*****Official: Pentagon lifts ban on KIA coverage*****

[spanone]

The Pentagon today lifted its ban on media coverage of coffins of war dead as they arrive at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, according to a senior U.S. defense official with direct knowledge of the decision. The coverage must be approved by families. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is to announce the policy change at a news conference at 2 p.m. ET, the senior official said. developing story

www.cnn.com

[Solly Mack]

1. Thanks for posting!!

[spanone]

2. just released.....C H A N G E

[Tangerine LaBamba]

3. PRESIDENT OBAMA

That's all. I just like typing it, saying it, reading it, hearing it, knowing it.

PRESIDENT OBAMA

[aquamarina]

4. It's about time America gets to see the human loss in this war

It will be interesting to see whether or not the M$M decides to create their own news blackout on this issue.

They complained when they were not allowed to show the coffins. Now they'll probably make up their own excuse for not showing them.

[bdamomma]

5. good.

[dixiegrrrrl]

6. K & R... this could be super helpful.

:kick:

[tuckessee]

7. When will they show in situ, uncensored battlefield KIA's?

Hell, in WW2, such images were being shown in popular the American press by the time of the Buna landings.

Yet here we are, into the Bush/Obama wars twice as long as WW2 and still the fragile American public must be shielded from the graphic reality of war.

[DevonRex]

13. The Bush/Obama wars? Is it also the Bush/Obama failed economy?

Or did Obama inherit both the wars AND the economy?

[pleah]

8. K&R Good.

[havocmom]

9. About time. The ban was about not letting Americans see/dwell upon costs of war

The neocons were all about waving flags and pretend patriotism. By hiding the dead's homecomings, their true nature exposed them as the troop hating, unpatriotic bastards they are.

You can't support the troops without honoring the dead among them and letting them remind us of the real cost of war.

[lunatica]

10. This news has given me a lump in my throat

I just saw Kevin Bacon in Taking Chance and cried in various parts of it. The thing that made me cry is where the people along the journey home realize what Kevin Bacon's character is doing. It's like they all suddenly had a bucket of freezing water poured on them as they're brought face to face with a casualty of the war. It's an exellent movie, and I'm very glad they will no longer sneak our life giving patriots in the dead of night.

George Bush, you and all your administration and family can go to Hell. Even if you never pay the price of your crimes in this life, may you pay it either in Hell or in the next life or what passes as the after life.

[Stinky The Clown]

11. This is good. Leave it up to the families.

A reasonable posture and one that honors those most affected.

[garybeck]

12. time to stop sweeping our deaths under the rug!

kr

[malaise]

14. Great news

Thanks