Something wrong here. No US Marine would allow these guys to take those photos. Just when did Reuters take the photos? Judging from some of the media I would not be surprised if they witnessed their deaths.
You don't expect a straight answer from Reuters, do you?
That Reuters published the pictures doesn't mean Reuters took the pictures.
I'm no fan of Reuters and I wouldn't put it passed them to have hired Al Quaeda types as their own version of "inbeds".
But if you have a $99 digital camera you could email a jpeg to Reuters and they could then decide whether to use it...within minutes.