E&P: Three Nat'l Geographic Journalists Hurt In Afghanistan (Roadside Bomb)

[Hissyspit]

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003348184

3 Journalists Hurt in Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan Three National Geographic TV crew members were hurt in southern Afghanistan last weekend in a roadside bomb blast that killed one U.S. soldier and injured eight, a military official said Thursday.

The three American journalists suffered non-life threatening injuries in the blast Saturday in Uruzgan province, U.S. military spokesman Maj. Matt Hackathorn said. He did not disclose their names.

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Two of the National Geographic crew members, the producer and the cameraman, were flown to Germany for treatment for face lacerations, Hackathorn said. The crew's soundman suffered a ruptured eardrum; he stayed behind in Afghanistan.

The entertainment Web site TMZ.com, which first reported the injuries, said the crew was embedded with Army Special Forces for an upcoming special called "Inside the Green Berets."

[hlthe2b]

1. So glad the injuries not life threatening... I admire these "real"

journalists...(and I've always loved National Geographic)...

So glad Afghanistan is such a "success." :sarcasm: