War zones are dangerous, protests can be violent, also, natural disasters are difficult to cover, so there are going to be risks.

I don't want to be involved in endless media gossip.

Now children as young as nine carry AK47s which can kill 30 people in seconds.

The better the information it has, the better democracy works. Silence and secrecy are never good for it.

Up until about 12 years ago we never, ever, wore flak jacket or helmets but now the nastiness has got worse.

No two wars are identical.

In any war, there is a concealment of certain kinds of setbacks because it's propaganda for the enemy.