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To: leadpenny

They both deserve respect for going into harm's way. They certainly get mine.



Mine as well. On FNC they said he is married with 4 children. Prayers to him and his family.


67 posted on 01/29/2006 6:17:09 AM PST by LoudRepublicangirl (loudrepublicangirl)
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To: LoudRepublicangirl
They both deserve respect for going into harm's way. They certainly get mine.
See also, from abcnews.go.com:
...Iraq remains the most dangerous place for journalists.

Some 60 journalists have been killed in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003, according to the media watchdog the Committee to Protect Journalists, or CPJ. At least 41 of those were Iraqi, the CPJ said in a recent report.

Other media watchdogs say the toll is higher.

An Iraqi television cameraman was killed in clashes between Sunni rebels and U.S. forces on Jan 24 in the insurgent stronghold of Ramadi on Tuesday.

A cameraman working for Reuters, Dhia Najim, was shot dead during fighting between U.S. Marines and insurgents on November 1, 2004. The exact circumstances of his killing have never been clarified despite requests to the U.S. military from Reuters.

Many journalists have also been taken hostage; some have been killed by their abductors but most have been released unharmed. American journalist Jill Carroll was kidnapped in Baghdad on January 7 and is still missing...


79 posted on 01/29/2006 6:23:11 AM PST by RonDog
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