Afghanistan

[cosmonaut]

Sadly a case of mistaken identity.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/...ghaus-killed-kathy-gannon-shot_n_5089336.html

http://www.anjaniedringhaus.com/tagged/afghanistan/

 

[Richard G]

Madness and badness. Very sad.

 

[Bille]

http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/...through-the-lens-of-anja-niedringhaus/100621/

 

[Rick Waldroup]

Sadly a case of mistaken identity.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/...ghaus-killed-kathy-gannon-shot_n_5089336.html

http://www.anjaniedringhaus.com/tagged/afghanistan/

I don't understand the part about "mistaken identity". Did the shooter think they were election workers? I could not tell by the way the article was written. According to witnesses, the shooter simply walked up and shouted, "God is great", and opened fire. Killing innocent people in the name of a God. It is revolting.

It is a terrible tragedy. Those journalists that cover these hot spots really put their lives on the line.

 

[lynnb]

thanks for The Atlantic photos link Billie. A sad loss.

 

[jarski]

... According to witnesses, the shooter simply walked up and shouted, "God is great", and opened fire. Killing innocent people in the name of a God. It is revolting.

we don't know how credible this witness is. the policeman who did the shooting was captured alive. more information will be available probably very soon.

 

[Turtle]

I'm not sure why its a case of mistaken identify. Sounds very much like a 'green on blue' to me, of which we have seen many in Afghanistan. Time will hopefully reveal more about why the (probably police) commander shot them. Life is so cheap in Afghanistan.

 

[Bike Tourist]

Afghanistan

Afghanistan, where people go to die. Journalism may not be rewarding but it sure is dangerous.

http://news.yahoo.com/ap-photographer-killed-reporter-wounded-090305379.html

 

[newsgrunt]

no mistaken identity. they were in a secure convoy. shooter knew who they were imo. nit the first case of Afghani police or security doing this

 

[zauhar]

Sadly a case of mistaken identity.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/...ghaus-killed-kathy-gannon-shot_n_5089336.html

http://www.anjaniedringhaus.com/tagged/afghanistan/

Why mistaken identity? I did not see mention of that.

 

[OlliL]

What a tragedy. 🙁
She was living in the town my girlfriend works.

 

[Jan Pedersen]

AP Photographer dies

AP Photographer dies

AP Photographer Anja Niedringhaus killed in Afghanistan today.

Link to some of her excellent photos.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/heartbreak-hope-slain-photographer-made-wars-pain-intimate-n71736

If this is the wrong thread please move.
Thanks.

 

[TKH]

True tragedy.
I served German army 30y ago. Sometimes I think we served in a "better" world. Erverything seems so simple that time.
Today I dont understand the most things...

 

[Steve Bellayr]

It is now being reported as a terrorist attack. Shooter was an Afghan police officer that surrendered immediately after the shooting.

 

[johannielscom]

Pulitzer Prize winning photographer Anja Niedringhaus - whose pictures have regularly been published in The Telegraph - has been shot dead while covering the build-up to elections in Afghanistan. Here, we take a look back at just some of her thought-provoking photographs.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/10746997/Anja-Niedringhaus-1965-2014.html

Not just anybody. A photographer on par with Steve McCurry and James Nachtwey, as her pictures clearly show.

RIP, Anja.

 

[Addy101]

Sad - the pictures are great.

However, to put things into perspective: 5,648 people were killed in Afghanistan in 2013 and since the beginning of the civil war in 1978 between 1.5 and 2 million have been killed.

 

[johannielscom]

True, Addy.

But Niedringhaus was a photographer and this is a photography forum.

Plus, the situation in Afghanistan wouldnt be common knowledge if reporters wouldnt be out there, reporting it.

 

[cosmonaut]

Why mistaken identity? I did not see mention of that.

What I saw on BBC claimed the policeman was new to the area and the car wasn't suppose to be there.
I am certainly not defending the killing of innocent people just re posting a BBC , early, report.
I think the whole thing is a tragedy and I hope they hold the officer accountable for his actions and don't come up with some lame excuse for a senseless killing.