Reuters photographer says reborn after freed by U.S.

FourScore

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Wed Feb-10-10 07:58 AM
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Reuters photographer says reborn after freed by U.S.

Source: Reuters

The U.S. military freed a Reuters photographer in Iraq on Wednesday, almost a year and a half after snatching him from his home in the middle of the night and holding him without charge...

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..."I am very pleased his long incarceration without charge is finally over," Reuters editor-in-chief David Schlesinger said...

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...The U.S. military has asserted that Jassam was a "security threat." The accusations had to do with "activities with insurgents," it said last year, without giving any specifics.

The term "insurgents" generally refers to Sunni Islamist groups. Jassam is a Shi'ite Muslim....

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100210/ts_nm/us_iraq_photographer

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Robb

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Wed Feb-10-10 08:07 AM
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1. This is a fascinating story.

I hope he does more interviews. He was picked up and held for a few months twice before his third and final arrest.

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saigon68

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Wed Feb-10-10 08:13 AM
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2. Thuggery on display

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truth2power

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Wed Feb-10-10 11:51 AM
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6. Yes it is. I am more sickened every day by US terrorist acts

around the world. (depleted uranium, drone attacks etc.)

(I originally wrote a lengthy response to your "thuggery" comment that developed into a rant over the US bullying of Iran. I deleted it because it would have been seen as a sub-thread and deleted. Maybe I'll put it in its own thread.)

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M155Y_A1CH

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Wed Feb-10-10 11:31 AM
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3. K&R

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activa8tr

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Wed Feb-10-10 11:42 AM
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4. Held a YEAR AND A HALF without any real charges... now THAT means

this guy was "detained" while Bush and Cheney were running the show.

Why did it take SO DAMN LONG to straighten this out?

Oh wait, the Iraqi's released him, the Bush/Cheney army just broke into his house and got him!!

Anybody else see something wrong with this picture?

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Blue_Tires

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Wed Feb-10-10 11:48 AM
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5. trying to send a message to non-famous media who don't follow the script

have any of the blackwater guys ever spent a single day in an iraqi prison??

why aren't any army brass made to answer publicly for this??

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