] While expressing regret for Tuesday%u2019s media
] casualties, US military officials insisted that their
] forces were not targeting journalists.
]
] That may be so; still, the attacks on buildings known to
] house media personnel have given rise to doubts about the
] US military%u2019s real attitude toward news
] organizations such as Jazeera and Abu Dhabi TV and
] others, such as Reuters, that took pains to cover both
] sides of the war.
]
] In the case of the Palestine Hotel incident, US military
] spokesmen claimed that the American tank had come under
] small-arms fire originating from the hotel. However,
] eyewitnesses said that before the shelling, they heard
] and saw no gunfire directed at the tank. BBC reporter
] Ragge Omaar added that the tank had aimed its cannon at
] the hotel for about 20 minutes before actually firing.