[nicollo]

The press is actually calling it a violation of the Geneva Convention, and is demanding an investigation. So they're claiming we aimed for them.

It's worse than I thought. Oh well, to be expected. History will not remember this. The press will NOT win this war.

[bootyist-monk]

Actually, since the Ministry of Information has set up shop in the Palestine Hotel specifically because of the presence of the media and therefore the assumption that the US won't attack the building, they are in essence using the reporters as unwitting human-shields. That is a violation of the Geneva Convention, and the reporters should demand that the Iraqis either leave the hotel, or allow them to leave, period.

By staying in a situation in which legitimate military targets (Baghdad Bob and his cronies) feel a relative degree of safety using the Palestine Hotel due to the fact they think it won't be targeted, the "journalists" are complicit in the act, and shouldn't be surprised if they find themselves on the wrong end of US firepower.