Reuters photographer shot in leg during Najaf fighting

[UpInArms]

http://cbsnewyork.com/international/Iraq-PhotographerWoun-ai/resources_news_html

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) An Iraqi photographer working for Reuters new agency was shot in the leg during fighting in the holy city of Najaf, journalists in the agency's Baghdad bureau said.

The photographer, who was not identified, was shot during a firefight between U.S. forces and fighters loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, journalists said on condition of anonymity.

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The journalist was taking pictures with an American military unit at the time. It was not known who fired the shot that wounded him.

...very short newsblurb...

[Kagemusha]

1. I wonder which side fired the shot.

I hate to have to ask this question but...

[leftchick]

2. I am pretty certain where the shot came from....

Who has shot the most journalists since this whole debacle began?

[Barrett808]

3. And Telegrah reported that Iraqi police are targeting journalists n/t

[Beetwasher]

4. I Hope the Press Is Taking Notice That They Are Enemies of Bush

and that they finally act accordingly and in their own defense...Yeah, wishful thinking, I know...

[stickdog]

5. 10:1 our boys winged him.

Any takers?

[daleo]

6. A friendly warning from the BFEE?

Get out of Dodge.

Methinks that if the Sadr forces had fired the shot, the Allawi/Bush government would use it as a propaganda ploy - "see, they don't want democracy or free speech." The brevity of the CBS report speaks volumes.