3 Non_Embedded Journalists missing

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2003-03-22 10:41am

Three-man British TV crew missing in Iraq

LONDON, March 22 (Reuters) - British TV company ITN said on
Saturday a three-man crew was missing after coming under fire
in Iraq on their way to the southern city of Basra.

ITN named the three as correspondent Terry Lloyd and colleagues
Fred Nerac and Hussein Othman.

......

On their own, not embedded.

Media is now freaking out because the Safwan-Basra area
isn't as safe to wander freely in as, say, North Dakota, and are
intimating the military is lying to them, etc.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2003-03-22 11:29am

Why am I not suprised. Some reporters sure do have real common sense problems. It's a shame if they have gotten killed orcaptured but there's a reason you don't wander around on battlefields.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-03-22 11:58am

AFAIK the Pentagon warned the media that not being embedded and wanding around the country could be hazerdous to their health.