Thread: Pentagon: shooting of Reuters journalists in Iraq justified
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Old 06-18-2008, 07:52 PM
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Originally Posted by jillian View Post
Reporters have always been in danger covering war zones, but I'm so very surprised the pentagon would say it was "justified".
Because they actually targetted the vehicle. It wasn't an accidental shooting, or it would be categorized as an accident.

The actions of the troops because they targetted the vehicle had to be "justified."
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