Death of Two Photographers

richardman

Forgive me, I think this is important: I don't want to clog this forum with discussions, so I'd just point out the following links:

my blog entry: http://www.5pmlight.com/?p=515

Michael Johnston's blog:
http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2010/04/namir-nooreldeen-19842007.html

http://www.collateralmurder.com

If the moderators seem this inappropriate, please delete it.

// richard

michswiss

Can you add a little more context before I click on the links? Is this related to the recently released video from Iraq?

richardman

michswiss wrote:

Can you add a little more context before I click on the links? Is this related to the recently released video from Iraq?

Sorry, yes, it is.

Tina Manley

richardman wrote:

Sorry, yes, it is.

Here is an interesting perspective:

http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/06/remembering-namir-noor-eldeen/

Tina

kdog

Turns out that the above referenced version of the video was edited to change the story of what really happened. When one watches the entire video, it can be seen the group that the journalists were with were carrying AK and RPG weapons. Also, the journalists weren't wearing anything to identify them as press, so they had put themselves in a perilous position.

Source: http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2010/04/cleverly-edited-video-becomes-anti.html

More: http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/collateral-murder-baghdad-anything

Here's a little clip from the video showing an AK47 and an RPG.



My personal opinion is that thread was posted to make a political statement and does not belong here on Dgrin.

angevin1

kdog wrote:

Turns out that the above referenced version of the video was edited to change the story of what really happened. When one watches the entire video, it can be seen the group that the journalists were with were carrying AK and RPG weapons. Also, the journalists weren't wearing anything to identify them as press, so they had put themselves in a perilous position.

Source: http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2010/04/cleverly-edited-video-becomes-anti.html

More: http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/collateral-murder-baghdad-anything

Here's a little clip from the video showing an AK47 and an RPG.



My personal opinion is that thread was posted to make a political statement and does not belong here on Dgrin.

No it doesn't....though it is photography related, and interesting to some extent. War is not pretty. War is not fair.

wadesworld

It's a great tragedy.

However, it's no more tragic than soldiers killed by enemy fire, friendly fire, IAD's or soldiers and civilians killed by suicide bombers. It's a war zone - bad things will happen, including mistakes.