Posted on 05/30/2006 9:46:54 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
A CBS spokeswoman says correspondent Kimberly Dozier has undergone two surgeries since being injured in a car bombing Monday in Iraq.
Doctors have removed shrapnel from her head, but they say the most series injuries are to her lower body. Dozier is being treated in Germany. The blast in Baghdad killed British cameraman Paul Douglas and freelance soundman James Brolan. Military officials say Dozier will be treated at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, which is the U.S. military's largest overseas hospital. CBS says all three journalists were riding in an armored humvee and are believed to have been wearing protective gear. The U.S. ambassador to Iraq says he's "shocked and saddened" by the news. CBS News President Sean McManus says "our deepest sympathy" goes to the families of Douglas and Brolan.
Best Wishes to her.
The writer actually wrote "SERIES injuries"? He must read FR!
Is she related to Li'l Abner?
Well said. And let's hope out of this disaster some enlightenment comes to her.
Is this Sirius?
Part of the problem is the that MSM thinks they have a higher calling than that of a lawyer, doctor, priest, or nun. In their minds, bullets should whizz around them, but never touch them, for they are "journalists". They report the "news", and they correct the wrongs caused by "conservatives". But I'm betting you'll never see CBS News President Sean McManus in Iraq. Greatest would he ever had was splinter from a toothpick when he was trying to eat the olives in his martinin glass while on the cocktail circuit.
"but we should never rejoice that someone is hurt in war unless they are monsters. "
I am not rejoicing in the fact that she is injured. Although, I do question the intelligence of "embedding" reporters in military and those that go along with it. I will not buy into the hype of a reporter getting killed when it happens to our soldiers everyday.
I do wish for her a speedy recovery and hope that she comes back 100% but leave the occupation of war zones to our soldiers...
My prayers are with her for a complete recovery and condolences to the families of the others who were killed in the attack by the _____________.
a) terrorists
b) freedom fighters
c) EU approved nomenclature
You get the Tacky Award for the day. Or the year.
Well thank you.. I will graciously accept that.
Sadly,
I think the press thinks the sign on their vests protects them. It is just a better target for the terorists.
Aren't they a satellite radio company?
I think the press thinks the sign on their vests protects them.
I did hear a commentator from her network mention that
"This war is different." Guess he doesn't remember Ernie Pyle, or any number of brave correspondents who were killed
in WW II., Korea, Vietnam etc.
Personally, I think if a news person wants to enter the war zone embedding should be mandatory at least part of the time.
And they don't even know the difference between serious and series. Public school! You get what you pay for.
Don't you understand this? That was then, when we had the right to fight evil dictators wherever we found them, and the American press was always pro-America! Now we have anti-war activists posing as serious news reporters and we aren't allowed to fight evil, even though most of us know that it will eventually kill us if we don't!
"And Jesus loves you, too"
Haha.. why do you want to bring Jesus into this? He was an innocent bystander.
She shouldn't have been there. Military yes. Media no.
“The tyrant has fallen. But for some, he’s a fallen hero.... Iraqis are much like abused children: scarred by the man who was both father figure and enforcer. His rules were simple. Obey, and he would provide jobs, food rations, electricity and security. Rebel, and punishment was merciless. But Saddam Hussein also gave Iraqis dignity and pride. He became a symbol of defiance across the Arab world, never backing down from a fight....Those who loved him and those who hated him still can’t separate the man from the country in their minds. For many, his humiliation is their own.”
— Kimberly Dozier in a December 16, 2003 CBS Evening News story about Iraqi reaction to Saddam’s capture.
This should be beneath a "freeper". Sad.
No. THAT is hugh.
The implication is that her legs have been maimed.
"This should be beneath a "freeper". Sad."
God, Country, Family... where my beliefs lie. If someone wants to do something dangerous I have not pity on them. I suspect you have a laugh over Rachel Corrie though...
"This should be beneath a "freeper". Sad."
Damn.. congrats.. got under my skin... I guess I could start a thread on this.. what is a freeper? Do you define it.. please tell us.. millions on this board want to know...
Foxnews.com's Roger Friedman is reporting that she might lose a leg.
" ... Doctors and nurses at the combat support hospital handle on average between 10 and 15 trauma cases a day, so they knew what to expect when they heard Dozier and other military personnel had been wounded by a car bomb, CBS News correspondent Elizabeth Palmer reports."If this would've happened back in the States, she probably would have died," a doctor at the combat hospital told Palmer. ..."
Remind me to ask my ambulance to take me to Iraq, then Germany, if I'm ever seriously injured in a car accident.
That's how it was sounding earlier. There was so much stuff piled on top of her in the pix when she was loaded onto the plane to Germany that I figured they were trying to save body parts.
I guess I have offeneded someone with my speech on FreeRepublic.. the moderator removed my post...
I'll leave you to decide.. hmm..
"She shouldn't have been there. Military yes. Media no."
Media reporting on conditions troops face was critical in providing better care for them. Please check out the following:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Howard_Russell
Of course, not all war correspondents live up to the standards of William Russell, but we need them there to provide a look at what's going on beyond what the military says.
Nicely written...you have class
[[His rules were simple. Obey, and he would provide jobs, food rations, electricity and security.]]
Sounds just like the way the democratic party talks to blacks.
He look what you started...over here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1640747/posts
Make sure that your primary care physician calls ahead first so that you can use your health care coverage.
Thanks for that find.
Something I heard this afternoon reported that she was able to "wiggle her toes," so maybe there's hope for both legs and/or feet.
That doctor needs to take a logic class.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20060530/en_tv_eo/19142;_ylt=AnIzK2dtt3_u1hAPbu4sh6UDW7oF;_ylu=X3oDMTA2Z2szazkxBHNlYwN0bQ--
She apparently had tourniquets on both lower legs. She very nearly died.
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