Coalition soldiers questioned two news media cameramen and a reporter after a roadside bomb exploded near a Coalition convoy two kilometers north of Mosul June 3.
The media, who were at the scene prior to the attack, told soldiers at the scene they had received a tip to be at that location prior to the attack and they had witnessed the explosion.
There was minimal damage to a Coalition vehicle, a cracked windshield, and no serious injuries.
3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division soldiers requested the media accompany them to a base camp in Mosul to answer questions as witnesses to the incident. The news media representatives left the base camp in the mid afternoon.
Now tell me why it is that the media (and I don't care what country they're from) gets tips like this and doesn't share their information with the military? All the time we hear the media complain that the military doesn't give them enough information, yet when they get important information about something like this they don't pass it along.
What if soldiers had been killed? Granted, nobody was hurt this time, but some unlucky troop could have lost their life.
This is a good example of why the press shouldn't be allowed onto the battlefield. They do more harm then good.