No. 1) We're still waiting for facts.

Foolestroupe you're correct that many journalists have died from crossfire, proximity to rocket attack, and partisans of the same ilk as allegedly kidnapped Ms. Sgrena.

But checkpoints are effing dangerous. Yesterday I heard a radio interview with a Washington Post reporter who was traveling recently with a group of GIs who stopped to set up one of those 'intermediate' roadblocks. They explained that they were trying to stop suicide car bombs. "How do you find them?" she asked.

"We find them when they try to blow us up."

So for better or worse, that's the mind set of the soldiers, who are folk like you and me who are expecting someone to try and kill THEM.

Anyhow, Ms. Sgrena has actually spoken enough that her own words are contradicting her other words.

SO:

Refer to No 1) Still waiting for facts.