I don't know. I don't even know if he was there at the 'exact moment' that the tank was destroyed- the news story does not seem to suggest so. It could be that he went on the scene after the blast. He belongs to that geographical region and I would expect him to react faster in that environment. It could be that he was 'in the know' before it happened. At best, he was doing his job and he paid the price- I have no problems with that. At worst he was a terrorist, or a terrorist sympathiser, and died- all the better. But, IMHO - a man died reporting, he should not immediately be painted over with such broad and ugly strokes. I believe this forum is better than that.
He was in the process of transmitting the typical Muslim propaganda showing the Iraqis dancing on the American tank. That automatically indicates he sides with the terrorists there.
I wonder if the reporter gave equal time to the incident earlier in the day when the "insurgents" killed three Iraqi civilians with another car bomb, including a 12-year old boy.
I'm not glorying in his death, but won't stir myself to bestow a drop of sympathy on him... at the very least he died from pure stupidity at standing so close to a tank when he had to know that we destroy them as soon as possible once they are disabled and abandoned.
Thank you for those words. Sometimes the comments I read here.. well, scare me.
I read the guy was home asleep, then got up and went to the scene.
He was a Palestinian and educated at Baghdad University during the Saddam regime. Somehow, I don't feel sorry for any of those people celebrating on our Bradley Fighting Vehicle. I would guess that "good people" would go elsewhere during an attack, etc.