July 28, 2003
US Troops Detain Al Jazeera Correspondent
For what will be the third time since the Iraq war began, employees of the Arabic news station Al Jazeera have been detained by US forces. Because, you know, they were filming something:
...''They were filming a civilian Iraqi car shooting at American forces in Mosul. So the Americans arrested the driver and the correspondent,'' an Al Jazeera official told Reuters, but said he had no further information. ...
Good job, guys. Intimidation always wins over skeptics.
Posted by natasha at July 28, 2003 02:27 AM | TrackBackComments