Why have there been so many journalists killed in the iraq war then all the past wars put together?

Question

were they delibertly targeted to stop them filmimng the war crimes that are commited by the occupiers in iraq,or do they not want the world to see the everyday suffering of iraqi civillians?

Answer 1

it's called nazi massacres, these ppl were killed deliberatly by nazis

Answer 2

I was surprised at the actual number after checking. There have been over 200 newsmen (journalists, photographers and TV cameramen) killed since the invasion by the US and its allies.

Some have been deliberately targeted by the US troops, especially "Al Jazeera", the Arab newsagency, while others have been targeted by the US to stop their reporting.

A few have been killed deliberately by Al Quaida or its fellow insurgents.

An even small number of newsmen have been killed by Kurds in the north of Iraq who are friendly to the US.

Jury Doc has a point, there are a large number of newsmen in Iraq, but not as many as were in Vietnam where 46 were killed between 1954 and 1975.

Answer 3

That's a good question since the whole idea of "embedded journalism," one of those gems of an idea by the evil propaganda machine of a government we call "W," is that all journalists will have a military escort, and should therefore have been safer, albeit less informed, barring the whole unit being captured. Of course, since the embedded journalists were censured and fed only government approved messages and footage under penalty of being kicked out of Iraq and blackballed, as many journalists and their respective institutions found out the hard way, the practice of embedded journalism itself limited footage and reports of war crimes and any other unpleasant message W did not want us to hear, so the idea of deliberately targeting journalists for friendly fire is silly and the idea of terrorists or opposition forces targeting them to reduce media coverage would be counterproductive. Journalists are targeted not to reduce media coverage, but in fact to increase media coverage. A soldier being captured, tortured or dying in the line of duty is tragic and depending on the situation, noteworthy, but since that is their job, it is far less noteworthy and remarkable than a civilian (i.e. journalist) being captured, tortured and killed. Not to mention, if it happens to a soldier it is far more likely to be overlooked, hushed up or blown-over faster than someone who is personally known and there for personally invested by the news media. Therefore, if you want attention, strategically the civilian journalist is hugely more attractive a target than a soldier. The unfortunate part is that the message is a bad message -- one of loss of control and horror, rather than one of 'hey, this is what you're doing to our people' message that might win sympathy.

Answer 4

First off, "faith" isn't the "Savior".. for the Christian Christ is. Secondly, you understand that huge e-book you had in university that mentioned "History" on it. You must take a look at studying it once more. Even the wars that have been fought for supposedly "devout" functions weren't. They have been fought for political or fiscal reap and so they used faith as a rallying cry. Even with the Crusades the primary limitation used to be manipulate of Jerusalem which used to be the hub of alternate coming from the Far East.

Answer 5

1-Do you know this for a fact, or are you just repeating something that you heard from a friend?
2-IF it is true it is probably because there are more journalists there than in any other war. Think about it, back in the day it was only Walter Cronchite reporting from Vietnam. Now, you have ABC, CBS, NBS, Fox News, CNN, Sky News, and who knows else there.

Answer 6

Historically Journalists have never been seen as a legitimate target in war, as with the red cross and the UN they wear flack jackets emblazoned to show who they are.

In this case however 'normal rules' do not apply.
You have seen that these terrorists kill innocent men, women & children with impunity. So other unarmed civilians are seen as a soft target.

Cowardice pure and simple!

Answer 7

Assuming what you say is true, it is a function solely of the vast number of journalists present in the war zone than in any previous wars. With increased numbers, the probability of death and injury vastly increases. It is simply a matter of statistics.

Answer 8

Is this another conspiracy theory.I know what you are implying and the answer is,stop hanging around your left wing nut job friends.lol

Answer 9

because Iraq become border less not yet have strong force to defense about anything , that it encourage all murderer in the world come to Iraq to do do what they like , neighboring countries do what they like it &&&&&&&