I recall a news item, maybe 1-2 months old that was a transcript of a Kate Adie Interview with a Irish Radio station. Kate Adie a veteran war reporter with the BBC had announced that she would not be reporting for the BBC on the invasion of Iraq but would now be reporting as an independent news reporter, behind a desk. In the interview she explained actions being taken by the US military they informed her that any independent news reporter attempting to transmit reports not cleared by the US military would be considered as a legitimate hostile target. See:
http://www.ccmep.org/2003_articles/Iraq/031003_pentagaon_threatens_to_kill_inde.htm
Also I heard a rumor last night expressed from an ex editor of Japan Times on CCTV9 (English Language Chinese channel on satellite TV) that the ITN news crew that were killed as a result of 'friendly fire' were NOT being pursued by Iraqi vehicles (as reported by mainstream press) and therefore mistaken as part of an Iraqi convoy. Apparently the ITN crew, with translator, were discovered by the US 'all seeing eyes' to have met with a Iraqi force and had recorded interviews showing how the Iraqi military were experiencing the conflict. The rumor has it that the US military then decided that the ITN crew were considered as a 'legitimate hostile target', as per Kate Adie's statement above, and were targeted and killed before retuning to transmit their report. Note: no evidence of the pursuing Iraqi vehicles or the bodies of the ITN crew have been found. the operation has been cleaned up by the US 'special forces' and all main stream media reporting concerning this incident has been silent