Drudge Retort: Red Meat for Yellow Dogs
Monday, October 15, 2007

On Sunday afternoon, Salih Saif Aldin set out for one of Baghdad's most dangerous neighborhoods. He knew exactly where to go. He nodded, smiled, grabbed his camera. There was nothing he needed to say. Saif Aldin always came back -- from death threats, from beatings, from kidnappings, from detentions by American soldiers, from the country's most notorious and deadly terrain -- but on Sunday he didn't.

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Sword: 119

Pen: 0

Burka: 119

No Burka: 0

How soon we forget the contribution the 5th estate made to ending other immoral outrages, with the very blood

In Iraq

By Year:
2007: 26
2006: 32
2005: 23
2004: 24
2003: 14

In other conflicts

Algeria (1993-96): 58
Colombia (1986-present): 54
Balkans (1991-95): 36
Philippines (1983-87): 36
Turkey (1984-99): 22
Tajikistan (1992-96): 16
Sierra Leone (1997-2000): 15
Afghanistan (2001-04): 9
Somalia (1993-95): 9
Kosovo (1999-2001): 7
First Iraq war (1991): 4 (All were killed after the official end of the war but died in the conflict in the immediate aftermath.)

Deadliest year in these wars: 1995 in Algeria, when 24 journalists were killed.

Central American conflicts: Freedom Forum, a nonpartisan foundation dedicated to free press, lists 89 journalists killed for the years 1979-89.
Argentina: Freedom Forum lists 98 for the years 1976-1983.
Vietnam: Freedom Forum lists 66 journalists killed covering the conflict in Vietnam from 1955-1975. The Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan, which surveyed the years 1962-75, lists 71 journalists killed.
Korean War: Freedom Forum lists 17 journalists killed.
World War II: Freedom Forum lists 68.
World War I: Freedom Forum lists 2.

Lots of more background on killing war correspondents,
here.

Regards,
etc.

Yes, the administrations don't want the actual truth being told, it would confirm their lies.

oh please............

what about the entire company who has yet to sustain one loss and they have been in parts of iraq for sometime.......we dont hear about that.

we dont hear about congressional medal winners but we hear about soldiers who are 'cold blooded murderers' the day after info comes out.......(murtha)......


anyway.....point is...

sorry about this brave man........but the fact is....they know its a war zone and they know the dangers.....just like our american soldier heros do when they VOLUNTEER......

makes them even more courageous and they all should be remembered.....
its the 'bush killed them' bullshit that has to so.

has to GO
has to GO
has to GO


TOYBOAT
TOYBOAT
TOYBOAT

This news pleases me. I hope it was a painful death.
Sincerely,
Danni

119 bottles of beer on the wall

119 bottles of beer

take one down and pass it around

120 bottles of beer on the wall...........

we dont hear about congressional medal winners but we hear about soldiers who are 'cold blooded murderers' the day after info comes out.......(murtha)......

Yep! Murtha is the best friend of the military.

Keep it up Libs.

I grew tired of Limbaugh over the last few years. He became just too much to listen to. A lot like Randy Rhodes. Just a blow hard ...

However, something developed over the last week that truly amazed me. He made fools out of 41 reckless Congressmen in one swipe!!

He's going auction off the letter to him that they all signed on EBay! And the proceeds goes to the US Marines! The very organization that was harmed by the same reckless Congressmen!!!

Go Rush!

We have to kill them over there so we don't have to kill them over here...

thats right last..

when you break eggs, you can either make chicken salad or chicken shit.....?????????

BLT - methinks you doth protest too much. Do you actually have a point, or is it just that time of the month for you?

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Regards,
etc.

Journos who die in War Zones are to be no less honored fer their sacrifice than the servicemen and women who pay that ultimate price.

Wandering in war zones without a gun but with a camera and questions is a very dangerous occupation.

Thoughhts and prayers to his surviving family.

Now... who did this?

They killed him," one man whispered, pointing at members of the Iraqi army brigade on the street.

Iraqi police officers said they believed Saif Aldin was killed by Sunni men belonging to the nascent organization known as the Awakening Council, a tribal organization aligned with the U.S. military that started in the western province of Anbar and has spread to parts of Baghdad. Iraqi government officials have accused these Sunni tribesmen of abusing their partnership with the Americans to kill and kidnap residents.


Awakening Council? Yeah right.

"Wake up. Time to Die."

Be Well.

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