Two Time Journalists Hurt in U.S. Iraq Patrol

Reuters ^ | 12/11/03

[TexKat]

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Two journalists with Time magazine were wounded, one seriously, when a hand grenade was thrown at U.S. forces they were accompanying in Baghdad, a U.S. military official said on Thursday.

The official said the incident took place late on Wednesday as the journalists accompanied troops on a U.S. patrol in the Iraqi capital, where U.S. forces are struggling to restore security that collapsed after they invaded Iraq in March.

He declined to name the journalists.

"There were two journalists from Time magazine ...t hey were participating in a patrol in the First A.D. (Armored Division) area in Baghdad with U.S. soldiers," the official told reporters.

"An individual threw a hand grenade into the Humvee. It occurred last night. ... One of the journalists was slightly wounded, the other more severely."

The official declined to elaborate further, referring queries to the magazine.

At least 17 journalists have died in Iraq covering the war to topple Saddam Hussein and its aftermath, including at least four killed by U.S. forces

[TexKat]

I wonder what 2 time Mag Journalists. Inquiring minds want to know

[TexKat]

Ping-a-ling

[Grampa Dave]

If they are the two who went on killing missions with the Islamofascists, that would be really interesting.

[Dog]

Wonder who they were...

[byteback]

Well they shouldn't be two timing.

[TexKat]

Found the answer to my wondering question.

Photo-journalist James Nachtwey (pictured) and fellow Time journalist Michael Isikoff were injured in a grenade explosion. The two journalists and two American soldiers were wounded by a grenade explosion while on a military patrol in Baghdad.(AFP/File)

[Guillermo]

where U.S. forces are struggling to restore security that collapsed after they invaded Iraq in March.

[TexKat]

If they are the two who went on killing missions with the Islamofascists, that would be really interesting.

Gee, it was not those two Grampa Dave. But then we should have known that it was not, due to those two not being an enemy of our enemy.

[blackie]

We liberated Iraq ~ when these pro-terrorist presstitutes get it right. *sigh*

[Guillermo]

Iraq was a model of peace and security until the Evil Infidels invaded.

[dep]

um, michael isikoff works for newsweek.

[Grampa Dave]

If it had been those two, the Time headline re this attack would have said, "Friendly fire wounds two Time Journalists, women and children in Iraq suffer the most!"

[BibChr]

Time journalists, huh?

Were any Americans hurt?

< /badness >

Dan

[dep]

also, isikoff is in the u.s., covering the campaign.

[dep]

yup.

[Dog]

Time journalist Michael Isikoff

Holy Moly..

[upchuck]

Sometimes, payback really hurts.