 Friday, March 19, 2004 Journos walk out
of Powell briefing From correspondents in Baghdad March 19, 2004
ARAB journalists walked out of a
news conference held by US Secretary of State
Colin Powell today in a protest against the
shooting deaths of two Iraqi reporters, allegedly
by US troops.  One
Arab journalist stood up as soon as Powell walked
into the room at the Baghdad convention centre and
read a statement saying that after one year of "US
occupation," Americans cannot provide security in
Iraq.
"We demand an open investigation in front of the
mass media," the Arab journalist said. "We also
demand that security be guaranteed to
journalists". Seconds later, more than 20 journalists walked
out of the room. Powell said he regretted "any loss of life,
journalists, coalition soldiers, missionaries,
average Iraqi citizens going about their daily
lives." A reporter for Arab satellite television station
Al-Arabiya died from his wounds today after
US soldiers shot him
hours earlier along with a cameraman, who died at
the scene, the station said. Five journalists have been killed in Iraq in
less than 24 hours. The US military said it had no information on
the shootings of the correspondents late yesterday.
But it reported the shooting death of an Iraqi at a
checkpoint, and the time and place of that death
matched details reported by Al-Arabiya about the
incident involving its Iraqi staffers.  
US troops kill
journalist of independent al-'Arabiyah
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