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April 04, 2003
Embed Chip Reid checks in
Chip Reid of NBC News (with U.S. 1st Marine Division): Now aprox 20 miles outside of Baghdad...today..biggest battle by far...usually an ambush takes 20 minutes and finishes with a long line of EPS's... this one has been going on for hours while the Marines are dealing with the situation...first time we've seens that...RG to a large degree...believe there are many of them who are mercenaries...some portions of them are...Innocent civiallians do get caught in the middle...saw one family..could only give them some water...one of them injured. Brian Williams: What about Michael Kelly's death? How does that change procedures? Chip Reid: This is the first I've heard about it. I'm standing here stunned. I'll wake up my colleagues and tell them about it...we already take the rules seriously...I'll tell you the shrapnel is flying..casualties in this unit has been low. Posted By Martin Devon at April 4, 2003 02:35 PM | TrackBackComments
He was just told about the death of Michael Kelly Posted by: ElCapitanAmerica at April 4, 2003 02:38 PMYeah, I started to put that in the extended entry but then I moved it to the main body... Posted by: Martin at April 4, 2003 02:46 PMHe is embedded with my last unit. 3rd Battalion 5th Marines. I retired from there in Feb 02. They have only had 2 KIA so far. I know 3or 4 hundred of those guys. I worry about them all the time. They are hard chargers and will definately "Get Some". Posted by: Spartan1775 at April 4, 2003 03:06 PMNow the embeds are mad. They'll pick up discarded AK-47s and fight along side the Marines. Nail one for Michael Kelly, boys. Posted by: Cowboy Bob at April 4, 2003 03:08 PMgeez, I hope Brian Williams didn't inform Chip Reid of Kelly's death on the air in real time, instead of in a brief moment off-camera. Posted by: Christopher Rake at April 4, 2003 03:10 PM> I hope Brian Williams didn't inform Chip Reid of Kelly's death on the air in real time That's exactly what he did. Posted by: ElCapitanAmerica at April 4, 2003 03:14 PMWell, then it's one of two things: a careless blunder or a total lack of class. Posted by: Christopher Rake at April 4, 2003 03:38 PMBeing that their reporters I'd lean towards lack of class, except for the fact that most of us have known about this for quite a while, and its hard to remember that those guys are kinda cut off out in the middle of the desert Posted by: ac at April 4, 2003 03:59 PMPost a comment
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