ExPara
Clanker

It seems that the media are complaining that the war is getting too personal:
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/030408/80/dx9oa.html
Whilst I would like to express my condolences to the family of anyone killed or injured in the crossfire of war, I have to take issue with Reuters' Editor-in-Chief Geert Linnebank.
It seems that the US tanky was shot at from the hotel and decided to return fire.
Presumably as Editor-In-Chief, Mr Linnebank made the decision to deploy his team to Baghdad and as part of that process we have to wonder whether he ever considered the possibility that Saddam's minions might try to use his journalists as cover in the battle for Baghdad. ???
The man's a moron
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/030408/80/dx9oa.html
Whilst I would like to express my condolences to the family of anyone killed or injured in the crossfire of war, I have to take issue with Reuters' Editor-in-Chief Geert Linnebank.
...the incident nonetheless raises questions about the judgment of the advancing U.S. troops who have known all along that this hotel is the main base for almost all foreign journalists in Baghdad.
"Taras's death, and the injuries sustained by the others, were so unnecessary, " Linnebank said.
It seems that the US tanky was shot at from the hotel and decided to return fire.
Presumably as Editor-In-Chief, Mr Linnebank made the decision to deploy his team to Baghdad and as part of that process we have to wonder whether he ever considered the possibility that Saddam's minions might try to use his journalists as cover in the battle for Baghdad. ???
The man's a moron