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| Iraq |
| US missile hits Al-Jazeera office |
| 2003-04-08 |
| A US missile hit the Arabic Al-Jazeera TV channel's premises in Baghdad early Tuesday, leaving one cameraman wounded and a correspondent missing, the satellite TV channel itself reported. It said their office is located in a civilian area in the city and there were other buildings in the vicinity. It said a number of other TV channels are also operating near the Al-Jazeera premises in Baghdad. I heard this morning that one of their correspondents is dead. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #6 TGA-- good point. |
| Posted by: Former Russian Major 2003-04-08 21:02:46 |
| #5 Whatever the circumstances, an attack on (clearly known) information sources that leaves journalists dead, is not something that should raise cheers... especially not on a site that deals with information from all available sources. |
| Posted by: True German Ally 2003-04-08 16:33:24 |
| #4 "Our new bullshit-seeking missile is a success!" Yeah, baby! InfoMan better watch his ass... |
| Posted by: mojo 2003-04-08 12:49:04 |
| #3 Break out the bubbly! Our new bullshit-seeking missile is a success! |
| Posted by: (lowercase) matt 2003-04-08 12:10:02 |
| #2 Dammit, I'm confusing the al J incident with a Reuters one... |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2003-04-08 10:21:33 |
| #1 Saw news of this unfold on TV. Some reports of US claiming to have seen snipers/men with binoculars on the roof of the building, but the round hit nowhere near the top storey. Seems like case of mistaken identity - AFV just seeing personnel and equipment pointed in their direction and shooting first, before finding what could be some new Russian guided ordinance headed their way. Odd they hit al J though, but guess they might have been the only ones filming from an exposed balcony. Other crews, like BBC, seem to have been on a lower roof. IIRC, the Information Ministry (Chuckles Mo and his troupe) are based at the Palestine Hotel too, so wouldn't be at all surprised if there had been binoculars on the roof... |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2003-04-08 10:00:01 |