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Iraq news reports
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Some reporters are "embedded" with actual military units. That is, they travel with them and report from the actual sites of battles etc. Obviously, the Commanding Officer of such a unit will sometimes be unprepared to allow certain information to be broadcast if - for example - he feels it might compromise his men or any future action they undertake. As a result, reporters will sometimes have to submit a copy of the 'script' they plan to use in front of the camera to the CO or his representative for vetting to ensure no secret or sensitive material is pumped out on the world's airwaves.
Personally, I have no idea why the military even permit these people to accompany them. During World War II, the world wasn't constantly told things such as "The Dorset Regiment is being shipped to North Africa on December 1st". Why? Because the enemy can use such information!