Iraq is a very dangerous place for journalists: from 2003- 2009, 139 journalists were killed while doing their work. That seems like an enormous number given th

Iraq is a very dangerous place for journalists: from 2003- 2009, 139 journalists were killed while doing their work. That seems like an enormous number given that about 4,800 US soldiers died in the same time period. At about 250,000 US troops in Iraq, that would imply about 7,200 journalists total in-country, assuming an equal proportion of journalists killed. In fact, there were about 220 "embedded" journalists in 2007 [1]. Certainly, there were a lot of journalists not associated with the US Army, but, still, the conclusion seems to be that being a journalist in Iraq is far more dangerous than being an American soldier in Iraq. [1] http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/10/AR2008101002934.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10...