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American Journalist Found Dead In Iraq
AP ^ | 8/3/05 | AP

Posted on 08/02/2005 10:53:01 PM PDT by technomage

American Journalist Found Dead in Iraq
08/03 12:48a CDT BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP)

An American freelance journalist was found dead in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, the U.S. Embassy said Wednesday.

Police said Steven Vincent had been shot multiple times after he and his Iraqi translator were abducted at gunpoint hours earlier.

"I can confirm to you that officials in Basra have recovered the body of journalist Steven Vincent," said embassy spokesman Pete Mitchell. "The U.S. Embassy is working with British military and local Iraqi officials in Basra to determine who is responsible for the death of this journalist. Our condolences go out to the family."

Iraqi police in Basra said Vincent was abducted along with his female translator at gunpoint Tuesday evening. The translator, Nour Weidi, was seriously wounded.


TOPICS: Front Page News; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: iraqdead; journalist; msm; stevenvincent; stevevincent; warcorrespondent
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To: zarf
To build a state one must have a nation. The Arabs are not a nation..

Iraq is three cats in one tow sack...

41 posted on 08/03/2005 3:59:24 AM PDT by umbagi (Monthly donor [entry level])
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To: rdcorso
I don't think it's possible for America to win the hearts and minds of muslum people.

I find your comment difficult to swallow given that I observed (from afar) 1/3 of Iraq risk their lives to vote and have their fingers marked a distinct shade of purple.

Defeating evil is not easy.

42 posted on 08/03/2005 4:04:15 AM PDT by Coop (www.heroesandtraitors.org)
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To: gpapa

Steve Vincent died for writing the truth and exposing corruption in Basra.

Switched Off in Basra, New York Times, July 31, 2005
43 posted on 08/03/2005 5:06:37 AM PDT by TaxRelief
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To: vbmoneyspender
Wall Street Journal too.

As I understand he just had a column on rouge police who are enforcing Islamic law area.

44 posted on 08/03/2005 5:09:34 AM PDT by mware
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To: OldFriend

"Until now Basra has been relatively peaceful."

Still is. They are just getting rid of the enemy.


45 posted on 08/03/2005 5:32:38 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Liberal Talking Point - Bush = Hitler ... Republican Talking Point - Let the Liberals Talk)
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To: piasa

I'm sorry to hear this and join in prayers for his loved ones!


46 posted on 08/03/2005 5:39:37 AM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: mware
As I understand he just had a column on rouge police who are enforcing Islamic law area.

It took me a moment. "Rouge police" has many possibilities.

47 posted on 08/03/2005 5:39:44 AM PDT by jimfree (This is hugh and series!)
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To: Mo1

I've had his blog on my profile page for awhile now. When I saw the headline this morning, my stomach dropped.

This really sucks. He took the risks because he wanted the real story. He paid his own way, and kept going back to Iraq to cover it because he was too old for the military but felt, after watching the 9-11 attacks, he had to do something.

God bless him and his family.


48 posted on 08/03/2005 5:41:56 AM PDT by eyespysomething (Refill with only real Kikkoman Soy Sauce)
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To: jimfree

Damn, I did it again. I have some sort of mental block with that word.


49 posted on 08/03/2005 5:45:01 AM PDT by mware
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To: Allegra

http://expatyank.blogspot.com/

PROJECTING VALUES

Writer Steven Vincent has been murdered in Iraq.

Back on July 26, he blogged the following exchange:


50 posted on 08/03/2005 6:15:43 AM PDT by MEG33 (GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

The murdered reporter had written an article for the NYTimes saying that enemies had infiltrated the police force in Basra.


51 posted on 08/03/2005 6:28:33 AM PDT by OldFriend (MERCY TO THE GUILTY IS CRUELTY TO THE INNOCENT ~ Adam Smith)
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To: gpapa
If you read that blog, even a little, you realize this guy had real brass ones. This was not a typical MSM'er hiding in his hotel drinking his expense account. He got out and about.

He risked much, and has lost. Prayers for him and his family, amidst realization that the profession of journalism survives despite Dan Rather.
52 posted on 08/03/2005 7:33:11 AM PDT by timpad (The Wizard Tim - Keeper of the Holy Hand Grenade, Finder of Obscurata)
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To: publana
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1456070/posts
He had been shot three times in the chest. Nouriya Itais, the translator, who was also his fiancee, was shot four times and seriously wounded, according to a nurse in a Basra hospital.
 
 

53 posted on 08/03/2005 7:40:31 AM PDT by timpad (The Wizard Tim - Keeper of the Holy Hand Grenade, Finder of Obscurata)
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To: SpaceBar

The female translator was shot four times.


54 posted on 08/03/2005 7:52:27 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude Adjustments Offered Here Free of Charge)
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To: OldFriend

Doesn't sound that way from Mr. Vincent's Blog http://spencepublishing.typepad.com/in_the_red_zone


55 posted on 08/03/2005 8:21:44 AM PDT by zeaal (SPREAD TRUTH!)
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To: Americanexpat

I highly doubt he could afford any....he didn't have any in any event.

You just hope and pray you get published and your work will at least give you some food. I have a lot of respect for freelancers over in Iraq even if I don't like the politics of the person....it is hellish work.

But, this time we lost a good guy.


56 posted on 08/03/2005 8:54:45 AM PDT by rwfromkansas (http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=rwfromkansas)
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To: martin_fierro

"My country was at war, and I wanted to participate in the conflict — as a patriot, and as someone seeking a way to strike back against the terrorists. But when the United States invaded Afghanistan, I dithered, unsure of how to make the transition from art journalism to combat journalism. At the same time, though, I felt the pressure of events — history was in the making, huge forces were locked in life and death issues that would change the course of the world. Who wouldn’t want to be part of that?"

From an interview....this man felt going to Iraq and doing his war reporting there was a way of fighting back at the terrorists.

RIP, sir. We lost a great one.


57 posted on 08/03/2005 9:00:19 AM PDT by rwfromkansas (http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=rwfromkansas)
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To: eyespysomething

He took the risks because he wanted the real story. He paid his own way, and kept going back to Iraq to cover it because he was too old for the military but felt, after watching the 9-11 attacks, he had to do something.

God bless him and his family.

***Prayers for the good American who "wanted the real story." Condolences for his family and friends, and admirers who suffer his loss. Prayers for the all of us who want the "real story."


58 posted on 08/03/2005 6:45:11 PM PDT by purpleland (Vigilance and Valor!)
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To: eyespysomething

He took the risks because he wanted the real story. He paid his own way, and kept going back to Iraq to cover it because he was too old for the military but felt, after watching the 9-11 attacks, he had to do something.

God bless him and his family.

***Prayers for the good American who "wanted the real story." Condolences for his family and friends, and admirers who suffer his loss. Prayers for the all of us who want the "real story."


59 posted on 08/03/2005 6:46:57 PM PDT by purpleland (Vigilance and Valor!)
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To: technomage; Allegra

There has been suggestions that Vincent's death is related to his writing connecting Basra police with terror attacks.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1456524/posts?page=1


60 posted on 08/04/2005 9:21:11 AM PDT by dervish
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