One of Ours

...US soldiers were aiming at a different car, a white Volvo that had driven through the checkpoint at high speed, the investigation said. Al-Arabiya's grey Kia car was 50 to 150 metres down the road, trying to turn when it was accidentally hit, the military said. "The investigation concluded that no soldiers fired intentionally at the Kia," the US military said in a statement...

..."The soldiers were acting within the rules of engagement," he said. "At this point this is seen as an accident. At this point the soldiers were working within the rules of engagement." He said the investigation was finished...

...Last week, an Iraqi cameraman working for US network ABC was shot and killed while covering clashes west of Baghdad. Witnesses said he was shot by US troops...

...The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has said "Iraq is the most dangerous place in the world to work as a journalist." In 2003 alone, according to the CPJ's estimates, 13 journalists died in "hostile acts"...