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2007-11-29 Iraq

Reporters say Baghdad too dangerous despite surge

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2007-11-29 11:10|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Fifty-eight percent of U.S. news organizations have had local Iraqi staff killed or kidnapped within the past year, the survey said. About two-thirds of news outlets said local staff face physical or verbal threats at least several times a month.

Not surprising when many of their local reporters are themselves terrorists within one faction or another.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2007-11-29 16:15|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2007-11-29 16:15|| Front Page Top

#2 Much of the danger for journalists is faced by local Iraqis, who often do most of the reporting outside Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone...

Well, that sucks, but they knew my job was dangerous when they took it.
Another Grey Goose on the rocks, Mahmoud. And turn up CNN. I wanna watch the debate.
War is hell, I tells ya...

Posted by Grizzled War Correspondent 2007-11-29 16:37|| 2007-11-29 16:37|| Front Page Top

#3 Nearly 90 percent of U.S. journalists...live in the usual affluent white middle class neighborhoods and avoid spending anymore time than is necessary to cover where the 'action' is in their cities back in the US. Hell, you expect the to live and work* in the hood or barrio or little redneckville sections of town? [*not behind some serious security.]

So, how is this really different?

Posted by Procopius2k 2007-11-29 16:51|| 2007-11-29 16:51|| Front Page Top

#4 Well, maybe they should try moving to Ramadi, Fallujah, Mosul or Irbil where it is a lot safer.

Posted by crosspatch 2007-11-29 17:03|| 2007-11-29 17:03|| Front Page Top

#5 And yet reporters like Michael Yon are doing it all over the country all the time.

MSM... the traitors within.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-11-29 17:32|| 2007-11-29 17:32|| Front Page Top

#6 9 out of 10 of these reporters make up 90 percent of the people reporting that Baghdad is dangerous. These same 9 out of 10 make up 90 percent of the MSM. In other breaking news, water is wet and runs downhill.

Posted by JohnQC 2007-11-29 17:47|| 2007-11-29 17:47|| Front Page Top

#7 Far be it from me to note that the anti-American reporting of these skank journalists may have made it even more dangerous than ever for them to wander around anywhere without a flack jacket.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-11-29 18:45|| 2007-11-29 18:45|| Front Page Top

#8 I wonder if these same guys find Washington, DC, to be too dangerous after dark. I'm not even talking about, say Anacostia. I'm talking about Adams-Morgan or DuPont Circle.

Posted by eLarson 2007-11-29 20:05|| http://larsonian.blogspot.com]">[http://larsonian.blogspot.com] 2007-11-29 20:05|| Front Page Top

#9 Johannesburg has a higher murder rate than Baghdad. Does AP have a South Africa bureau?

Posted by crosspatch 2007-11-29 23:14|| 2007-11-29 23:14|| Front Page Top

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