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"Eyewitness" News?
COALITION SOLDIERS QUESTION NEWS MEDIA FOLLOWING ROADSIDE BOMBMOSUL, Iraq - Coalition soldiers questioned two news media cameramen and a reporter after a roadside bomb exploded near a Coalition convoy two kilometers north of Mosul June 3. The media, who were at the scene prior to the attack, told soldiers at the scene they had received a tip to be at that location prior to the attack and they had witnessed the explosion. There was minimal damage to a Coalition vehicle, a cracked windshield, and no serious injuries. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division soldiers requested the media accompany them to a base camp in Mosul to answer questions as witnesses to the incident. "We respectfully REQUEST that you come back to the base with us. If you do so, these guns pressed against your heads will not fire." The news media representatives left the base camp in the mid afternoon. They were seen to be chain-smoking furiously and glancing nervously in all directions. Some rushed to nearby roadside vendors to buy underwear and strong alcoholic beverages. This brings a whole new meaning to "media relations." This is not the first such incident -- though at least there was no mention of the media actually paying the bad guys to stage an attack, as has been rumored previously. Posted by: Verlaine 2004-06-04 |
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