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U.S. confirms its troops killed Reuters journalist in Iraq
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| Last Edited | RP Sep 02, 2005 10:04pm |
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| Media | Website - Yahoo News |
| News Date | Thursday, September 1, 2005 08:15:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The U.S. military confirmed on Thursday that its soldiers killed a Reuters journalist in Iraq but said their action was "appropriate."
Describing Sunday's incident, when television soundman Waleed Khaled was killed by multiple shots, Major General Rick Lynch said: "That car approached at a high rate of speed and then conducted activity that in itself was suspicious. There were individuals hanging outside with what looked to be a weapon.
Reuters cameraman Haider Kadhem, 24, like Waleed an Iraqi, was slightly wounded by flying fragments but survived in the passenger seat of the car, only to be detained for the next three days by U.S. troops. Kadhem was using a small video camera.
Waleed Khaled, 35, had worked for Reuters in Baghdad for two years and was a key member of news teams working in the capital.
He was a much-loved colleague who left a wife who is four-months pregnant and a 7-year-old daughter. |
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