Should the killing of Jounalists be considered a "War Crime?"

Not in a million years. All we need is for 100's of journalists roaming around, taking pictures and feeding our enemies' intel. It's like Saddam and the Gulf War. The best intel they got during the war came from CNN. Doctors and nurses in aid camps risk heir lives for humanity, not ratings. The conspiracy theorist in me says the enemy will have scouts everywhere with al jezeera press credentials.

Having press in a combat zone diverts the attention of soldiers...whether it be protecting them or not...if they want to see what war is like they should enlist...

Makes me think of We Were Soldiers...

[Galloway is on the ground]
Sergeant Major Basil Plumley: "You can't take any pictures from down there, sonny."
[Galloway gets up and is handed a rifle]
Joseph Galloway: "I'm a non-combatant."
Sergeant Major Basil Plumley: "Ain't no such thing today."

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I do not believe that journalists should be given any special status. They are already considered non-combatants and are afforded the same protection as others.

I also do not believe that classifying the killing of a journalist as a war crime would have any impact at all. The barbarians we now deal with on the battlefield simply do not care about the "rules of war" or international law.

Many journalists already have too high an opinion of themselves and already think they deserve special treatment (boy, could I tell you stories). That situation does not need to be perpetuated or made worse by granting them special classification.