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| Update on the attack on CBS journalists |
| 2006-05-30 |
| A car bomb explosion in central Baghdad Monday killed two CBS News crew members, an Iraqi interpreter and a U.S. soldier, and severely wounded the news team's correspondent, in one of a string of attacks that killed dozens of people in Iraq over the course of the day. Paul Douglas, a cameraman, and James Brolan, a sound man, died in the blast, CBS News said in a statement. Both men were British citizens based in London. Kimberly Dozier, an American correspondent who has covered the war in Iraq for nearly three years, was taken to a Baghdad hospital for surgery. The network said she was listed in critical condition and that doctors were "cautiously optimistic" about her prognosis. U.S. military authorities did not identify the soldier and the interpreter who were killed. Six other soldiers were wounded, the military said in a statement. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #10 What makes anyone think that this will ever end? Islamic-driven terrorism against non-Islamic populations and sectarian violence within Islam are here to stay. Unless... |
| Posted by: Jomong Ebbeck8983 2006-05-30 21:02 |
| #9 Just before the explosion, Hussein Abdel Ghaffar, a bystander, saw a woman walking hand-in-hand with her 8-year-old boy along the street. After the detonation, the boy was gone. The mother, hysterical, couldn't find him. Ghaffar helped, and found the boy's mutilated body. "The thing that stayed in my mind, and I will never forget it, is that mother who lost her kid," Ghaffar said. "I was only able to bring her the upper half of his body." Until the muslims hunt these cockroaches down and kill them all....this will continue to happen. |
| Posted by: anymouse 2006-05-30 20:57 |
| #8 Our local fish wrapper did the same, front page center above the fold goes to the "Poor Newsies" page four, and considerably smaller went to the soldiers injured and killed, same place, same time. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2006-05-30 20:50 |
| #7 While I think she was one of the better TV reporters in Iraq, I was disappointed that every morning news show led with her being wounded. Not world events, military operations or even casualties, but the intense self absorption of the media. Posted by ed 2006-05-30 09:48|| Front Page|| ||Comments Top Telling, very telling indeed. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2006-05-30 16:30 |
| #6 Great checkpoint. Didn't even check out the cars parked near it in basic self-defense. |
| Posted by: KBK 2006-05-30 16:02 |
| #5 Once again, its the story not the truth that counts. Of course it is dangerous, but there are other places on the planet which people are dying faster. Right. Not too many first-hand MSM reports coming out of Mogadishu or the Wazoo hinterlands. |
| Posted by: Xbalanke 2006-05-30 12:37 |
| #4 The newsreader on Good Morning America cheerily chirped that "American military patrols are a favored target of insurgents who are trying to get US troops out of their country". Grrrr... And then they went right into HadithaHadithaHaditha. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2006-05-30 09:53 |
| #3 Baghdad hospital That would be an American military hospital on a base outside Baghdad. She has already been evac'ed to Landstuhl. While I think she was one of the better TV reporters in Iraq, I was disappointed that every morning news show led with her being wounded. Not world events, military operations or even casualties, but the intense self absorption of the media. |
| Posted by: ed 2006-05-30 09:48 |
| #2 Kimberly Dozier, an American correspondent who has covered the war in Iraq for nearly three years, was taken to a Baghdad hospital for surgery. Tells you something doesn't it? Why not an American facility? Why not 'being evac'd to Germany'? Given the best and most experienced medical personnel are in that route. Yes, of course this will get sustained converage like the ABC anchor. Just don't expect any similar coverage of Iraqi journalist, particularly females, who've been kidnapped, beheaded, and shot for doing their job either. When the hand wringers pop up the number of journalists killed in theater, they'll certainly include the overwhelming number of Iraqis in the count, but they'll never acknowledge them in any way but as a slight aside. "the most dangerous place on Earth right now, and we take every precaution," Once again, its the story not the truth that counts. Of course it is dangerous, but there are other places on the planet which people are dying faster. BTW - how many did we kill this past holiday weekend on the highway in the US? |
| Posted by: Jumble Thromomble5864 2006-05-30 09:09 |
| #1 I have to say it pisses me off that this attack will be remembered for the damaged baggage, not the troopers faithfully performing their mission. |
| Posted by: Uneamble Jating3646 2006-05-30 02:53 |