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| Reuters Cameraman, Killed in Iraq, Buried in Hebron |
| 2003-08-20 |
| Mazen Dana, the Reuters cameraman killed by U.S. troops in Iraq, was buried on Wednesday in the West Bank city where he braved bullets to chronicle the tragedy of Israeli-Palestinian bloodshed. About 3,000 mourners, some chanting "Americans are dogs," accompanied Dana’s body through his home town of Hebron in a procession reminiscent of final honors accorded to Palestinians killed by Israel in an uprising for statehood. Dana, a 41-year-old Palestinian, was best known for award-winning reporting from Hebron, a main flashpoint of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict where he had been wounded and beaten numerous times by Israeli soldiers. On Sunday, while on assignment in Iraq, he was shot dead by a U.S. soldier on a tank while filming near a Baghdad prison. Reuters has called on the U.S. army to investigate how, by the official U.S. account, a soldier mistook Dana’s television camera for a grenade launcher. A U.S. spokesman in Baghdad called the killing a "terrible tragedy." This kind of makes me wonder if he was "embedded", if you get my drift. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #6 the bigger question is how someone from Reuters could be mistaken for a journalist |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-8-20 9:55:29 PM |
| #5 Interesting: this guy was a Palestinian, from Hebron no less. But I'm sure he was as unbiased and fair as his countrymen. Damn shame he was killed. No decent person can celebrate that, however it's plain that he was in the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong equipment on his shoulder. This was an accident, plain and simple. |
| Posted by: R. McLeod 2003-8-20 5:25:19 PM |
| #4 fellas... I'm pretty sure that one was suposed to be sarcasim |
| Posted by: dcreeper 2003-8-20 4:00:36 PM |
| #3 Every dog I have ever had has been loyal, trustworthy and a great defender of people and property, I like dogs, call me a dog , just don't call me a democrat. |
| Posted by: wills 2003-8-20 3:47:45 PM |
| #2 To quote an old jew: "Thou called me 'dog' before thou hadst cause. Well, if I am a dog, then beware my fangs!" |
| Posted by: mojo 2003-8-20 3:17:32 PM |
| #1 How could a soldier possibly mistake a large black object poised on someone's shoulder as a grenade launcher ? American dogs. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-8-20 2:39:50 PM |