Iraq the Most Deadly War for Reporters

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The Iraq war "is now the deadliest war for reporters in the past century," reports Editor and Publisher. Seventy-one journalists and 26 media support staff have been killed in Iraq since 2003. That compares to 69 journalists killed in World War II, 63 in Vietnam and 17 in Korea. In addition, at least 42 journalists have been kidnapped in Iraq, according to Reporters Without Borders. As the New York Times notes, "it is Iraqi journalists who have been most at risk. Just this month, three Iraqi reporters were killed in a two-week period." The news comes as CBS reports that two of its crew members were killed in Iraq. Cameraman Paul Douglas and soundman James Brolan are believed to be "the first embedded journalists to die since 2003."