By Mondo Times editors
Boulder, Colorado USA
Posted on October 20, 2009 at 1:36pm

A new rule from the U.S. military bans some Afghanistan war casualty photos

-- Daryl Lang of Photo District News reported on October 14, 2009:

"The U.S. military in eastern Afghanistan recently changed its media embed rules to ban pictures of troops killed in the war.

“Media will not be allowed to photograph or record video of U.S. personnel killed in action,” says a ground rules document issued September 15 by Regional Command East at Bagram Air Field.

This language is new. A version of the same document dated July 23 says, “Media will not be prohibited from covering casualties” as long as a series of conditions are met.

Pictures of American military deaths are rare, but until now they have not been officially banned during either of the ongoing wars."

The full story:
http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/content_display/photo-news/photojournalism/e3i4c3415c8611408c15427ee6dc48a8c4b

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