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Iraq
US military in Iraq says it holding 'cameraman'
2008-08-02
BAGHDAD - American forces in Baghdad said on Friday they are holding an Iraqi cameraman working for Reuters news agency, and a media rights group said he has been held for nearly a week without charge. Ali Al-Mashhadani was arrested last Saturday by US troops at the Iraqi parliament press centre in Baghdad's heavily fortified government and diplomatic Green Zone compound, the news agency said.

It said Mashhadani also works freelance for the BBC and US-based National Public Radio, and urged the American military to free him immediately or produce evidence that would justify his continuing detention.
He also free-lances for the dead-enders as a publicist and spotter ...
A spokesman for the US military confirmed to AFP that Mashhadani was in custody.
Posted by:Steve White

#3  Third strike. Take him out.
Posted by: Darrell   2008-08-02 18:18  

#2  Working for Rooters, BBC and NPR? If he was working for Fox or NewsMax then it would be a story. No wonder the press is going out of business. No irony left in the world.
Posted by: Jack is Back!   2008-08-02 05:58  

#1  Next time, have some reliable Iraqis arrest then lose him.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2008-08-02 00:38  

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