Apr 07, 2010, 10:07 PM
Holy shit, that was efficient. You see how fast they dropped that whole group? Real enemies or stupid journalists, I still find something to admire in that video.
Creeping around in civilian clothes with an armed escort in a war zone where the primary tactic of the enemy is to blend in with the local population... pretty stupid idea. I saw dudes with AKs and right before the bird circled around and opened fire, there was that dude squatting and peaking around the corner of a building and that totally looked like an RPG. You show someone this video without a title or telling them it's a bunch of journalists, and they may have a different interpretation of events... and if they've been living in a war zone, encountering death on a daily basis... they may have an even different interpretation. It looks suspicious as hell if you don't already know what happened.
The AP doesn't seem to be throwing much blame at the military. They said it's a hazard of being a journalist in such an environment.
Creeping around in civilian clothes with an armed escort in a war zone where the primary tactic of the enemy is to blend in with the local population... pretty stupid idea. I saw dudes with AKs and right before the bird circled around and opened fire, there was that dude squatting and peaking around the corner of a building and that totally looked like an RPG. You show someone this video without a title or telling them it's a bunch of journalists, and they may have a different interpretation of events... and if they've been living in a war zone, encountering death on a daily basis... they may have an even different interpretation. It looks suspicious as hell if you don't already know what happened.
The AP doesn't seem to be throwing much blame at the military. They said it's a hazard of being a journalist in such an environment.