Pretty soon, you might be on a list somewhere (as if you already aren't.....
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After all, pornography is just as evil as terror.
Better hide your valuables or your assets will be paying for the upcoming "War on Pornography"
I guess freedom, including press freedom, only counts if you're on the right "side". What a fucking joke this has become.
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US claims killings were 'self defence'
http://media.guardian.co.uk/broadcas...932488,00.html
Julia Day
Tuesday April 8, 2003
US commanders have claimed "significant enemy fire" was coming from both the Palestine Hotel and al-Jazeera buildings attacked by US forces, killing three journalists and injuring several more.
The US military claims its forces were using the "inherent right of self-defence" in returning fire, and blamed the tragedies on the Iraqi regime's strategy of using civilian buildings for military purposes.
It says it was "unfortunate" that the buildings were being used by journalists.
In a statement this afternoon the US central command issued was it called "further clarification" on the two incidents.
Jose Couso, a cameraman from Spanish TV channel Telecinco, and Taras Protsyuk, a Ukrainian national working for Reuters, both died after a US tank fired on the Palestinian Hotel, the de facto base of western journalists in Baghdad.
And al-Jazeera cameraman Tareq Ayyoub died when a coalition bombing raid hit the Arabic language station's Baghdad office this morning.
Of the hotel attack, the US statement said: "Commanders on the ground reported that coalition forces received significant enemy fire from the Palestine Hotel in Baghdad and, consistent with their inherent right of self-defence, coalition forces returned fire.
"Sadly a Reuters and a Telecinco journalist were killed in this exchange," the statement said.
It went on to use exactly the same wording to explain the bombing raid on al-Jazeera's building.
It continued: "These tragic incidents appear to be the latest example of the Iraqi regime's continued strategy of using civilian facilities for regime military purposes.
"The coalition regrets the loss of innocent life and will continue to protect the innocent from harm.
"To date, at least two journalists embedded with coalition forces have also died as a result of enemy fire. These events serve as a tragic reminder of just how dangerous life is on the battlefield," the statement said.
And, once again, the US repeated its claim that coalition forces only engage with "legitimate military targets".
But the anger, frustration and disbelief about the attacks among journalists and other observers continues 10 hours after the attacks.
A Red Cross spokesman in Baghdad told BBC Radio 5 Live the organisation had seen no evidence of Iraqi military using the Palestine Hotel as a base, and expressed extreme surprise at the attack.
"We were never, ever aware of any military activity from there," he said, adding that journalists would have evacuated the hotel if there had been.
His surprise was echoed by several other TV journalists present at the time of the attack - Sky News' David Chater said it was "absurd" to think the hotel had turned from a civilian into a military base.