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| Iraq |
| Get out now, reporters told |
| 2003-02-28 |
| The Pentagon warned journalists yesterday that they should consider getting out of Baghdad. "If there is military action, it is going to be a really, really bad place to be," said chief Pentagon spokeswoman Victoria Clarke. She and other Pentagon officials stopped short of urging news organizations to pull their 250 reporters out of Iraq's capital, but they repeatedly cautioned that they cannot count on a "heads-up" from the Pentagon to evacuate the city before war begins. Pentagon officials believe that in addition to being killed or injured by hundreds of cruise missiles and smart bombs expected to rain down on Baghdad, reporters risk being targeted for murder by Saddam's troops or captured to be used as human shields. Think anyone's going to listen? Me neither. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #7 Yet another sign that action is getting close - in order, the hard line taken at the UNSC on the 27th, this news, and a new moon on March 4th. All the signs are there. |
| Posted by: Jeff Brokaw 2003-03-01 07:57:18 |
| #6 Well, I'm stocked up on beer and popcorn, so I'm ready for the show to start. |
| Posted by: CGeib 2003-02-28 23:53:52 |
| #5 I think this checks off one more item on the list. Anybody else recall a similar warning (I think it was by the president's press secretary at a White House briefing) a couple of days before GWI kicked off? |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-02-28 21:19:44 |
| #4 Maybe they will hide under the bed like Babbling Bernie of Baghdad. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-02-28 17:25:21 |
| #3 They will probably be rounded up in the Al Rasheed Hotel anyway. Lets see how "smart" the next generation bombs really are. |
| Posted by: True German Ally 2003-02-28 16:15:13 |
| #2 Hey if we can get a camera on any of these weasels getting vaporized I am all for it, just imagine Wolf Blitzer here one minute Boooom gone the next! |
| Posted by: Wills 2003-02-28 15:50:42 |
| #1 They've been warned. Asses are covered. Don't be bitchin' if a Tomahawk flies up your ass. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-02-28 15:25:29 |