Reuters - WTF?

I was reading this article from Reuters (with no by-line by the way) about "100 insurgents killed in Afghan battle" when a paragraph in the article stopped me in my tracks:

No official from the Taliban, who lead the insurgency against Western troops and the Afghan government, could be immediately reached for comment.

WTF? Talk about being in bed with the enemy. Do Reuters reporters have Taliban officials on their speed dial?

I Guess One Man's Reporter Could Be Another's Enemy Combatant

Firefight in New Baghdad; US, Iraqi forces kill 9 insurgents, detain 13. This story contains the line;

One insurgent was wounded and two civilians were killed during the firefight.

The two civilians were reported as employees for the Reuters news service.

If the reporters were embedded with the coalition soldiers then they would have known for sure that they were Reuters employees. Since the matter is unclear - my guess is that they were "traveling" with the insurgents which makes me think that the word "civilians" could be inaccurate. Reuters is, if you recall, the news agency that refused to use the word "terrorists" believing that one man's terrorist could be another's freedom fighter.

Please note that their were no coalition deaths or injuries reported. This seems to be the norm. There is no way that this type of attrition of enemy forces will lead to anything but success if we are willing to stay the course.

It also disturbs me that the last line of the release states; "The incident is under investigation." I know that it is standard procedure to investigate when civilian deaths are involved but this is the sort of thing that screams of "police action" when we are in fact at war. My only hope is that the investigation exposes the duplicity of Reuters and it results in a backlash against the organization which cannot tell the difference between the those who want freedom and those who behead and would suppress all liberty.

HT Little Green Footballs