As if the dangers encountered by Jill Caroll and Bob Woodruff weren't enough to convince you, the New York Times is here to remind us that Iraq has become a scary place for journalists.

Upon first reading the headline, we were like, "yeah, no shit. Helooo, there's a war. War=death." But then we kept reading and realized that not only is it the deadliest place for journalists right now, but it's the deadliest of the last quarter century.

Is this the fault of Iraqi insurgents? Or our own government? Nope. It's Judith Miller's fault. Says, Paul E. Steiger, Wall Street Journal managing editor,

The example set by the United States "may have contributed" to these trends.

"With a prominent U.S. reporter jailed for 85 days, new legal threats emerging every day and the U.S. military stonewalling investigations into the deaths and detentions of journalists in Iraq," Mr. Steiger wrote, "the press fared badly at the hands of U.S. authorities." The journalist jailed for 85 days last year was Judith Miller, then a reporter for The New York Times.

Yep, you heard that right. Dick Cheney is shooting people, but it's really Judith Miller who is increasing violence.

Iraq Has Become the Deadliest Place for Journalists, Report Say [Katharine Q. Seelye]