reporterzy prasowi zabici w Bagdadzie

IP: 168.103.126.* 08.04.03, 16:21
nasze kondolecja dla rodzin 3 reporterow i dziennikarzy zabitych w Bagdadzie.
Jeden z nich jest Ukraincem zamieszkalym w Warszawie. Pozostawil zone Lidie z
8 letnim synkiem Denisem. Pozostali dzienniarze pracowali dla al Jazzeera.
Ten nie przypadkowy atak na hotel Palestyna w Bagdadzie gdzie miescily sie
biura prasowe wielu agencji oraz zamieszkiwali zagraniczni swiadkowie tej
inwazji jest jeszcze jednym dowodem wlasciwych celow najezdzcy.



Reuters and AFP. 8 April 2003. Reuters journalist killed by U.S. tank strike
on hotel; Reporter says U.S. tank aimed at Iraq media hotel.

BAGHDAD and LONDON
    • Gość: reuters Re: Taras Protsyuk, Jose Couso zabici przez US IP: 168.103.126.* 08.04.03, 17:37
      Reuters and AFP. 8 April 2003. Two foreign journalists killed by U.S. tank
      strike on hotel; Reporter says U.S. tank aimed at Iraq media hotel.

      BAGHDAD and LONDON
    • Gość: infoiraq Re: reporterzy bici i glodzeni przez okupantow IP: 168.103.126.* 08.04.03, 17:41


      Non-Embedded Journalists Say Beaten, Starved By US - 4-7-3
      08.04.2003 [08:51]


      Arab News has learned that Luis Castro and Victor Silva, both reporters working
      for RTP Portuguese television, were held for four days, had their equipment,
      vehicle and video tapes confiscated, and were then escorted out of Iraq by the
      101st Airborne Division.
      Despite possessing the proper ãUnilateral Journalistä accreditation issued by
      the Coalition Forces Central Command, both journalists were detained.
      Their ordeal at the hands of the Americans is in stark contrast to that
      received by Newsday journalists in Baghdad, who yesterday in Jordan described
      as ãhumaneä their treatment at the hands of their Iraqi interrogators despite
      suffering various indignities. ãI have covered 10 wars in the past six years ÷
      in Angola, Afghanistan, Zaire, and East Timor. I have been arrested three times
      in Africa, but have never been subjected to such treatment or been physically
      beaten before,ä Castro said in an exclusive interview with Arab News.
      "The Americans call themselves liberators and freedom fighters, but look what
      they have done to us," he added.
      Castro and Silva entered Iraq 10 days ago. They had been to Umm Qasr and Basra
      and were traveling to Najaf when they were stopped by the military police.
      According to Castro, their accredited identification was checked and they were
      given the all clear to proceed.
      "Suddenly, for no reason, the situation changed," Castro told Arab News. "We
      were ordered down on the ground by the soldiers. They stepped on our hands and
      backs and handcuffed us."
      "We were put in our own car. The soldiers used our satellite phones to call
      their families at home. I begged them to allow me to use my own phone to call
      my family, but they refused. When I protested, they pushed me to the ground and
      kicked me in the ribs and legs."
      "I believe the reason we were detained was because we are not embedded with the
      US forces," he continued. "Embedded journalists are always escorted by military
      minders. What they write is controlled and, through them, the military feeds
      its own version of the facts to the world. When independent journalists such as
      us come around, we pose a threat because they cannot control what we write."
      After being held for four days, they were transported to the 101st Airborne
      Division to be escorted out of Iraq.
      Castro told Arab News: "A lieutenant in charge of the military police told
      me, 'My men are like dogs, they are trained only to attack, please try to
      understand'."
      The journalists were then transported by truck to Camp Udairi to await a
      helicopter transfer out of Iraq. At Camp Udairi, they told their stories to
      members of the US Marines.
      One soldier, who Castro asked not be identified, wrote out a note, which was
      shown to Arab News. The note said: "I am so sorry that you had to endure such
      bad conditions, but remember that I care and pray you can forgive."
      "The Americans in Iraq are totally crazy and are afraid of everything that
      moves. I would have expected this to happen to us at the hands of the Iraqis,
      but not at the hands of the Americans. This is typical of the American
      attitude, as related to us by British forces. The attitude is 'shoot first and
      ask questions later'", Castro added.
      Castro, a veteran journalist, has had all his tapes and equipment returned to
      him, but not his jeep.
      When asked by Arab News what he intends to do next, he replied: "Return to Iraq
      as soon as possible to tell the truth to the world about what is happening
      there."


      Источник: http://www.rense.com/general36/ssob.htm

      (22 comments)


      Embedded Journalists to be killed
      by Anonymous on 08.04.2003 [15:01]
      They are worse thatn soldiers, they falsify facts and help killing iraqis
      children. They work of the Pentagon and poison people with Americans ideologa.
      I would suggest to the Iraqis to consider them as "legitimate military target"
      and kill them
      Castro?
      by Anonymous on 08.04.2003 [15:02]
      The guy was stupid to even show up with a name like Castro. What did he expect?
      Tell Fidel he is not welcomed to the party.
      America fan
      by Anonymous on 08.04.2003 [15:12]
      American liberators and freedom fighters know better!!! With such a noble goal
      as to free the world from dictators they know better how to deal with people
      who happen to be on their way! Bravo America. This time you've set the standard
      for your democratical values as high as never before!!!
      non-brainwashed guy
      by Anonymous on 08.04.2003 [15:31]
      you are all fools for believing this non-sense
      Non-brainwashed, indeed
      by Anonymous on 08.04.2003 [15:53]
      while you may not be brainwashed, you certainly can not claim that you are well
      informed. One would say ignorance is the same as being foolish, would you
      agree? Nonsense needs no hyphen, mister "non-brainwashed." reporters without
      borders http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=5619 Essam Al-Ghalib, Arab
      News War Correspondent http://www.arabnews.com/Article.asp?ID=24644 links are
      provided for those who can't do they're own research but are willing to pass
      judgment in haste. (moral ground taken)
      who ever came up with 'civilized war'
      by Anonymous on 08.04.2003 [16:15]
      reality is worst and scarier than any hollywood fiction! and since when do we
      expect a war to be nicy? on the other hand whatever one may believe (truth is
      relative), the ROOT CAUSE on the human site of things in the middle east is
      still not even being mentioned by anyone ...
      interesting
      by Anonymous on 08.04.2003 [16:49]
      There is no mention of this incident on the RTP homepage. You would think that
      if it was true, it would be a headline.
      very interesting
      by Anonymous on 08.04.2003 [17:03]
      Those who believe this story probably also believe everything that comes out of
      the mouth of the Iraqi Information Minister. I'm still waiting for him to give
      a tour of the Baghdad International Airport (AKA Saddam International).
      Anonymous
      by Anonymous on 08.04.2003 [17:27]
      You all are ill people
      Strangelove
      by Anonymous on 08.04.2003 [17:30]
      To the "non brainwashed", When your leaders say the US is liberating the world
      you may look at CNN to see if its true. Of course they are & you will be
      reassured. When 9 Sept happened you were assured that the millions around the
      world that cheered were doing so because they are evil and we are good. The big
      question why is the US so hated around the world was not answered by your
      media. It is your deciever. As many relatives of that terrible incident have
      come to understand the reason is that Governments of the USA have caused
      hundreds of 9/11s Vietnam onwards your leaders dont give a shit about human
      life, even yours. The sooner Bush and his cronies are in prison/dead the better
      for everyone and the safer the citizens of the world, including the USA. If
      9/11 were bitter fruits of US foreign policies then Bush is sowing an orchard.
      He will once again be able to hide in his bunker while blamless people suffer
      the consequences of his actions. Also see website of 9/11 victims:
      www.peacefultomorrows.org September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows
      condemns unconditionally the illegal, immoral, and unjustified US-led military
      action in Iraq. As family members of September 11th victims, we know how it
      feels to experience "shock and awe," and we do not want other innocent families
      to suffer the trauma and grief that we have endured. While we also condemn the
      brutality of Saddam Hussein's regime, it does not justify the brutality, death
      and destruction being visited upon Iraq and its citizens by our own government.






      • Gość: reuters Re: mord z premedytacja IP: 168.103.126.* 08.04.03, 20:10
        Reuters. 8 April 2003. Reporter says U.S. tank aimed at Iraq media hotel.

        LONDON
        • Gość: AFP Re: US atakuje dziennikarzy IP: 168.103.126.* 09.04.03, 14:55
          AFP. 8 April 2003. Press group lambasts US attack on journalists' Baghdad
          hotel.

          BRUSSELS
    • Gość: Fisk Re: Jak US przesladuje dziennikarzy IP: 168.103.126.* 09.04.03, 18:38



      Robert Fisk: Is there some element in the US military that wants to take out
      journalists?
      09 April 2003


      First the Americans killed the correspondent of al-Jazeera yesterday and
      wounded his cameraman. Then, within four hours, they attacked the Reuters
      television bureau in Baghdad, killing one of its cameramen and a cameraman for
      Spain's Tele 5 channel and wounding four other members of the Reuters staff.

      Was it possible to believe this was an accident? Or was it possible that the
      right word for these killings – the first with a jet aircraft, the second with
      an M1A1 Abrams tank – was murder? These were not, of course, the first
      journalists to die in the Anglo-American invasion of Iraq. Terry Lloyd of ITV
      was shot dead by American troops in southern Iraq, who apparently mistook his
      car for an Iraqi vehicle. His crew are still missing. Michael Kelly of The
      Washington Post tragically drowned in a canal. Two journalists have died in
      Kurdistan. Two journalists – a German and a Spaniard – were killed on Monday
      night at a US base in Baghdad, with two Americans, when an Iraqi missile
      exploded amid them.

      And we should not forget the Iraqi civilians who are being killed and maimed by
      the hundred and who – unlike their journalist guests – cannot leave the war and
      fly home. So the facts of yesterday should speak for themselves. Unfortunately
      for the Americans, they make it look very like murder.

      The US jet turned to rocket al-Jazeera's office on the banks of the Tigris at
      7.45am local time yesterday. The television station's chief correspondent in
      Baghdad, Tariq Ayoub, a Jordanian-Palestinian, was on the roof with his second
      cameraman, an Iraqi called Zuheir, reporting a pitched battle near the bureau
      between American and Iraqi troops. Mr Ayoub's colleague Maher Abdullah recalled
      afterwards that both men saw the plane fire the rocket as it swooped toward
      their building, which is close to the Jumhuriya Bridge upon which two American
      tanks had just appeared.

      "On the screen, there was this battle and we could see bullets flying and then
      we heard the aircraft," Mr Abdullah said.

      "The plane was flying so low that those of us downstairs thought it would land
      on the roof – that's how close it was. We actually heard the rocket being
      launched. It was a direct hit – the missile actually exploded against our
      electrical generator. Tariq died almost at once. Zuheir was injured."

      Now for America's problems in explaining this little saga. Back in 2001, the
      United States fired a cruise missile at al-Jazeera's office in Kabul – from
      which tapes of Osama bin Laden had been broadcast around the world. No
      explanation was ever given for this extraordinary attack on the night before
      the city's "liberation"; the Kabul correspondent, Taiseer Alouni, was unhurt.
      By the strange coincidence of journalism, Mr Alouni was in the Baghdad office
      yesterday to endure the USAF's second attack on al-Jazeera.

      Far more disturbing, however, is the fact that the al-Jazeera network – the
      freest Arab television station, which has incurred the fury of both the
      Americans and the Iraqi authorities for its live coverage of the war – gave the
      Pentagon the co-ordinates of its Baghdad office two months ago and received
      assurances that the bureau would not be attacked.

      Then on Monday, the US State Department's spokesman in Doha, an Arab-American
      called Nabil Khouri, visited al-Jazeera's offices in the city and, according to
      a source within the Qatari satellite channel, repeated the Pentagon's
      assurances. Within 24 hours, the Americans had fired their missile into the
      Baghdad office.

      The next assault, on Reuters, came just before midday when an Abrams tank on
      the Jamhuriya Bridge suddenly pointed its gun barrel towards the Palestine
      Hotel where more than 200 foreign journalists are staying to cover the war from
      the Iraqi side. Sky Television's David Chater noticed the barrel moving. The
      French television channel France 3 had a crew in a neighbouring room and
      videotaped the tank on the bridge. The tape shows a bubble of fire emerging
      from the barrel, the sound of a detonation and then pieces of paintwork falling
      past the camera as it vibrates with the impact.

      In the Reuters bureau on the 15th floor, the shell exploded amid the staff. It
      mortally wounded a Ukrainian cameraman, Taras Protsyuk, who was also filming
      the tanks, and seriously wounded another member of the staff, Paul Pasquale
      from Britain, and two other journalists, including Reuters' Lebanese-
      Palestinian reporter Samia Nakhoul. On the next floor, Tele 5's cameraman Jose
      Couso was badly hurt. Mr Protsyuk died shortly afterwards. His camera and its
      tripod were left in the office, which was swamped with the crew's blood. Mr
      Couso had a leg amputated but he died half an hour after the operation.

      The Americans responded with what all the evidence proves to be a
      straightforward lie. General Buford Blount of the US 3rd Infantry Division –
      whose tanks were on the bridge – announced that his vehicles had come under
      rocket and rifle fire from snipers in the Palestine Hotel, that his tank had
      fired a single round at the hotel and that the gunfire had then ceased. The
      general's statement, however, was untrue.

      I was driving on a road between the tanks and the hotel at the moment the shell
      was fired – and heard no shooting. The French videotape of the attack runs for
      more than four minutes and records absolute silence before the tank's armament
      is fired. And there were no snipers in the building. Indeed, the dozens of
      journalists and crews living there – myself included – have watched like hawks
      to make sure that no armed men should ever use the hotel as an assault point.

      This is, one should add, the same General Blount who boasted just over a month
      ago that his crews would be using depleted uranium munitions – the kind many
      believe to be responsible for an explosion of cancers after the 1991 Gulf War –
      in their tanks. For General Blount to suggest, as he clearly does, that the
      Reuters camera crew was in some way involved in shooting at Americans merely
      turns a meretricious statement into a libellous one.

      Again, we should remember that three dead and five wounded journalists do not
      constitute a massacre – let alone the equivalence of the hundreds of civilians
      being maimed by the invasion force. And it is a truth that needs to be
      remembered that the Iraqi regime has killed a few journalists of its own over
      the years, with tens of thousands of its own people. But something very
      dangerous appeared to be getting loose yesterday. General Blount's explanation
      was the kind employed by the Israelis after they have killed the innocent. Is
      there therefore some message that we reporters are supposed to learn from all
      this? Is there some element in the American military that has come to hate the
      press and wants to take out journalists based in Baghdad, to hurt those whom
      our Home Secretary, David Blunkett, has maliciously claimed to be
      working "behind enemy lines". Could it be that this claim – that international
      correspondents are in effect collaborating with Mr Blunkett's enemy (most
      Britons having never supported this war in the first place) – is turning into
      some kind of a death sentence?

      I knew Mr Ayoub. I have broadcast during the war from the rooftop on which he
      died. I told him then how easy a target his Baghdad office would make if the
      Americans wanted to destroy its coverage – seen across the Arab world – of
      civilian victims of the bombing. Mr Protsyuk of Reuters often shared the
      Palestine Hotel's elevator with me. Samia Nakhoul, who is 42, has been a friend
      and colleague since the 1975-90 Lebanese ci
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