It has to be realised that the media *love* a war. Careers can be made on the back of a few memorable reports and pics 'from the front' eg Max Hastings liberation of Stanley.. and embarrassingly, Simpsons attempted repeat when he liberated Kabul. Some unedited news footage showed a C4 news team screaming at and berating the Afghan guards for refusing them access to Bagrum airbase and the 'Boat people' there. Eventually the guards responded by firing at the reporters feet. Methinks [hopes] all concerned should remember that the leader of the Northern Alliance was killed just prior to Sept 11th by a suicide squad pretending to be a camera crew. Dunno how I'd feel if a bunch of guys approached aggresively carrying all sorts of large boxes and bags demanding to take some pics.