Report: More journalists killed in Iraq than Vietnam

[sabra]

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/28/iraq.journalists.reut/index.html

Report: More journalists killed in Iraq than Vietnam


PARIS, France (Reuters) -- More journalists have been killed in Iraq since the war began in March 2003 than during the 20 years of conflict in Vietnam, media rights group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said on Sunday.

Since U.S. forces and its allies launched their campaign in Iraq on March 20, 2003, 66 journalists and their assistants have been killed, RSF said.

The latest casualty was a Reuters Television soundman who was shot dead in Baghdad on Sunday, while a cameraman with him was wounded and then detained by U.S. soldiers.

The death toll in Iraq compares with a total of 63 journalists in Vietnam, but which was over a period of 20 years from 1955 to 1975, the Paris-based organization that campaigns to protect journalists said on its Web site.

[Mari333]

1. Killing journalists, the Bush way to keep the truth from being told

[Dinger]

2. Sickeningly Obvious, Isn't It?" nt

[Robeson]

6. Yes, it is.

[BrotherBuzz]

3. And just how many western journalists were killed?

Practically all the names of the journalists killed in Iraq had Arabic names. Why are these people dying and not Western journalists?

Are our brave embedded journalists just enjoying the creature comforts of the 'Green Zone' too much to go out and report what is really happening over there, or are they just satisfied reporting the military briefing propaganda? Where are the John Laurance's of this war?

[wli]

4. must be a policy of assassinating journalists to control the news n/t

[Mr_Jefferson_24]

5. This is the way...

...fascist regimes operate. Only a question of time before domestic alternative media and political dissenters are subjected to the same.

http://www.karlandkinggeorge.com/Sedition.html

[flaminbats]

7. was wearing a target on your head a requirement during Vietnam??

not that it made any difference,hell..we're paying too much in taxes anyway!! As my Republican neighbor says..if reporters want to go, why the hell should we pay for it? :shrug:

[ShockediSay]

8. Viet Nam II, the sequel -

Time we started framing Iraq as "Viet Nam II"

"Liberals study history and learn from past mistakes.

Conswervatives can only repeat, and repeat, and repeat
because that's what pays their bills."

[NVMojo]

9. Dupe...although it is an important story ...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1733479