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Date: July 16, 2007 6:44:41 PM PDT
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Subject: Journalists in Iraq Victims of "Surge" Spin Policy: "Kill
the Messengers"?
Reuters demands probe into Iraqi employee deaths
Mon Jul 16, 2:27 PM ET
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070716/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrestusmedia
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Global news and information company Reuters on
Monday demanded from the US military a full and objective
investigation into the killing last week of two of its Iraqi
employees.
Reuters said it called for the probe after evidence emerged casting
doubt on explanations given for their deaths.
The US military said photographer Namir Noor-Eldeen, 22, and driver
Saeed Chmagh, 40, were killed in Baghdad on Thursday [allegedly]
during fierce clashes with militants in the capital's Al-Amin
neighbourhood.
"Our preliminary investigation raises real questions about whether
there was fighting at the time the two men were killed," said David
Schlesinger, editor-in-chief of Reuters.
"For the sake of their memory and for the sake of all journalists
in Iraq, we need a thorough and objective investigation that will
help us and the military learn lessons that will improve the safety
of journalists in the future."
Suspicions arose after the US military returned the two digital
cameras that belonged to Noor-Eldeen and which were taken by
American soldiers from the site of the deaths.
"No pictures taken by Noor-Eldeen on July 12 show clashes between
militants and US forces," it said.
"The pictures show no gunmen, nor residents running for cover."
The US military said last week it had called in attack aviation
reinforcement after coming under fire from small arms and rocket-
propelled grenades.
"Nine [alleged] 'insurgents' and two civilians reported as
employees for the Reuters news service" were killed in the clashes,
it said.
Schlesinger said Reuters was seeking an explanation as to why the
two cameras were confiscated and access to any cameras onboard the
Apache helicopters that were involved in the incident.
It also demanded access to any voice communications between the
helicopter crews and US ground forces and access to reports from
the unit involved in the incident, particularly a log of any
weapons taken from the scene.
Noor-Eldeen and Chmagh were among three Reuters employees killed in
Baghdad in the past week. The third was an Iraqi translator, who
was gunned down on Wednesday.
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