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  • The Australian newspaper says their war correspondents arrested in Basra, Iraq

    04/01/2003 8:00:18 PM PST · by HAL9000 · 1 replies · 272+ views
    The Australian ^ | April 1, 2003 | Simone Pitsis
    The Australian's journalist Peter Wilson and photographer John Feder have been arrested by Iraqi police in Basra. Editor of The Australian newspaper, Michael Stutchbury, said fears were raised last night when Mr Wilson and Mr Feder, currently covering developments in Iraq, had not contacted Australian bureaus. Mr Stutchbury, who was called by the pair this morning, said they were "safe and sound" and awaiting a decision by Iraqi officials as to whether they would be expelled or allowed to stay in the country. Mr Wilson and Mr Feder had been travelling through Iraq in a 4WD as non-embedded journalists...