Journalists May Be Targets in Afghanistan

[Snellius]

U.S. Warns Journalists in Afghanistan of Potential for Kidnapping by Taliban

KABUL, Afghanistan Nov. 7 — U.S. authorities warned American journalists in Afghanistan on Friday that they could be targeted for kidnap by Taliban insurgents.
The U.S. Embassy in Kabul said it had "received credible information that Taliban forces are actively searching for American journalists to take hostage for use as leverage for the release of Taliban currently under United States control."

In a statement, it urged journalists in the country to "to take immediate steps to increase their security posture in light of these threats."

http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20031107_1288.html

[Don_G]

1. Our Side Or Theirs?

Dimbo can't afford to let accurate information leak from either Iraq or Afghanistan until it's been laundered and spun dry.

[gWbush is Mabus]

2. Sounds like the U.S. is going to do some REALLY AWFUL stuff

and don't want it reported or on film.

[DUreader]

3. American Journos in Afg. We get no news from there. What Journos?

Maybe there are a couple in Kabul.

[leetrisck]

4. That's what I was thinking - it's

almost like Afghanistan & Bin Laden are an afterthought