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Reuters photographer and driver killed
Reuters ^
| Jul 12, 2007
| Reuters
Posted on 07/12/2007 5:28:28 PM PDT by mdittmar
LONDON (Reuters) - An Iraqi photographer and driver working for Reuters in Iraq were killed in Baghdad on Thursday in what witnesses said was a U.S. helicopter attack but which the military described as a firefight with insurgents.
Iraqi police blamed American military action for the deaths.
Photographer Namir Noor-Eldeen, 22, and driver Saeed Chmagh, 40, were killed in eastern Baghdad, the international news and information company said.
The U.S. military said the pair died after a clash between its troops and insurgents. The incident was under investigation, it said in a statement.
U.S. and Iraqi forces engaged "a hostile force" after coming under fire and attack aircraft were called in.
Nine insurgents and two civilians were killed, the military said. The "two civilians were reported as employees for the Reuters news service," it added.
A preliminary police report obtained by Reuters said Noor-Eldeen and Chmagh had been killed by a "random American bombardment" that had killed nine other people.
The report was issued by the al-Rashad police station, the closest station to the scene. Reuters obtained a photocopy of the report. It was based upon witness accounts of the incident and signed by a lieutenant-colonel, the head of the station.
The deaths take to six the number of Reuters employees killed in Iraq since U.S.-led forces invaded the country in 2003 to topple Saddam Hussein.
"Once again we are left mourning colleagues who have met an untimely death while doing their job in Iraq," said Reuters chief executive Tom Glocer.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: dupe; iraq; journalist; photographer; reuters; terrorists
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posted on
07/12/2007 5:28:30 PM PDT
by
mdittmar
To: mdittmar
Line all of the reuters guys up and shoot them. Do the world a favor and rid it of a bunch of terrorist sympathizers.
2
posted on
07/12/2007 5:31:08 PM PDT
by
pissant
(Duncan Hunter: Warrior, Statesman, Conservative)
To: mdittmar
“The deaths take to six the number of Reuters employees killed in Iraq since U.S.-led forces invaded the country in 2003”
This is horrible. Pull the news people out NOW! The cost is to great.
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posted on
07/12/2007 5:31:21 PM PDT
by
MPJackal
("If you are not with us, you are against us.")
To: mdittmar
Let me guess. Reuters was “embedded” with the terrorists?
To: mdittmar
“Nine insurgents and two civilians”
yea right! The only two “civilians” killed happened to work for Reuters that just happened to be around 9 terrorist? Ain’t buying it, they were working with the terrorist.
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posted on
07/12/2007 5:32:16 PM PDT
by
tobyhill
(only wimps believe in retreat in defeat)
To: mdittmar
"Once again we are left mourning colleagues who have met an untimely death while doing their job in Iraq," said Reuters chief executive Tom Glocer.
I'm not sure I'd call getting killed in a war zone, an untimely death.
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posted on
07/12/2007 5:34:14 PM PDT
by
mutley
To: mdittmar
Iraqi photographer and driver working for Reuters in Iraq were killed in Baghdad on Thursday in what witnesses said was a U.S. helicopter attack...
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posted on
07/12/2007 5:36:58 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: mdittmar
I’m sorry for Namir and Saeed, but do wonder if Tom ever “mourns” the troops or the average Iraqi who lose their lives.
8
posted on
07/12/2007 5:38:01 PM PDT
by
RobinOfKingston
(Man, that's stupid...even by congressional standards.)
To: RobinOfKingston
Why? That would be silly.
9
posted on
07/12/2007 5:39:29 PM PDT
by
null and void
(...and there'd be world peace and fuzzy puppies for everyone. And then we could eat them...)
To: mdittmar
Lie down with dogsterrorists, wake up with fleasdead.
To: mdittmar
"Once again we are left mourning colleagues who have met an untimely death while doing their job in Iraq," said Reuters chief executive Tom Glocer. Before I cry for these innocents, I want an investigation into exactly why these Reuters employees were hanging out with "insurgents" that were firing on US and Iraqi forces.
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posted on
07/12/2007 5:43:26 PM PDT
by
Recovering Hermit
(There's another old saying Senator..."Don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining.")
To: mdittmar
They had it coming I guess. Karma is a beech.
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posted on
07/12/2007 5:43:27 PM PDT
by
Cinnamon
To: mdittmar
... An Iraqi photographer and driver working for Reuters in Iraq were killed in Baghdad on Thursday in what witnesses said was a U.S. helicopter attack... Progress!
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posted on
07/12/2007 5:44:17 PM PDT
by
TXnMA
("Allah": Satan's current alias...)
To: LibWhacker
It's shame that reuters hires terrorists to do their reporting.
A damn shame that our old media publishes every reuters story on the front page.
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posted on
07/12/2007 5:47:58 PM PDT
by
mdittmar
(May God watch over those who serve,and have served,to keep us free)
To: pissant
Decaf, FRiend!
They were likely local freelancers taken on contract by al-R. Now if they were somewhere they weren’t supposed to be...
Still, they both had mommies.
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posted on
07/12/2007 5:48:48 PM PDT
by
IslandJeff
(Hey, Jihad Joe - guess what: we're coming to get you. - D. Mustaine)
To: mdittmar
its getting rough filming training films for al qaeda
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posted on
07/12/2007 5:49:36 PM PDT
by
sure_fine
( • not one to over kill the thought process)
To: IslandJeff
Don’t care about our enemies having parents. They should have raised them better than to side with terrorists.
Got a date yet for your move to desert?
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posted on
07/12/2007 5:51:38 PM PDT
by
pissant
(Duncan Hunter: Warrior, Statesman, Conservative)
To: pissant
GOD forgive me. I find no sympathy in my heart for rooter’s agents... allies of al qaeda.
LLS
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posted on
07/12/2007 5:52:53 PM PDT
by
LibLieSlayer
(Support America, Kill terrorists, Destroy dims!)
To: sure_fine
Them al qaeda propaganda films are getting as scarce as the old media reports about the daily bombings in Baghdad.
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posted on
07/12/2007 5:53:42 PM PDT
by
mdittmar
(May God watch over those who serve,and have served,to keep us free)
To: LibLieSlayer
Too bad Tim McGirk wasn’t among them.
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posted on
07/12/2007 5:54:32 PM PDT
by
pissant
(Duncan Hunter: Warrior, Statesman, Conservative)
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