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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An American photographer abducted by gunmen in Baghdad on Sunday has been freed and is safe, the picture agency representing him said on Tuesday. Paul Taggart, 24, has been released and has spoken by telephone with his parents in Tulsa, Oklahoma, said Stephen Claypole, chief executive officer of the World Picture News agency in New York. Claypole said Taggart, who had been in Iraq (news - web sites) for about five months, was kidnapped by three masked gunmen early on Sunday morning in Baghdad's Habbeya Square when his car was intercepted by what appeared to be a...

Stephen Claypole, the so-called sympathic voice for the coalition in Iraq who walked out after complaining about the US losing the propaganda war, is a Brit left-wing wanker, a major player for the left.    Too bad FoxNews didn't do a little research when they reported the story straight from the left-wing, anti-Coalition Guardian on Fox & Friends this morning: See: Voice Of Free Iraq Walks Out On US     06/02/1998AP Appoints Two Television Executives FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJune 2, 1998 New York (AP) — Derek Taylor and Stephen Claypole have been appointed to new management positions in the international television...

Voice of free Iraq walks out on US Brian Whitaker Wednesday August 6, 2003 The Guardian (UK) A broadcaster who became known as "the voice of free Iraq" after the fall of Saddam Hussein has walked out of his job, saying the United States is losing the propaganda war. Failure to invest in the new Iraqi broadcasting service means foreign channels are gaining popularity at the expense of the US, Ahmed al-Rikabi, the American-appointed director of TV and radio said yesterday. "The people of Iraq, including the Sunni Muslims, are not about to turn against their liberators, but they are...