vrijdag, september 19, 2003
Soldiers are jumpy in the face of a guerrilla war in which it is extremely difficult to distinguish combatants from civilians. Their unease showed itself in the Thursday ambushes and firefight as soldiers appeared to be firing on anything they felt threatened by, including an Associated Press reporter and photographer covering the incident.
Neither man was hurt. Photographer Karim Kadim and his driver ran to safety from their car after an American tank trained its machine gun on the vehicle. It was subsequently hit about 20 times, blowing out the rear window, knocking a big hole in the windshield and flattening the tires. The reporter ran around the corner of a building as a tank fired three rounds from its 50-caliber machine gun in his direction.
Bron: Associated Press.
Neither man was hurt. Photographer Karim Kadim and his driver ran to safety from their car after an American tank trained its machine gun on the vehicle. It was subsequently hit about 20 times, blowing out the rear window, knocking a big hole in the windshield and flattening the tires. The reporter ran around the corner of a building as a tank fired three rounds from its 50-caliber machine gun in his direction.
Bron: Associated Press.
# posted by Jan-Edward : 10:04
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