US Troops Seize Award-Winning Iraqi Journalist

[Clara T]

US troops seize award-winning Iraqi journalist

Monday January 9, 2006
The Guardian


American troops in Baghdad yesterday blasted their way into the home of an Iraqi journalist working for the Guardian and Channel 4, firing bullets into the bedroom where he was sleeping with his wife and children.
Ali Fadhil, who two months ago won the Foreign Press Association young journalist of the year award, was hooded and taken for questioning. He was released hours later.

Dr Fadhil is working with Guardian Films on an investigation for Channel 4's Dispatches programme into claims that tens of millions of dollars worth of Iraqi funds held by the Americans and British have been misused or misappropriated.

The troops told Dr Fadhil that they were looking for an Iraqi insurgent and seized video tapes he had shot for the programme. These have not yet been returned.

The director of the film, Callum Macrae, said yesterday: "The timing and nature of this raid is extremely disturbing. It is only a few days since we first approached the US authorities and told them Ali was doing this investigation, and asked them then to grant him an interview about our findings.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1682207,00.html

[ixion]

1. freedom on the march

:eyes:

[dapper]

2. friggin nazis

Not only do American Citizens losing their rights, don't think you have rights in another country...

USA- NAZI Nation.

When is the dictators next speach?



Dap

[oblivious]

3. This is not harrassment, so stop saying that.

There's nothing unusual about shooting into the bedroom of a sleeping journalist and his children. And there's nothing suspicious about stealing his tapes investigating US/UK theft and corruption. Nothing. I know what you're thinking, but you're wrong. :sarcasm:

This happens all the time in free democracies...I mean totalitarian systems.

[MetaTrope]

4. A good excuse to check out Dr. Fadhil's reportage on Iraq

City of ghosts

[bigtree]

7. he blogged at 'Iraq the Model'

http://iraqthemodel.blogspot.com/

[in_cog_ni_to]

5. Unbelievable. Why do Iraqis hate us?

sheesh. :eyes:

[oasis]

6. The U.S. press won't touch this story. Rove's orders.

[Mr_Jefferson_24]

8. You're right...

...any corporate media puppet who'd dare open his pie-hole to give this story any honest treatment would become an instant X corporate media puppet.