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Originally Posted by roachboy
this is ridiculous--look, it is pretty obvious that the car stopped at the chcekpoint and got strafed anyway.
it is obvious that the americans simply fucked up.
and it is also obvious that this happens enough that patterns begin to suggest themselves.
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Why is it so obvious? Were you there? Do you have proof?
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Originally Posted by roachboy
if you look at the record in terms of fatalities for journalists who are not of the american press pool, then another pattern begins to suggest itself.
it is equally obvious that lying about it in the press helps nothing--rather than allay suspicions, this kind of action generates them, multiplies them, gives them fertile ground in which to grow.
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What are these patterns that are so obvious to you? Journalists from other countries are dying? It is a war zone, is dangerous place. You think friendly-fire incidents are cases when the Bush Administration was targeting troops that just weren't loyal enough?
Foreign journalists that don't coordinate with the US military are putting themselves at risk.