An AP photographer who shared a Pulitzer Prize in 2005 now sits in a U.S. Army jail in Baghdad

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American 'justice' in Iraq

western news
Editorial
Monday, April 16, 2007

An Associated Press photographer who shared a Pulitzer Prize in 2005 now sits in a U.S. Army jail in Baghdad. He's been there a year with no formal charges filed against him.

Bilal Hussein, an Iraqi citizen born and raised in Fallujah, Iraq, was hired by AP in 2004 as a translator and driver. A graduate of the Baghdad Institute of Technology, he quickly made the transition to photographer.

His photos were remarkable for catching close-up action, including fighting and poses by insurgents. After his arrest on April 12, 2006, the U.S. military claimed that he was collaborating with insurgents.

One allegation was that Hussein assisted in the kidnapping of two Arab journalists. AP, according to a United Press International report last September, tracked down the two journalists, and they said Hussein had helped them, not betrayed them.

was able to get a trial for their citizen held captive in Gitmo.

This is not the America I believed in.

damn sure ain't the one I went half the way around the globe for, no way and I'm getting more pissed with each passing day

Even though I did it during the cold war, it ain't the one I was raised in.

-Hoot

He's being used as an example. Doesn't matter who you are, or what you've accomplished. We are the big bad U.S., and we will treat you like dirt if we want to. :(

...with a camera, no less. :eyes:

:sarcasm:

I am going by brain Tivo (It still functions Ok). I remember a conference (pre-war) & a reporter asked what the biggest threat to the modern military was. His reply without a hitch was "the Press". OMG I thought we are in deep shit & so we are.

Anyone remember the "accidental" shelling of a hotel full of reporters at the start of the war?.
Edited to add:
Giuliana Sgrena & many many other attacks on the press have been documented.