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To: Skywatcher who wrote (56717)	1/30/2006 3:43:25 PM
From: geode00	Respond to of 362386

I heard he was doing a report at the back of the truck when it happened. Iraq is so dangerous for journalists. Maybe this will finally get Americans to stand up and take notice since it was an anchor person with more visibility than a print journalist or photographer. Apparently the admin doesn't trust the Iraqis enough to give them very good weaponry either. I remember a report last year which showed a police station that didn't have things like radios in their cars. They didn't have doors in their station either. One of the policemen worked for them by day and turned around and became an insurgent after work. What a blooming, ridiculous, chaotic, expensive and dangerous mess. The entire nation of Iraq will be suffering from PTSD for the next century. They may just turn around and sue us for their grief.

To: Skywatcher who wrote (56717)	1/30/2006 9:18:03 PM
From: worksinjammies	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 362386

sickening to hear woodward was so seriously injured...he and the vet cameraman got into Iraqi vehicles at some point...major error...we don't give the squat for trucks and stuff with little or no armor... we give LITTLE ARMOR to our own guys, so you can imagine how vulnerable they were...very sad news Sad yes, but no more sad than when any of the 2200+ "faceless soldiers" from anywhere USA get maimed or killed horrible, pointless conflict. Maybe, these two journalists are loved and respected enough by their peers...maybe, we may finally see a bit of "sickening" in the mainstream media which might precipitate into actual JOURNALISM; possibly exposing to cancer, this bed of lies and deception, that this conflict has become! I, for one, hold the mainstream media in contempt as much as the Bushies. I think it more likely that there will be those scurrying to fill their time slots than a more critical review of Bushes agenda. I do feel sorry for them as fellow human beings, but at the risk of taking the "Hell Express"; maybe this is just what those in media need/deserve...a wake up call. Sorry, if I have offended.