25, 2021 at 8:49 am
I wondered what had happened to old Rageh. I used to like his reporting. Mind you, I much prefer that brunette bint that does all the EU stuff from Brussels!. I can’t remember her name but I’d certainly give her the good news during the adverts! PHWOOOOARH eh?
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January 25, 2021 at 8:49 am
Reblogged this on SOZ SATIRE.
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January 25, 2021 at 11:40 am
Resilient chap.
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January 25, 2021 at 3:54 pm
It’s the grub in the BBC canteen. It makes men of ’em.
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January 25, 2021 at 5:25 pm
You’ve got to count all your war correspondents out, and then count them all back in again, otherwise it’s easy to lose track of one or two.
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January 25, 2021 at 7:26 pm
Showing your age there, boss. I had to ask my nan what you were referencing.
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January 26, 2021 at 8:25 am
Ahhh… the days of jumpy jets, black and white TV rented from Rediffusion and having your milk snatched away at break times… Those were the days. Your Nan loved Brian O’Hanrahanrahanrahan and often rhymed with him.
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January 26, 2021 at 12:28 pm
In actual fact, I do remember the Falklands dust-up, mainly because I was off work having poured molten metal down my foundry boot just before the old task force set sail. Iremember that baldy guy that used to come on and speak in braille about the latest skirmish.
Nowadays, of course, every battle would be available live from ‘bazooka cam’ on Yoo Toob 🙂
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January 26, 2021 at 12:40 pm
Did they call you Tinnytoes or Tinklytoes?
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January 26, 2021 at 12:59 pm
Worse mate. MUCH WORSE! 😁
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January 26, 2021 at 2:27 am
I think.. IMHO .. that he should get 1 month’s pay and a free cat.
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January 26, 2021 at 3:46 am
I can feel a crowd-fund comin’ on.
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January 26, 2021 at 8:57 pm
LOL!
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