was a video camera. Now, they would have to target anyone carrying one of these
What's more, the new version can stream live, broadcasting to the world of the owner is shot.
Posted on 01/12/2020 11:58:12 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Two journalists working for the Iraqi broadcaster Dijlah TV have been shot dead in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad has confirmed.
Correspondent Ahmed Abdel Samad and cameraman Safaa Ghali were covering protests in the city on Jan. 10 when unknown gunmen opened fire on their vehicle, killing them both.
Video footage posted on Dijlah TV’s website was described as showing Samad slumped in the passenger seat of the vehicle with a bullet wound to the right side of his head. Dijlah TV (or Al-Dijla), headquartered in Jordan, is one of Iraq’s most watched news channels.
The video, which has been widely circulated on social media, also revealed at least three bullet holes in the right front door of the car.
Dijlah TV said that Ghali was taken to Basra General Hospital but died shortly after. A separate report by Iraq’s foreign-funded Al-Mirbad broadcaster said that the cameraman had sustained three bullet wounds to his chest.
The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on Jan. 11 released a statement on Twitter condemning the “assassination.”
“The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad strongly denounces the deplorable and cowardly assassination of Dijla TV correspondent Ahmed Abdel Samad and cameraman Safaa Ghali in Basra last night,” it read.
“The ongoing assassinations, kidnappings, harassment, and intimidation of members of the press, social media activists, and pro-reform activists in Iraq by armed groups cannot continue to go unpunished.
The embassy put responsibility for the loss of life on the Iraqi government, which it said should be “upholding the right to freedom of expression, protecting journalists, and ensuring that peaceful activists can practise their democratic rights without fear or reprisal.”
“This can only happen if the perpetrators are found and brought to justice.
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Trump’s fault
News of this probably helps illian Omar get over her ptsd.
Soviet rules of engagement. Shoot anyone with a camera.
Iran thought they were cruise missiles.
These people are all Muslims,why should they be interested in Infidel democratic rights? - Tom
Unless they jam the signal.
And Tianamen Square has demonstrated just how reluctant a dictatorship is to make a problem go away...
God knows many will die in many ways for the cause of freedom from evil. Just trying to do their jobs and gunned down.
Maybe we can send them a plane load of ours.
It is still happening whether it gets reported or not.
great idea
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