This has now happened - Terry Lloyd one, of Britain's better-known
reporters, seems to have been killed by US marines. According to the
cameraman he was picked up by Iraqi ambulance, so its a fair bet they
weren't embedded in the COW (thanks for the acronym, Tim)
Ken Brown[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This has now happened - Terry Lloyd one, of Britain's better-known
reporters, seems to have been killed by US marines. According to the
cameraman he was picked up by Iraqi ambulance, so its a fair bet they
weren't embedded in the COW (thanks for the
At 7:12 AM -0800 3/14/03, Trei, Peter wrote:
If the US military does Really Bad Things to Iraqi civilians with
any frequency, I have little doubt we'll hear about it in time.
There are journalists 'embedded' in many units.
In the credit where credit's due department, this change in press
Major Variola (ret) wrote:
I'd think that the troops would explain this to the reporters tagging
along as they confiscate all their transmitters before an op. I simply
wouldn't trust the reporters, even though they're toast too if someone mis-IFFs.
Its a lot more serious than not
At 11:22 AM 03/13/2003 -0800, Eric Cordian wrote:
This is nothing new. Radio and TV stations and other unauthorized
sources of information are always first on the target list whenever the US
starts a war.
At the beginning of Part I of this war they showed the smart bomb or cruise
missile
or
Sunder[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/29750.html
Airstrike! The Pentagon simplifies media relations
By John Lettice
Posted: 13/03/2003 at 17:10 GMT
Should war in the Gulf commence, the Pentagon proposes to take
radical new steps in media relations -
At 02:04 PM 3/13/03 -0500, Trei, Peter wrote:
Is it:
1. An journalist doing what he was specifically told not to do?
2. An Iraqi or Al-Queda forward fire director, calling in coordinates
for a VX loaded missile attack on your side.
I'd think that the troops would explain this to the reporters
On Thu, 13 Mar 2003, Trei, Peter wrote:
1. An journalist doing what he was specifically told not to do?
Most probably. Those pesky civilians. No backbone, no way to gag them by
extreme sanctioning after perfunctory tribunal.
2. An Iraqi or Al-Queda forward fire director, calling in
At 11:54 AM 3/13/03 -0500, Sunder wrote:
Hey, we're fighting for freedom after all, the freedom to suppress the
truth... So how soon before France is on the Axis of Evil? :)
Well, if they're giving info to Mr. Hussein their embassy there could
be NIMA'd, as in oops, we hit the Chinese
