normalnoises Posted August 30 Report Share Posted August 30 Al-Jazeera: 2 detained by USBy Reuters, 8/30/2003DOHA, Qatar -- The Arabic television network Al-Jazeera said US forces detained two of its journalists yesterday near the Iraqi city of Ramadi, west of Baghdad, while they were interviewing witnesses about a recent blast.Another correspondent said US soldiers "expressed their hatred of Al-Jazeera and threatened to open fire on any Al-Jazeera correspondent working in Ramadi in the future."A defense official in Washington who asked not to be named said that two people who had identified themselves as journalists working for Al-Jazeera had been detained."An investigation will determine whether they were . . . legitimately covering the news," the official said.In July, US forces arrested two Al-Jazeera crew members in the northern city of Mosul.REUTERShttp://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2003/08/30/al_jazeera_2_detained_by_us?mode=PF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassa Posted August 31 Report Share Posted August 31 what the hell???? and they did not state why they were detained? is this legal under international law or any type of jurisdiction??? seriously, how far will they keep pushing the borderline..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
normalnoises Posted August 31 Author Report Share Posted August 31 Originally posted by sassa what the hell???? and they did not state why they were detained? is this legal under international law or any type of jurisdiction??? seriously, how far will they keep pushing the borderline..... It's pushing the envelope. Don't expect the military to abide by the rules of the geneva convention. Journalists aren't civilians to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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