Weird war

From a report on news.com.au
“The Iraqis could use Western journalists as hostages, Defence force spokesman Brigadier Mike Hannan has said. ”
Doesn’t that sound as though the Brigadier is giving permission to use Western journalists as hostages? “Well, they could use the journalists, or we could let them use the supply seargants. Either way, we think that these populations make good hostages.”
Journalists really have been getting themselves in harm’s way which is either extremely admirable or quite stupid. 21 journalists have died in this conflict. I don’t know how many are out there overall, but it can’t be that many can it?