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To: Jagfan who wrote (10228)	11/13/2001 2:17:19 PM
From: maceng2	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Reporter in missile 'near miss' (note from pb...see emboldened text below...looks as if a USA pilot might have had an "edit" for Al-Jazeera -g-) ananova.com A journalist cheated death when a US missile exploded 50 metres from his Kabul headquarters. BBC World Service reporter William Reeve was filing a piece to camera when the blast knocked him off his chair. He was showered in glass and rubble as the office ceiling collapsed and windows shattered. Mr Reeve disappeared from sight as he exclaimed: "Jesus Christ", and then shouted: "Get down there - right, right". The three crew members who were in the office at the time left the building immediately for fear of being hit again and checked into a hotel. A BBC spokesman said: "Fortunately nobody was hurt. William was very shaken but otherwise he is fine and in good health. "He had taken the precaution of putting up plastic sheeting against the window of the office, which helped to minimise the damage. "Although there was some damage to equipment, it didn't prevent William or his colleagues from broadcasting news from the office today." Two doors down and just 50 metres away, the office of Al-Jazeera, the Arab satellite channel which has been heavily criticised by the US, was completely destroyed. The office of The Associated Press was also damaged by the missile.