 Journalists rights groups say U.S. forces may be misinterpreting legitimate journalistic activities in war zones. Taking pictures of Shi'ite militiamen battling U.S. troops, for example, might look like enemy propaganda to a U.S. soldier.
| Was said cameraman embedded with the "militiamen at the time? Separately, in a war zone it would be wise for the journalist not to do things that look like the creation of enemy propaganda to a U.S. soldier, as a matter of principle. |
Meanwhile, Jassam's mother, Fadhila Alwan, is waiting impatiently to welcome him back to the family home in Mahmudiya, 30 km (20 miles) south of Baghdad, so she can see her son marry.
| Which is ever so much more important than determining whether or not her son actually was creating enemy propaganda. |
Six months before Jassam's arrest, another teenage son was killed by what the family says was fire from a U.S. helicopter while he was crossing a street to buy bread at a bakery.
| One is sorry for her loss, of course, but sometimes one gets caught in the statistics. |
Mahmudiya, in the "Triangle of Death," was a violent town, in the grip of Shi'ite militias, and gunbattles were common. |