Celebrity TV journalist Geraldo Rivera kicked out of Iraq: Pentagon
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Celebrity television journalist Geraldo Rivera, who has been on assignment covering the US-led war in Iraq (news - web sites), has been told by US military officials that he is no longer welcome to accompany US troops there.
"I can confirm that it has been done," said military spokesman Navy Lieutenant Commander Charles Owens on Monday, contacted at Central Command headquarters in Qatar.
Owens said Rivera, a star of the Fox News television network, was not embedded with troops, but had been "asked to leave the unit he was with." ...