I was reading somewhere that there is speculation that the reporters that were killed in this incident were, in fact, embedded with insurgents, a practise, it turns out, that is not that uncommon.
If this was the case, and if those people they were with had weapons, I think it changes the situation quite significantly. From the military perspective, it immediately classifies them as enemy combatants, and you can see how their decision making process would lead them down the path that it did somewhat more.
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