Smoke/ Fires/ Law of War Manual

Missoulian: Montana fires small compared to other states, but smoke grounding some aircraft
Weather Story
“This smoke is expected to persist through at least the end of this week. Thus, an Air Quality Alert is in effect for all of North-Central and Southwest MT until further notice.”

Montana Air Today

Missoulian: Montana fires small compared to other states, but smoke grounding some aircraft
Montana InciWeb

Missoulian: DoD manual allows journalists to be held as 'belligerents'
Law of War Manual (section on journalists starts on page 173)
“In general, journalists are civilians. However, journalists may be members of the armed forces, persons authorized to accompany the armed forces, or unprivileged belligerents…..

4.24.5 Security Precautions and Journalists. States may need to censor journalists’ work or take other security measures so that journalists do not reveal sensitive information to the enemy. Under the law of war, there is no special right for journalists to enter a State’s territory without its consent or to access areas of military operations without the consent of the State conducting those operations.”