U.S. investigates claim of reporter in Iraq being roughed up

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U.S. investigates claim of reporter in Iraq being roughed up

BAGHDAD (Kyodo) A senior U.S. military official said Tuesday the U.S. armed forces is investigating allegations that its troops assaulted and detained a Japanese journalist who was covering a raid on civilian houses in Baghdad.

Japan Press reporter Kazutaka Sato, 47, was beaten by U.S. soldiers while photographing civilian damage caused by a U.S. raid in Baghdad's Mansur district Sunday, according to Sato's colleague, Mika Yamamoto, who was on the scene. <snip>

Yamamoto claimed the U.S. soldiers may have been trying to hide the bodies of civilians killed in the operation.

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20030731b6.htm

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