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  • U.S. Troops Detain 2 AP Staffers in Iraq

    09/23/2003 2:27:18 PM PDT · by TexKat · 78 replies · 325+ views
    Yahoo News ^ | 9/23/03 | Unknown
    BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. soldiers detained an Associated Press photographer and driver on Tuesday, handcuffing them, forcing them to stand in the sun for three hours and denying them water or use of a telephone. Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 70th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Division detained photographer Karim Kadim and driver Mohammed Abbas, both Iraqis, near Abu Ghraib, west of Baghdad, and kept their guns trained on them, despite repeated attempts to explain they were journalists. The troops were looking for explosives planted in the area. "We identified ourselves from the very beginning as press, even before we approached...