Scott Ott: Pentagon Sets Rules of Engagement for Journalists

The explosion over Eason Jordan slander inspired another Scott Ott Satire, Pentagon Sets Rules of Engagement for Journalists:

Spurred by CNN executive Eason Jordan's accusations that U.S. troops have
targetted Journalists in Iraq, the Pentagon today issued revised rules of engagement for encounters between U.S. forces and the members of the news media.

Under the new guidelines, U.S. troops will first offer journalists an opportunity to throw down their cameras and notebooks and approach with hands raised.

'We're there to kill terrorists, not journalists,' said an unnamed Pentagon official. 'The new rules are designed to make it easier for our personnel to distinguish between the two, since they're often found together and have similar objectives.' [emphasis mine—johnh]

Once in captivity, the so-called Prisoners Of Undetermined Loyalty
Embedded with Terrorists (POULET), will be treated according to the Geneva
Conventions, although the Justice Department has yet to rule on their official
status."

I don't know which lines I love more, the phrase "Prisoners Of Undetermined Loyalty Embedded with Terrorists" or the snipe about journalists and terrorists "often being found together" and having "similar objectives".

Technically poulet is the "the flesh of a chicken used for food" but this time I suspect the emphasis is on the chicken.