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1 posted on 05/29/2006 9:18:39 AM PDT by Kaslin

2 posted on 05/29/2006 9:21:46 AM PDT by silentknight

These primative IED's get the award for weapon of the war.

Perfect for chewing up a modern army on the ground over an extended period of time. More importantly, it gets press and demoralizes and puts the fear of god in the populace.

3 posted on 05/29/2006 9:22:53 AM PDT by zarf (Breaking free from the limpid tentacles of packed Mediterranean defense)

I believe there were American soldiers killed and wounded in this explosion too. Along with Iraqis.
Might have been nice of FOX to at least mention it.

7 posted on 05/29/2006 9:27:37 AM PDT by nuconvert ([there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])

I'm more interested in whether there were any of our soldiers hurt....

15 posted on 05/29/2006 9:59:15 AM PDT by expatpat

17 posted on 05/29/2006 10:04:27 AM PDT by kcvl

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27 posted on 05/29/2006 10:17:51 AM PDT by april15Bendovr

On a day where we honor our troops I couldn't stomach the thought being distracted by focusing on any members of the disingenuous disgusting drive by media that have helped our enemies with their propaganda campaign.

31 posted on 05/29/2006 10:32:48 AM PDT by april15Bendovr

Correspondent Kimberly Dozier, 39, was in critical condition at a U.S. military hospital in Baghdad after undergoing surgery.

That name rings a bell - I listen to a lot of radio. Prayers for her recovery and for the repose of the two dead men.

47 posted on 05/29/2006 10:44:04 AM PDT by don-o

Bio of the surviving, but wounded, correspondent:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/09/19/broadcasts/main574141.shtml

Must have been quite a shock for her to get hit by her own side like this. CBS is still not mentioning any US military casualties, and patently trying to find a way to blame Dozier's misfortune on the US military.

The camera and sound men were the first US journalists killed in the war (one died in 2003 from a pre-existing but undetected medical condition). There's been a lot of brag from journos about how brave they are, but in fact most US print journalists hunker down in their hotel bars and wait for stringers -- recruited in some cases from the insurgency -- to bring them stories.

Visual journalists have less opportunity to do that than some of the print hacks, like Dexter Filkins of the NYT (to name one particularly fabrication-prone example).

This woman appears to have been the sort of expendable journeyman that is used for stories the high-flying darlings can't be risked on. While she no doubt was in sympathy with the insurgents who attacked her and killed her crew -- otherwise, she would not have been welcome in the CBS family -- it's terrible that she's wounded like this, and I hope that you will join me in prayer for her survival and recovery.

After all, we'd pray for a foot soldier of the insurgency, why not for one of its public affairs officers?

d.o.l.

Criminal Number 18F

67 posted on 05/29/2006 3:17:32 PM PDT by Criminal Number 18F (America has no native criminal class, apart from Congress -- Mark Twain)

Prayers for all, even CBS staffers.

78 posted on 05/29/2006 6:10:10 PM PDT by ncountylee (Dead terrorists smell like victory)

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