[DannyTN]

"We mainly heard about the two Americans, Michael Kelly and David Bloom. There were a number of journalists of other nationalities, mainly European or Aussie, who were killed. "

But were they embedded with soldiers or freelancers? A reporter who went into Iraq without the protection of the military is brave but perhaps a little stupid also. Of course they probably didn't know that Saddam had been torturing CNN's staff for years.

[Celtjew Libertarian]

Good question.

I did a quick search on Google (< 2 minutes) and found "Spanish journalist Julio Anguita Parrado from the daily newspaper El Mundo and German reporter Christian Liebig from the weekly magazine Focus" were killed while embedded with the 3rd Infintry. ITN's (British, I think) Terry Lloyd was killed, but was not embedded.

[WOSG]

I dont think any embed reporter died from combat.

The deaths of reporters I know of: A few in baghdad (remember US firing on palestine hotel), Al Jazeera guy killed by a bomb, and then various freelancers caught in crossfire (couple near basra), and a couple killed stepping on landmines. Finally one killed by fedayeen/AlAnsar suicide bomber.

Michael Kelly died in a car accident, Bloom from an embolism (??).

All things being equal, being surrounded by marines is probably the safest way to report on the war.