Military Rescinds Iraq Media-Access Order

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Military Rescinds Iraq Media-Access Order

BAGHDAD, Iraq - The U.S. military briefly issued an order Thursday that could have restricted journalists from accompanying American troops on all but routine missions in Iraq, including operations aimed at capturing or killing Saddam Hussein.

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The directive told commanders throughout Iraq that reporters, photographers and television crews would be prohibited from traveling with the military on some operations as so-called "embedded" journalists. The U.S. military headquarters in Baghdad rescinded the order shortly after The Associated Press reported on it. No explanation was given.

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Media coverage of the frequent U.S. raids has resulted in some unflattering pictures of American troops entering Iraqis' homes and holding families at gunpoint during searches for weapons, Saddam loyalists and anti-American attackers.

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Earlier, when Aberle was explaining the directive, she said the U.S. military would still allow journalists to be embedded, but reporters would likely be limited to routine patrols - and even that would be left to commanders' discretion.

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Ill give you an explanation...they dont want the troops to be observed doing dastardly things to potentially innocent people. They dont want the press involved for some odd reason after having them basically in their back pocket for the whole war. I wonder what the military has to hide (or has planned) that all of the sudden the press is being told that they cant go along.... <please note the sarcasm>

They don't want the reporters around when they plant the WMD!
And they sure don't want any of the REAL truth to get out. Pigs, all of em!

they float one up to see if it will stay, then they float another. First it was military pay cuts, now the media access. I guess they got slapped down on both balloons, cuz they're backpedaling. Rightly so.

Seems to be S.O.P. with Bu$hco nowadays.

how much our troops are being attacked in this illegal invasion which was based on lies.

I wonder if this order has anything to do with the Military Families Speak Out who were on C-Span last night.

Stan Gott, a former soldier, whose son is in Iraq, said that embedded reporters are a joke, and that, based on what families are hearing from the troops, Americans have no idea of the actual casualties, both American and Iraqi, in this invasion.

Meanwhile, Bush is on vacation while troops don't even have enough water, while Iraqis don't have electricity, and while the media whores spit out the lies they swallow from the Bush gang.

of one of Saddam's body doubles is declared "captured", they dont want any press around.

A recent neo-con talking point : "Saddam is a WMD"

"Yes. No. Yes. No. Trust us, we're doing everything we can to ensure the safety of the Murkin people. Waitasecond. No? Euhhh, yes! Yes, we are doing everything we can. Rest assured. Truly."

that's what it's about....!