Iraqi journalists stare death in the face

Firas Al-Atraqchi

...Dahr Jamail, an independent American journalist who spent eight months reporting from Iraq, believes the US military is mostly to blame for the killing of journalists. "It has been clear since the US invasion that the policy of the Pentagon has been to target non-embedded reporters. More journalists have died in Iraq than did during the entire Vietnam War, and even world war two. "It is so dangerous because not only must one be careful from the US military, but also the criminal element. One never knows if a criminal gang will decide to kidnap you and sell you to some militia or resistance group," he told Aljazeera.net. But for Ali F, who reports from Baghdad and surrounding towns, it is not the US soldier he is worried about. "Now I am mostly worried about being killed or strangled by those who are dressed in ministry of interior uniforms or men in black who move freely because of their ties to the security forces."...

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