> 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
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)
http://www.itv.com/news/236548.ht
Major Variola (ret) wrote:
At 10:12 AM 3/14/03 -0500, 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.
Ah, but they have an alibi! Rummy et al. ha
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 wha
"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 sh
On Fri, Mar 14, 2003 at 04:57:42PM -0500, Steve Furlong wrote:
> On Friday 14 March 2003 10:12, 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 ma
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 relat
At 10:12 AM 3/14/03 -0500, 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.
Ah, but they have an alibi! Rummy et al. have already described
Iraqi
On Friday 14 March 2003 10:12, 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.
Whether or not the US military does Really Bad Things to Iraqi
> Eugen Leitl[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> 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.
>
If a journal
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 consu
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 coordinat
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 report
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 - 'unauthorised' journalists will be
shot at. Sp
> 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 relatio
Sunder writes:
> Should war in the Gulf commence, the Pentagon proposes to take
> radical new steps in media relations - 'unauthorised' journalists will be
> shot at. Speaking on The Sunday Show on Ireland's RTE1 last sunday veteran
> war reporter Kate Adie said she had been warned by a senior Pen
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