Marie Colvin,veteran correspondent who was killed in Syria, died trying to retrieve her shoes.

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Marie Colvin, a veteran correspondent who was killed in Syria last week, died trying to retrieve her shoes so she could escape a shelling attack, her paper The Sunday Times has reported.

According to a Times report cited by several media, US-born Colvin had followed the Middle Eastern custom of taking off her shoes upon entering a building before it was bombarded with missiles fired by Syrian forces on Wednesday. 
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A Sunday Times photographer with them, Paul Conroy, was hit by shrapnel in the leg and stomach, while Edith Bouvier, of the French newspaper Le Figaro, suffered multiple leg fractures.
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The Sunday Times wrote that despite both Conroy and Bouvier needing urgent medical treatment, hopes had faded for a rescue.
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http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/middle-east/120226/syria-marie-colvin-veteran-shelling-attack-sunday-times

IMHO the Arab League needs to really intervene here. Arming the rebels won't cut it. Many of them are very repressive so the don't want to act. The US has it's hands full with he fallout from the Koran burning.

Somebody needs to fish or cut bait. It isn't going to get better. There will Be no better point at which to intervene.

"Either do or do not. There is no try!"
Yoda

[riverwalker]

1. worried about Edith Bouvier

multiple compound fractures in her femur. She may not survive this, possible infections, embolisms, compartment syndrome, etc. Horrible.