CNN has denied that it set a "dangerous precedent" by hiring an armed guard to accompany one of its teams in Iraq, following criticism over an incident in which a CNN convoy returned fire. When reporter Brent Sadler and his crew came under fire from an Iraqi-manned checkpoint as they attempted to leave Tikrit yesterday, their Kurdish bodyguard returned fire with a machine gun. The decision prompted the international press watchdog, Reporters Sans Frontieres, to lambast the news organisation for placing journalists' safety at risk by creating the impression that they carry arms. However, a CNN spokeswoman said that Sadler's...