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**Stefu** · April 8, 2003, 15:59

That's not a very rhytmic chant.

**SlowwHand** · April 8, 2003, 16:01

Another dork thread.
Like journalists have no worries in a war zone.

**KrazyHorse** · April 8, 2003, 16:02

Hey Hey USA, how many journalists did you kill today?

3

**Pekka** · April 8, 2003, 16:03

Stefu, sure it is, you just need fast toungue work

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**KrazyHorse** · April 8, 2003, 16:04

Funny. That'sw what my girlfriend said to me...

**DaShi** · April 8, 2003, 16:04

Another dork thread.
Like journalists have no worries in a war zone.

Nice rebuttal.

**Chemical Ollie** · April 8, 2003, 16:06

The last 20 seconds of this movie clip is from the recieving end of American tank fire, wounding the cameraman. I'm not sure if it's the same incident. (Comments in Swedish)

http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/real/ram/0,3256,m0ny030408i-fotografskjuten,00.ram

Edit: After looking at the clip again, I am sure this is the incident we are talking about.

**Agathon** · April 8, 2003, 16:09

Originally posted by SlowwHand

Like journalists have no worries in a war zone.

No, lame brain. When a building that journalists are using is deliberately targeted, supposedly because of sniper fire (luckily, the targeted journalists were on hand to report that there wasn't any). When a guy is holding a camera and everyone in the world can see where he's filming from you don't think it is dumb to deliberately target him.

Now call me curmudgeonly, but isn't it customary to identify one's target before aiming tank rounds at it?

This perhaps could be transferred to the, Why is there so much FF? Why do the Americans shoot at everything that moves? thread.

**Alex** · April 8, 2003, 16:10

Soldiers never liked journalists, anyway.

**SlowwHand** · April 8, 2003, 16:14

You saw, what you saw; not particularly all there was to see, lame****ingbrain.

Why do they shoot at everything?
Oh hell, I don't know.
Might it be candyasses of Saddam's, dressing in civilian attire?
Suicide bombers ?

I have a News Flash for you, jerkwad.
No war has had reporters running amuk like this on the battlefield, drawing pictures of their location in the sand.

**Agathon** · April 8, 2003, 16:15

Originally posted by Alexnm
Soldiers never liked journalists, anyway.

Perhaps, but our friends from Airstrip One aren't shooting them.

We should have a list of the numbskull targets the US has hit recently because they can't be bothered to identify targets. Here's two I can think of.

1. The Chinese embassy in Serbia
2. The Russian Ambassador in Iraq....

**Agathon** · April 8, 2003, 16:17

Originally posted by SlowwHand
You saw, what you saw; not particularly all there was to see, lame****ingbrain.

Why do they shoot at everything?
Oh hell, I don't know.
Might it be candyasses of Saddam's, dressing in civilian attire?
Suicide bombers ?

I have a News Flash for you, jerkwad.
No war has had reporters running amuk like this on the battlefield, drawing pictures of their location in the sand.

My my, tetchy aren't we? Still doesn't explain why they bombed the Al Jazeera building.

They've always shot at everything because they're a bunch of trigger-happy inbred hicks with guns and no discipline. We had a thread on this the other day: your allies are as scared of you as the enemy, and with good reason.

**DanS** · April 8, 2003, 16:18

I remember that once the attack started a couple of weeks ago, high ranking Baath party members moved into the same hotel as the journalists in order to be safe from the bombings.

This makes me think twice about dismissing the possibility that they really were receiving fire from the hotel.

**Chemical Ollie** · April 8, 2003, 16:42

Here is a clip from BBC with the incident from another angle (or perhaps there were more than one of these incidents today?.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/video/39070000/rm/_39070137_baghdad18_omaar_vi.ram