US troops seize award-winning Iraqi journalist

US troops seize award-winning Iraqi journalist

Monday January 9, 2006
The Guardian


American troops in Baghdad yesterday blasted their way into the home of an Iraqi journalist working for the Guardian and Channel 4, firing bullets into the bedroom where he was sleeping with his wife and children.
Ali Fadhil, who two months ago won the Foreign Press Association young journalist of the year award, was hooded and taken for questioning. He was released hours later.

Dr Fadhil is working with Guardian Films on an investigation for Channel 4's Dispatches programme into claims that tens of millions of dollars worth of Iraqi funds held by the Americans and British have been misused or misappropriated.


The troops told Dr Fadhil that they were looking for an Iraqi insurgent and seized video tapes he had shot for the programme. These have not yet been returned.
The director of the film, Callum Macrae, said yesterday: "The timing and nature of this raid is extremely disturbing. It is only a few days since we first approached the US authorities and told them Ali was doing this investigation, and asked them then to grant him an interview about our findings.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/frontpage/story/0,16518,1682246,00.html

:grr: Damn these rat bastards! Not in my name. NOT IN MY NAME, Damnit!

Peace.

n/t

A Guardian reporter, award winning, was shooting some film about IraqNam. The U.S. forces had to stop him!!!!!

This is classic bushco......bully them in to submission. I hope the guy moves and keeps on investigating.

that scares him enough to shut him up.

of three bills -- one for a select committee, two for impeachment.

This story illustrates perfectly WHY we have to do it! Here's a link to the action thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x80228


Edited: link

:hi:

talking about secrecy in goverment and media response.

Iraq: The Bloody Circus
link here:
http://www.channel4.com/more4/event/I/gallery/index.html

Looks like channel4 is now an ememy of the US government. :puke:

US troops were used to arrest an Iraqi journalist working on a story for a British news organization about corruption in defense contracts in Iraq. This is very troubling on all sorts of levels. US troops do not have a Status of Forces agreement with Iraq and do not have a constitutional right to arrest civilians without a warrant. And, the US military should not be harassing journalists reporting on contract fraud.

http://www.juancole.com/