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| Update: Iraqi Camera Man for CBS Detained |
| 2005-04-08 |
| An Iraqi cameraman carrying credentials for the United States network CBS is being held on suspicion of rebel activity, the US military in Iraq said. The cameraman suffered minor injuries during a battle in the northern town of Mosul on Tuesday between US soldiers and suspected insurgents, reports say. Wadda surprise! A little too embedded, huh?And with the wrong side... The military said he had been standing near a rebel killed in the shootout. The cameraman was detained because he may pose a "threat to coalition forces", according to the military. He "will be processed as any other security detainee", it said in a statement on Friday. On Tuesday a CBS journalist(!) in Baghdad told AFP news agency that the network's cameraman in Mosul, named as Abdel Amir Younes Hussein, had been wounded. After the military statement was released on Friday, a CBS spokeswoman said the network was "looking into the situation". Who predicted "Mohammed"? Close, but no ceeeegar! |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #7 That's her married name. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-04-08 11:59:15 PM |
| #6 "Hussein." They misspelled "Mapes." |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2005-04-08 11:24:45 PM |
| #5 Gee, it's gone from "CBS cameraman wounded by US troops" to "cameraman carrying CBS credentials held on suspicion of rebel activity ". (Hussein's name was turned in by Irqi citizens, btw) |
| Posted by: Pappy 2005-04-08 11:22:14 PM |
| #4 continuing in the "pro-america" bias of Cronkite, Rather, et al? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-04-08 10:07:19 PM |
| #3 Crazyfool called it in #13 on Wednesday - heh. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-04-08 9:55:49 PM |
| #2 Heard on the radio that he had in the camera video of 4 previous attacks. I'm sure a lot of allah akbars followed by oh shit mahmouds were heard on the audio. |
| Posted by: ed 2005-04-08 9:05:04 PM |
| #1 "Mr. Abdel Amir Younes Hussein's pocket litter contained several faded and yellowed copies of President Bush's Air Guard documents which revealed........" |
| Posted by: Janos Hunyadi 2005-04-08 8:27:38 PM |