Journalist hurt when Lebanon convoy hit

[tocqueville]

By LEFTERIS PITARAKIS, Associated Press Writer
51 minutes ago

NAQOURA, Lebanon - Israeli artillery hit a convoy evacuating villagers from southern Lebanon on Friday, slightly wounding a journalist and a driver.

Mohammed Naghawi, a Jordanian cameraman working for German TV channel N24, told The Associated Press by telephone that he and his driver Mohammed Haddad were rushed to U.N. peacekeeping headquarters at the border town of Naqoura for treatment of superficial injuries at a hospital there.

An AP photographer in the convoy, who was unhurt, said the explosion occurred as the ambulances, evacuees and journalists were returning from the village of Rmeish, where it had picked up residents — including Americans and Australians — trapped by the fighting.

The convoy was driving on a border road 2 1/2 miles east of the coastal town of Naqoura when the strike hit.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060728/ap_on_re_mi_ea/mideast_fighting_convoy_strike

[uppityperson]

1. another mistake, right?

or was it concern that the convoy might have weapons. Or was it that percision guided bombs aren't very precise. or was it....