US Troops Kill Reporter, Husband in West Baghdad
By: Jason Ditz on: 12.03.2010 [23:42 ] (128 reads)
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March 11, 2010
US forces today attacked a car in Western Baghdad, killing Iraqi journalist Aseel al-Obeidi and her husband, according to police. The US confirmed shooting two Iraqis in the area, but would provide no details.
Obeidi had most recently worked for the private television news station Dijla TV, which went out of business earlier this year. The circumstances of the killings are so far unclear.
Iraq’s journalists’ union condemned the killing, and called for an immediate investigation. The killing is the first high profile attack on civilians in Iraq in quite some time.
Iraq has been a dangerous place to be a journalist since the 2003 US invasion, with well over 100 journalists killed in that time. Obeidi appears to be the 17th journalist killed directly by US forces in that time.
http://news.antiwar.com/2010/03/11/us-troops-kill-reporter-husband-in-west-baghdad/
by eureka on 13.03.2010 [23:15 ]
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that their rules of engagement are to kill, to kill again and to kill once more just in case the fiirst two attempts failed and then afterwards, they will ask questions.
These killings are far too frequent to be accidental. One day coming soon, the US will be called to account by the Great Spirit above, as the native american would describe Him, for all the unnecessary deaths and destruction and misery they have inflicted on innocent people.
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