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| Reporter Shot |
| 2005-04-06 |
| Soldiers from the 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team) killed a terrorist and injured a reporter today during an incident in northeastern Mosul, Iraq, military officials reported. A news release from Multinational Force Iraq said soldiers from 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, killed a man waving an AK-47 rifle and inciting a crowd of civilians at the site of an earlier suicide bombing. "During the engagement an individual appearing to have a weapon was standing near the terrorist and was shot and injured. This individual turned out to be a reporter who was pointing a video camera," the news release reported. The reporter was taken to a military hospital for treatment with minor wounds and is expected to recover, the news release said, calling the incident a "complex and volatile situation." The incident is under investigation. |
| Posted by:Chuck Simmins |
| #26 ...twice |
| Posted by: Carl in N.H. 2005-04-06 11:19:25 PM |
| #25 They'll rip you another one. |
| Posted by: Sobiesky 2005-04-06 10:41:21 PM |
| #24 what happens if you hang with the bulls? |
| Posted by: WOT? 2005-04-06 10:12:22 PM |
| #23 He who hangs with the bulls gets the horns. |
| Posted by: Captain America 2005-04-06 7:14:49 PM |
| #22 He who hangs with the bulls gets the horns. |
| Posted by: Captain America 2005-04-06 7:12:11 PM |
| #21 to qoute a popular country song ... "my give a damn's busted" ... |
| Posted by: legolas 2005-04-06 3:46:21 PM |
| #20 Wondered what Dan Rather has been doing lately. |
| Posted by: RWV 2005-04-06 2:50:22 PM |
| #19 Want to bet his name starts with Mohammad? |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet 0’ Doom 2005-04-06 2:27:20 PM |
| #18 The cameraman and reporter suffered minor injuries when he was shot while covering a firefight for CBS in Mosul, CBS Newssaid. It asked that the man's name not be reported for his protection. |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-04-06 1:56:49 PM |
| #17 ... and See-BS joins AP on the list of parties known to be engaged in "Solicitation of murder". |
| Posted by: Dishman 2005-04-06 1:53:52 PM |
| #16 Maybe we need an "animosity" meter too. |
| Posted by: Matt 2005-04-06 1:29:48 PM |
| #15 Looks to me like he was embedded with the Terrorist cell... They said he works for CBS, not the AP. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-04-06 1:11:30 PM |
| #14 Dave D. - better have your Sympathy Meter calibrated. Mine's registering minus 10. ;-p |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2005-04-06 1:10:25 PM |
| #13 Looks to me like he was embedded with the Terrorist cell... Better examine his camera (and the video/film therein) it might contain footage of their hideout and planning. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2005-04-06 12:49:31 PM |
| #12 Damn they missed the lawyer? If I was a reporter I would get the hell out of dodge when the bullet start flying, the guy is more accurately described as a propagandist if he was a freelancer for Cee Bee S |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet 0’ Doom 2005-04-06 12:44:50 PM |
| #11 #7 Why not paint the video gear DayGlo? Because then they'd paint RPGs DayGlo to match making things more dangerous for our troops. Better to get tripods and tell them if they're gonna point the camera they better get away from it rather than keeping it on their shoulder pointed at the troops. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2005-04-06 12:43:36 PM |
| #10 It's a start. |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2005-04-06 12:39:26 PM |
| #9 A CBS reporter, so does that count as a enemy combatant? Damnit, Steve... That's MY line... |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-04-06 12:05:41 PM |
| #8 We need the Sympathy Meter graphic for this post; mine's registering zero. Or a Darwin graphic, as this seems to be natural selection at work: pointing anything even remotely resembling a weapon at soldiers during a firefight is pretty stupid. |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2005-04-06 11:49:01 AM |
| #7 Why not paint the video gear DayGlo? |
| Posted by: Classical_Liberal 2005-04-06 11:47:54 AM |
| #6 U.S. troops who mistook his camera for a weapon, Cameras are weapons. |
| Posted by: BrerRabbit 2005-04-06 11:36:21 AM |
| #5 Tne news last night said he was an Iraqi free-lancer working for CBS |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-04-06 11:26:55 AM |
| #4 Why do these guys keep pointing objects at our troops engaged in a firefight? Is this what Darwin was talking about? |
| Posted by: Matt 2005-04-06 11:26:39 AM |
| #3 NEW YORK (Reuters) - An Iraqi freelance cameraman who works for CBS News was shot and wounded on Tuesday in northern Iraq by U.S. troops who mistook his camera for a weapon, the U.S. military and CBS News said. The cameraman and reporter suffered minor injuries when he was shot while covering a firefight for CBS in Mosul, CBS News said. It asked that the man's name not be reported for his protection. A CBS reporter, so does that count as a enemy combatant? |
| Posted by: Steve 2005-04-06 11:23:53 AM |
| #2 "How can you shoot a reporter?" "It's easy! You just don't lead them as much!" |
| Posted by: BH 2005-04-06 11:19:53 AM |
| #1 Where is Eason Jordan when you need him? Anyone know what station the guy reported for? |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2005-04-06 11:15:12 AM |