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With 2 More Journalists Dead in Iraq, Total Tops World War II Editor And Publisher | May 30 2006 NEW YORK The deaths of two CBS journalists on Monday means the Iraq conflict is now the deadliest war for reporters in this century. Since 2003, 71 journalists have been killed in Iraq, more than the 63 killed in Vietnam, 17 killed in Korea -- and now the 69 killed in World War II, according to Freedom Forum. The Iraq numbers do not include the more than two dozen members of media support staff who have also died. "It is absolutely striking," Ann Cooper, the executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalists, told The New York Times on Monday. "We talk to veteran war correspondents who have covered everything going back to Vietnam and through Bosnia. Even those who have seen a number of different wars say they have never seen something like this conflict." In addition to those killed, at least 42 journalists have been kidnapped, according to Reporters Without Borders. ---------------------------------------------------
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