Do news blackouts help journalists held captive?
News organizations have invoked the captives’ safety in seeking media blackouts. But do the blackouts really benefit the individuals being held captive?
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Remembering a Friend Lost to Saddam’s Terror
/in International Herald Tribune/by Frank SmythIraqi soldiers were camped around us. Their machine gunners shot into fields that the day before had been filled with hundreds of Kurds fleeing the city, mostly women either carrying or leading children.