Nitpick
17th August 2003, 12:51 PM
Here's a link to the story (SFGate): (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2003/08/17/international1436EDT0473.DTL)
Another one (Reuters) (http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=3290537)
Possibly "friendly fire" -
SFGate-quote:
A Reuters staffer told The Associated Press in Baghdad that Dana, a Palestinian, appeared to have been shot by U.S. soldiers as he was videotaping outside the Abu Ghraib prison after a mortar attack there Sunday, in which six prisoners were killed and about 60 others were wounded.
The staffer, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the videotape in Dana's camera showed two U.S. tanks coming toward him, two shots, apparently from the tanks, rang out and Dana fell to the ground. He was taken away by a U.S. helicopter for treatment.
Reuters does not specify (or even speculate on) who fired the shots.
EDIT:
I'm aware that a term like "friendly fire" is somewhat inadequate here, as journalists are (usually) supposed not to belong to either side. But nothing better came to my mind.
Another one (Reuters) (http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=3290537)
Possibly "friendly fire" -
SFGate-quote:
A Reuters staffer told The Associated Press in Baghdad that Dana, a Palestinian, appeared to have been shot by U.S. soldiers as he was videotaping outside the Abu Ghraib prison after a mortar attack there Sunday, in which six prisoners were killed and about 60 others were wounded.
The staffer, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the videotape in Dana's camera showed two U.S. tanks coming toward him, two shots, apparently from the tanks, rang out and Dana fell to the ground. He was taken away by a U.S. helicopter for treatment.
Reuters does not specify (or even speculate on) who fired the shots.
EDIT:
I'm aware that a term like "friendly fire" is somewhat inadequate here, as journalists are (usually) supposed not to belong to either side. But nothing better came to my mind.