Second Arabiya Journalist Dies After U.S. Shooting

Mar 19, 7:20 am ET

By Fiona O'Brien
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A second Iraqi journalist working for Dubai-based satellite television channel Al Arabiya died on Friday from his wounds a day after U.S. troops shot at them in central Baghdad, the channel said.

Correspondent Ali al-Khatib died in hospital in Baghdad. Arabiya cameraman Ali Abdelaziz died on Thursday from a gunshot wound to the head after U.S. troops opened fire on their car at a checkpoint.

Arab journalists walked out of a Baghdad news conference given by Secretary of State Colin Powell in protest at the lack of security and the killing of the two Arabiya journalists.

A representative of the Iraqi media read out a statement at the start of the news conference, condemning the killing as Powell and Iraq's U.S. governor Paul Bremer looked on.

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they knew what they were doing.

"Let god sort them out" he continued

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"At the beginning of March, US forces announced that all journalists currently in, or arriving to, Iraq must register with and obtain a press card from them."

Embedding wasn't enough I guess, and how does the USA justify curtailing what the journalists do in Iraq anyways, ??

Isn't Iraq "free" now?

Nevermind

When "U.S. troops shot at them"? How is a journalist "them"?

Jay