The Pentagon is saying he had footage of roadside IED attacks in his camera that looked like he had the time to pick a good spot for filming. No word on *why* they viewed the contents of his machine... and as I recall from last night, the reference to him standing next to an insurgent wasn't in the original story I read.
No comment.
Leigh
----- Original Message ----- From: Kevin Robert Dean To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2005 9:25 AM Subject: [lbo-talk] CBS Cameraman shot
Last Update: Saturday, April 9, 2005. 9:28am (AEST) US forces shoot CBS cameraman in Iraq A television cameraman working for CBS News has been detained for alleged insurgent activity after being shot and wounded this week by US troops in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, the US military said.
The incident comes as two US media trade unions called on the Bush administration for an independent inquiry into "record number of deaths" of journalists covering the Iraq war.
The man was wounded in an incident Tuesday in which US soldiers killed an insurgent armed with an AK-47 inciting a crowd at the site of a suicide bombing in eastern Mosul.
The individual, who was not identified, was carrying CBS press credentials, the military said.
CBS on Tuesday said the man was an Iraqi freelance reporter and cameraman employed by CBS News. <...>