I thought the news that Bush really IS going to nominate Negroponte as US Ambassador to Iraq was the outrage
du jour.
Then, just below that headline on the AP newswire at the NYTimes.com, I see this sad report :
GIs Kill 2 Workers of U.S. - Funded Iraq TV
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: April 19, 2004
Filed at 1:11 p.m. ET
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- U.S. troops shot to death two employees of U.S.-funded television station Al-Iraqiya on Monday and wounded a third in the central city of Samara, the station said.
Correspondent Asaad Kadhim and driver Hussein Saleh were killed. Cameraman Bassem Kamel was wounded ``after American forces opened fire on them while they were performing their duty,'' the station announced.
The station, which is funded by the Pentagon, interrupted its broadcasts to announce the deaths and showed photos of Kadhim. It then began airing only Koranic texts as a symbol of mourning.
The U.S. military had no immediate comment.
[snip ... read the rest of the report at the link above]
The madness continues.