Military forces AP photographers to delete images

A U.S. soldier forced two freelance AP journalists to erase photos and video they took of the aftermath of a suicide bombing and shooting in Afghanistan. The AP, of course, has objected. A top ranking military official in Afghanistan said photographs or video taken by “untrained people” might “capture visual details that are not as they originally were.” Afghan witnesses say U.S. troops had fired on civilians in cars and on foot following the suicide bombing attack on a U.S. Marine convoy.