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Three from British TV Crew Missing in Iraq
British TV company ITN said on Saturday three members of a crew were missing after coming under fire in Iraq on their way to the southern city of Basra. ITN named the three as correspondent Terry Lloyd and colleagues Fred Nerac and Hussein Othman from its ITV News unit. "An ITV News crew came under fire at Iman Anas, near Basra, as they drove toward the city in two vehicles," ITN said in a statement. "One of the crew, Daniel Demoustier, was injured but was able to get to safety. He was not able to see what happened to his colleagues... At present, they are still missing."That's the bad part about "embedding." If the news guys are up front with the shooters, they're taking the same chances as the shooters, but without the training basis. British and Iraqi forces were in the area at the time, the ITN statement said. "Coalition and Iraqi military sources have been unable to confirm their whereabouts. Every effort is being made to establish what happened." Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-03-22 |
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