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25 August 2011

The flak jackets aren’t just for show

War correspondents put their lives on the line to entertain us and bring us details that no one else

By Steven Baxter

There is an iconic image from every war. Sometimes it’s a photograph, or a piece of film; sometimes it’s a piece of iconic journalism, as happened this week, with Sky News’s Alex Crawford’s stellar journey along with the rebels into the heart of Tripoli.

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