Ok, you can make a case for other stuff, but hotel incident wasn't on "orders" to get rid of journalists. No war in HISTORY has had more media coverage and as close to the action as this one, and had the army not only allow it, but facilitated it.
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About the actual article, wouldn't surprise me at all, but I think it's silly that an article that suggests someone wanted to do something but didn't. I want to try breaking into a bank vault, but I don't. Does that make me evil?
As for the other bombings Kaf posted, not familar with them, so I can't really say.
I can say that the freedom of the press in Iraq is the best it's ever been in modern history. Do you guys know how many new newspapers have started up since the invasion?