Reuters Says U.S. Troops Obstruct Reporting of Iraq
by Barry Moody
LONDON - The conduct of U.S. troops in Iraq, including increasing detention and accidental shootings of journalists, is preventing full coverage of the war reaching the American public, Reuters said on Wednesday.
In a letter to Virginia Republican Sen. John Warner, head of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Reuters said U.S. forces were limiting the ability of independent journalists to operate. The letter from Reuters Global Managing Editor David Schlesinger called on Warner to raise widespread media concerns about the conduct of U.S. troops with Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who is due to testify to the committee on Thursday.
By limiting the ability of the media to fully and independently cover the events in Iraq, the U.S. forces are unduly preventing U.S. citizens from receiving information...and undermining the very freedoms the U.S. says it is seeking to foster every day that it commits U.S. lives and U.S. dollars.
letter from Reuters Global Editor David Schlesinger to Sen. John Warner ®, head of the Senate Armed Services Committee
Schlesinger referred to "a long parade of disturbing incidents whereby professional journalists have been killed, wrongfully detained, and/or illegally abused by U.S. forces in Iraq."
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At least four journalists working for international media are currently being held without charge or legal representation in Iraq. They include two cameramen working for Reuters and a freelance reporter who sometimes works for the agency.
A cameraman working for the U.S. network CBS has been detained since April despite an Iraqi court saying his case does not justify prosecution. Iraq's justice minister has criticised the system of military detentions without charge.
A cameraman working for the U.S. network CBS has been detained since April despite an Iraqi court saying his case does not justify prosecution. Iraq's justice minister has criticised the system of military detentions without charge.
Makes you wonder what they saw, filmed or wrote about. This has been a major problem since the beginning. Daniel Pearle comes to mind...
QUOTE(ncMindy @ Sep 30 2005, 10:41 PM)
Makes you wonder what they saw, filmed or wrote about. This has been a major problem since the beginning. Daniel Pearle comes to mind...
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YES IT HAS ncMindy
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One simple word will come to mind in the future...among several others of course)......when mentioning the Bush Presidency and administration......and that word is CONTROL. Weve all seen it since the very beginning. 
Weve all seen it since the very beginning.
QUOTE(andrew6565 @ Oct 3 2005, 09:48 AM)
One simple word will come to mind in the future...among several others of course)......when mentioning the Bush Presidency and administration......and that word is CONTROL. Weve all seen it since the very beginning.
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THAT IS SO TRUE andrew6565!
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