US forces 'out of control', says Reuters chief

Guardian ^ | 9/28/05 | Guardian

[jmc1969]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1580244,00.html

[jmc1969]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1580244,00.html

[Crazieman]

What? They're shooting the enemy!

[Paleo Conservative]

They should be shot as spies.

[in hoc signo vinces]

Well, Rueters can KMA...they're only a moutpiece to the evil scourge in that areaa...and they're only upset that they have "no control" over the US Military...

Rueters ESAD....

I realize this isn't a very eloquent rant, but diplomacy has failed with these idiots unwilling to report balanced news...what they call journalism, I call propaganda for terrorists, and Rueters should be treated accordingly.

[VoiceOfBruck]

US forces admitted killing three Reuters journalists, ...

In addition to all the other enemy combatants and insurgents.

[cripplecreek]

OH THE HUGE MANATEE!!!!!!

[My2Cents]

and preventing full coverage of the war reaching the public.

Hey, the MSM is completely responsible if the full coverage of the war isn't reaching the public.

[CheneyChick]

Maybe the media should familiarize themselves with the military's rules of engagement.

[narby]

There'd be no problem if Reuters didn't hire terrorists to be reporters.

[dead]

Are these journalists aware that they are operating in a war zone?

Lots of bullets and explosions and stuff.

[DTogo]

The detention and accidental shootings of journalists is limiting how journalists can operate, wrote David Schlesinger, the Reuters global managing editor, in a letter to Senator John Warner, head of the armed services committee.

I thought they just made up stories from their hotels as it's too dangerous to go out into the "quagmire"?

The Reuters news service chief referred to "a long parade of disturbing incidents whereby professional journalists have been killed, wrongfully detained, and/or illegally abused by US forces in Iraq".

US Forces are killing, detaining, and abusing journalists in Iraq? GREAT!!

[federal]

Tell rooters "journalists" (cough) to get the islamofascist terrorists to protect them, that's whose side they are on anyway.........

[Daralundy]

Guardian not a valid news source.

[bubman]

And whose control are they out of?

Reuters is completely immersed in anti-American hatred. If they would stop hiring insurgent sympathisers as "journalists" maybe judt maybe they wouldn't be shot at.

[MNJohnnie]

Same song third verse. Started in Afghanistan in fall of 2001. More of the "targeting journalists" nonsense. Wonder if this guy will be forced to resign like the loony at CNN who made the SAME accusation a year ago with NO evidence.

[Danae]

Hey, if you are a bad guy, don't piss off our troops. Note to all "Journalists" (I use THAT word lightly) and photogs, maybe a POSITIVE story once in a while, maybe even HALF the time! Make the troops WANT to protect you. Now there's an idea!

[tgusa]

Most Brits I know won't read the Guardian. It's a rag even by their standards.

[JellyJam]

Guardian not a valid news source.

And neither is Reuters. After 9/11, they refused to call the hijackers "terrorists." To them, one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter. Reuters is pure evil.

[GSlob]

"The detention and accidental shootings of journalists is limiting how journalists can operate, wrote David Schlesinger, the Reuters global managing editor, in a letter to Senator John Warner, head of the armed services committee"
Disgusting. Shootings of journalists should not be happening by a lucky accident, but as a standard operating procedure.