Posted on 08/12/2009 6:36:32 AM PDT by Cecily
KABUL — A roadside bombing has wounded two Associated Press journalists embedded with the U.S. military in southern Afghanistan.
Photographer Emilio Morenatti and AP Television News videographer Andi Jatmiko were traveling with the military when their vehicle was struck by the bomb Tuesday.
Both were immediately taken to a military hospital in Kandahar. Jatmiko suffered leg injuries and two broken ribs. Morenatti, badly wounded in the leg, underwent an operation that resulted in the loss of his foot.
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That’s horrible. We seem to have forgotten to some extent that we are truly at war.
two AP (Jihadi forward observers) reporters hurt... well at least the Marines they were with weren’t hurt. So there is an upside all around.
AP reporters wounded by Jihadi bombs? Friendly fire incident. Sorry ‘bout that.
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