Incidents Raise Suspicions on Motive: Killing of Journalists by US Forces a Growing Problem

[eridani]

http://www.nationofchange.org/incidents-raise-suspicions-motive-killing-journalists-us-forces-growing-problem-1353683351

During the Vietnam War, which US forces fought from 1960 through 1974, and which cost the lives of several million Southeast Asians and 58,000 Americans, eight American journalists died. Not one of them was killed by American fire.

In the Iraq War, 136 journalists were killed. At least 15 of them -- about 11% of the total -- were killed by US forces, sometimes apparently with deliberate intent.

In Afghanistan, nine journalists have been killed, at least one by US forces, and in that case, the killing was deliberate, though it is unclear whether the victim was known to be a journalist.

One thing is clear: it is dangerous in the extreme to be a journalist covering America’s wars, at least beginning with Vietnam.

[99th_Monkey]

1. That's one big reason I thank my lucky stars for Chris Hedges

He was a war correspondent in some of the deadliest hot spots
... Yes Chris Hedges is still very much alive and is becoming a force
to be dealt with by the Ruling 1% Elite. He is an interesting and rather
inspiring dude. I'm so happy that he and others are occupying the judicial
branch with their lawsuits to nullify the indefinite detention sections of
the NDAA.

This was just posted by him today:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1017&pid=81717