In The Line of Duty
Dexter Filkins of the NYT on reporting in Iraq:
Stepping out of my car at the scene of a suicide bombing last fall, I stepped into what appeared to be a placid crowd, only to find that it was seething and angry, blaming the Americans, as Iraqis often do, for the death and destruction all around them. The crowd surged before I and my colleagues could get back into the car.
"Kill them!" an old man shouted. "Kill them!"
We barely got away. Back at the office, we counted 17 bricks inside the car, whose every window was smashed. One of the bricks is now on my bookshelf.
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And that's just how dangerous it is for a REPORTER. Imagine being a uniformed soldier.
Stepping out of my car at the scene of a suicide bombing last fall, I stepped into what appeared to be a placid crowd, only to find that it was seething and angry, blaming the Americans, as Iraqis often do, for the death and destruction all around them. The crowd surged before I and my colleagues could get back into the car.
"Kill them!" an old man shouted. "Kill them!"
We barely got away. Back at the office, we counted 17 bricks inside the car, whose every window was smashed. One of the bricks is now on my bookshelf.
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And that's just how dangerous it is for a REPORTER. Imagine being a uniformed soldier.
posted by hellisotherpeople at 4:03 PM
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