Media face difficult call on reporters in war zone: ‘Defense Department officials have launched a quiet campaign in recent weeks to clear reporters out of Baghdad, issuing warnings that suggest an Iraqi conflict would be far more intense than the 1991 gulf war.

“If your template is Desert Storm, you’ve got to imagine something much, much different,” Gen. Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters recently. “I think that I would just be very, very careful about how you do your business. It’s not going to be like 1991.” ‘ Chicago Tribune