US sniper shoots Reuters team in Iraq

August 29th, 2005 at 12:52 Björn Hallberg

And they keep telling us it’s just not a factor. Doesn’t say anything. Not about media getting targeted, not about how life must be like for the average Iraqi. Nothing to see here. Move along. Move along.

More journalists have been killed in Iraq since the war began in March 2003 than during the 20 years of conflict in Vietnam, media rights group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said on Sunday.

Since U.S. forces and its allies launched their campaign in Iraq on March 20, 2003, 66 journalists and their assistants have been killed, RSF said.

The latest casualty was a Reuters Television soundman who was shot dead in Baghdad on Sunday while a cameraman with him was wounded and then detained by U.S. soldiers.

They couldn’t even bring themselves to apologize. And one should note that “shot dead” in this means a calculated sniper effort. Which hardly constitutes an accident. Just doesn’t happen. Oh, and btw, the US doesn’t use the term “sniper” anymore. The correct new euphemism is “sharpshooter.” Also, killing people is now called “liberation.”

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