Broadcasting & Cable, January 8th, 2007
By Staff
In our June 5, 2006, edition, at the top of this page, we began reporting the number of journalists who have died in Iraq since the war began. At that time, as tabulated by the Committee to Protect Journalists, the number was 73. At year's end, it was 92, and that's where it stood last week.
The reaction by Sunni Muslims to the execution of Saddam Hussein last month makes it plain that 2007 will be another dangerous year for reporters covering that war. President Bush's planned "surge" of additional troops signals a change in strategy that could mean more media casualties.
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