Amanpour on Maguindanao Massacre


CNN's Christiane Amanpour on Maguindanao massacre, last November 24, 2009. She interviewed Maria Ressa, former ABS-CBN news chief and former CNN reporter, and Mustafa Haji Abdinur, Somalian journalist.

What on earth spurred this massacre in southern Philippines? -Christiane Amanpour

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