PRESS ADVISORY from the United States Department of Defense<br /><br /> No. 026-P<br />PRESS ADVISORY March 23, 2003<br /><br /> Out of respect for the families and consistent with the<br />principles of the Geneva Conventions:<br /><br />1) We request news organizations not air or publish recognizable<br />images or audio recordings that identify POWs. Additionally, we<br />request you not use their names, first or last, or their unit<br />until next-of-kin notification is complete. We are working hard<br />to reach their families. We will notify you as soon as this is<br />done.<br /><br />2) We repeat standing policy that news organizations not air or<br />publish recognizable images of deceased members of the U.S.<br />military or use their names, first or last, or their unit, until<br />next-of-kin notification is completed or 72 hours. We are<br />working hard to reach their families. We will notify you as<br />soon as this is done.<br /><br />[Web version: ]http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Mar2003/p03232003_p026-03.html]<br /><br />-- Press Advisories: http://www.defenselink.mil/news/press.html<br />-- DoD News: http://www.defenselink.mil/news/dodnews.html<br />-- Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.defenselink.mil/news/dodnews.html#e-mail<br />-- Today in DoD: http://www.defenselink.mil/today/