Posted on 05/24/2005 7:09:25 PM PDT by quidnunc
A public statement by Newspaper Guild President Linda Foley is reviving questions about the intentional targeting of journalists in Iraq by the U.S. armed forces.
At a May 13 meeting in St. Louis, Foley said: "Journalists, by the way, are not just being targeted verbally or politically. They are also being targeted for real in places like Iraq. What outrages me as a representative of journalists is that there's not more outrage about the number, and the brutality, and the cavalier nature of the U.S. military toward the killing of journalists in Iraq."
The Newspaper Guild that Foley heads represents 35,000 media workers in the United States and Canada. The Guild is the largest journalists union in North America.
Candice Johnson, a spokeswoman for the Guild's parent union, the Communications Workers of America, said the comments, made at the National Conference for Media Reform, should be taken in context.
"Foley's remarks were a small part of a much larger discussion about the problems of conglomerate media ownership," Johnson said.
She pointed out that they are consistent with the Guild's affiliate program with the International Federation of Journalists to demand an investigation of the high number of U.S. and foreign journalists who have been Iraq casualties.
A letter was sent to President Bush on April 8 laying out the International Federation of Journalists' and Newspaper Guild's concerns. The White House confirmed that it had received it.
In the letter, signed by Foley, she wrote: "A prompt and convincing response to the questions raised over these deaths will end worldwide speculation that the U.S. targets journalists and the media." But Foley's later St. Louis statement ended speculation before a response from the White House was received. According to Foley, journalists are "being targeted for real."
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THANKS.
Pondering . . .
bingo!
Hmmmmm . . . if they are targeted . . . our boys must be just aiming to scare em good as far too many are still running around with far too much traitorous energy.
Certainly far tooooo mouthy.
e.g. Moyers . . .
Typical Leftist bullshit....
They don't need PROOF.....just the "feeling" that it's true..
I like to provide the bitch with the "feeling" of my foot up her........Never mind.
Semper Fi
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