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BleedBurgundy · 04-08-2010, 10:27 PM

Probably not the smartest thing in the world to be walking around in a war zone. These embedded journalists take a huge risk and this time, it bit them in the ass. You can't expect our guys to err on the side of "better not shoot because it might be a reporter" when they're taking hostile fire constantly and the threat of RPG attack is a real one. And from what I had read about the incident, the journalists were among some AK-47 toting insurgents, so it wasn't like they were at the cafe when the Apache opened fire.

04-08-2010, 10:27 PM	#8
BleedBurgundy Playmaker Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 4,471	Re: Apaches light up some reporters in Iraq Probably not the smartest thing in the world to be walking around in a war zone. These embedded journalists take a huge risk and this time, it bit them in the ass. You can't expect our guys to err on the side of "better not shoot because it might be a reporter" when they're taking hostile fire constantly and the threat of RPG attack is a real one. And from what I had read about the incident, the journalists were among some AK-47 toting insurgents, so it wasn't like they were at the cafe when the Apache opened fire. __________________ "All natural institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian, or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit." Thomas Paine