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Walter Rogers did a story on Headline News about the Iraq situation. He mentioned the Islamofascists fighting our troops and included this phrase: "The Americans call them terrorists." 'The Americans'? 'Call them terrorists'?

<p>BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- U.S. troops weren't the only ones surprised by President Bush's Thanksgiving Day visit to Iraq. The White House press corps was, too. For security reasons, Bush's trip would have been canceled if the information had leaked, so most reporters were kept in the dark.</p>

Despite being outnumbered, the U.S. group vanquished the Iraqi Republican Guard force within minutes, thanks to superior armed vehicles and devastatingly powerful ammunition. "My commander called me, gave me the warning order to be prepared to conduct an attack on 22 stationary T-72s [Soviet-built tanks used by the Iraqis] that the [U.S.] Air Force had identified," Lyle said. "I selected a force, tank heavy, almost all the tanks in my troop, with some Bradleys [armored fighting vehicles] to go with it."

Embedded reporter David Bloom races across the Iraqi desert aboard a tank recovery vehicle equipped with microwave, satellite uplink and a transmitter mounted on a gyroscope. The Bloom Mobile allows him to report back often to NBC and MSNBC with live, clear pictures under extraordinary conditions, including sandstorms and at night. His $500,000 roving TV studio is the gizmo with the most razzle-dazzle in a war where marvelous inventions (videophones, satellite phones, cell phones, nightscope lenses, digital cameras and battery-operated laptops), combined with unusual cooperation between the media and the military, have made Operation Iraqi Freedom the most television-accessible war...

U.S. intelligence indicates "major column" of Iraqi Republican Guard troops with 1,000 vehicles heading south from Baghdad toward U.S. forces near Najaf, sources tell CNN's Walter Rodgers, embedded with the 3rd Infantry Division. Full story soon.

"For me, as a reporter, this is one of the greatest stories I ever saw."

Just on CNN. Waler Rodgers said he was having fun! Aaron Brown smirked and aksed him to repeat it as if he was shocked!. lol

For Embedded Correspondents, the Small Picture Is Big News Walt Rodgers, the veteran CNN correspondent traveling with the Army's 7th Cavalry, is so deeply embedded that he got to ride around the desert in an Abrams tank."Being inside the beast isn't so bad," he said yesterday by satellite phone from Iraq. "We're getting unbelievable access. I don't believe I've ever had such access over 36 years of reporting."The Pentagon's decision to dispatch more than 500 journalists with U.S. forces has produced a wealth of riveting television pictures and a grunt's-eye view of the war, along with occasional moments of silliness.Viewers...