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4/8 http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/04/08/iraq.main/index.html Coming soon to a conservative blog / radio show near you! ... at least four videos in the man's camera show roadside bomb attacks on U.S. troops. All had been shot in a manner that suggested the cameraman had prior knowledge of the attacks and had scouted a shooting location in sight of the target. "The individual in question was carrying press credentials from CBS News. ... " a U.S. military statement said Friday. \_ Blogs are the new yellow journalism. \_ Journalists are not military intelligence. They never will be. You can't expect them to be your spies. \_ this is old news to those on conservative forums \_ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1379990/posts |
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| www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/04/08/iraq.main/index.html BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A CBS stringer has been arrested as a suspected in surgent, US military officials said Friday. The video cameraman was wounded during a firefight in northeastern Mosul between US troops and insurgents Tuesday. US military officials said the man's camera held footage of a number of roadside bomb attacks against American troops, and they believe he was tipped off to those attacks. A US military statement said troops believe the man "poses an imperativ e threat to coalition forces" and that he "will be processed as any othe r security detainee." CBS said the photographer was hired about three months ago, and it asked news organizations not to identify him. In a written statement, the network said the man was referred to the netw ork by a "fixer" in Tikrit "who has had a trusted relationship with CBS News for two years." "It is common practice in Iraq for Western news organizations to hire loc al cameramen in places considered too dangerous for Westerners to work e ffectively," the network said. "The very nature of their work often puts them in the middle of very vola tile situations." One official said at least four videos in the man's camera show roadside bomb attacks on US troops. All had been shot in a manner that suggested the cameraman had prior know ledge of the attacks and had scouted a shooting location in sight of the target. "The individual in question was carrying press credentials from CBS News. Military officials detained this individual and are conducting an inves tigation into his previous activities as well as his alleged support of anti-Iraqi insurgency activities," a US military statement said Friday . The US military has said that the cameraman was shot by soldiers from t he 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment after it appeared to them he ha d a weapon. The US military said the shooting occurred amid the chaos of a suicide bombing and that the cameraman was standing next to an armed insurgent a t the time. US troops have been fighting insurgents in Mosul almost daily. Execution-style shootings Meanwhile, the bodies of 10 civilians shot to death execution-style have been found near Baquba in northern Iraq, a hospital official said Friday . They were found Thursday inside black body bags in Balad Rooz, about 60 k ilometers (37 miles) east of Baquba in Diyala province. Iraqi soldiers took the bodies to a hospital morgue late Thursday. Iraqi security forces are investigating the shootings, the doctor said. In other violence, an Iraqi police officer was killed in Baghdad and a U S Marine died in Falluja. That death brings to 1,544 the number of US troops who have died in the Iraq war. |
| www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1379990/posts ambrose CBS Cameraman Shot By US Troops Under Arrest Troops believe he was working for insurgents, not just covering them as r eporter. View Replies To: ambrose When I heard about this the other day (Terrorist killed, Cameraman shot), I wondered "Why was the cameraman with the Terrorist in the first place ?" View Replies To: ambrose Troops believe he was working for insurgents, not just covering them as r eporter. I see they are working hard on getting their next Peabody Award. View Replies To: ambrose Is it any wonder why 'journalists' (really, left-wing propagandists) are widely considered to be the enemies of America? My first one was that troops who were under a rrest shot him. But I thought it was weird that they 'd still be armed while under arrest. View Replies To: used2BDem "Let's hope they've got enough evidence to try him for treason!" If by treason you mean treason against the US, it probably won't happen. Many networks use local cameramen fo r certain assignments. View Replies To: ambrose Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa... It's about time people figured out how journalists were getting all of th is "exclusive footage". View Replies To: ambrose Don't be too hard on the cameraman who was caught supporting the terroris ts. If he were less hasty and more dedicated to the cause, he'd spend years undermining Ame rica, rather than just trying to run out and shoot a few soldiers. View Replies To: Always Right "I see they are working hard on getting their next Peabody Award." Of course, you know "Peabody" is short for "Pee on the bodies of US Soldi ers Award." View Replies To: ambrose Troops believe he was working for insurgents Well, if he was being paid to do so, then that's a significant improvemen t Our journalists usually do the enemy's work for free. View Replies To: Cowboy Bob A friend of mine in Iraq right now told me that the insurgents go up to t he reporters and ask them if they would like to come watch a shelling of US troops or some other attack. The reporters just eat that up and foll ow the terrorists like little lap dogs. My buddy said there is such hatr ed and animosity for these reporters for doing this that they are quick to say that any reporter killed doing this has only himself to blame. No t only to the reporters not warn the troops that they are getting ready to be attacked, they are glorifying the attackers by broadcasting it. View Replies To: ambrose "CBS cameraman" suggests an employee travelling from Black Rock. It is mo re likely an Iraqi or other Arab who was hired to be the cameraman/escor t of a reporter. View Replies To: Steel Wolf Don't be too hard on the cameraman who was caught supporting the terroris ts. If he were less hasty and more dedicated to the cause, he'd spend years undermining Ame rica, rather than just trying to run out and shoot a few soldiers. View Replies To: Sloth didn't he know he didn't need to go all the way to Iraq to undermine the US ? Could have just gone the normal lib route and been a p rofessor or editorial page writer. last Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works. |