[A-List] No Witnesses: Russian Leader - US May Force Press Out As Bloody Fighting Starts

["Ralph Johansen" <michele@xxxxxxxx>]

> <President of the State Duma Committee on
> International Affairs, Dmitriy Ragozin says, "I don't
> exclude the possibility that the US forces there are
> acting with the aim of forcing the international press
> corps out of the city. Soon, with street combat, there
> is going to be a lot of blood on the streets and they
> don't really want the world to know about it. So
> they're trying to frighten the journalists into
> leaving and there will be no one to cover what is
> about to happen on the streets of Baghdad.">


No Witnesses: Russian Leader - US May Force Press Out As Bloody
Fighting Starts

> http://www9.sbs.com.au/theworldnews/articles/3/56643.html
>
> Top stories from NTV, Moscow
> 9.4.2003. 12:58:34
> www.ntv.ru
>
> RUSSIAN DEPUTIES CONDEMN CIVILIAN ATTACKS
>
> Russia's Foreign Affairs Ministry has not officially
> criticised coalition forces for the latest civilian
> deaths in Iraq. Three journalists were killed in two
> attacks, including Ukrainian reporter Taras Protsuk.
> The 35 year old father of an eight year old son died
> just a day after the attack on a Russian diplomatic
> convoy leaving Baghdad. He was based in Warsaw.
> However, in the corridors of the State Duma loud
> criticism is being directed against the US forces.
> President of the State Duma Committee on International
> Affairs, Dmitriy Ragozin says, "I don't exclude the
> possibility that the US forces there are acting with
> the aim of forcing the international press corps out
> of the city. Soon, with street combat, there is going
> to be a lot of blood on the streets and they don't
> really want the world to know about it. So they're
> trying to frighten the journalists into leaving and
> there will be no one to cover what is about to happen
> on the streets of Baghdad." The chief of Al Jazeera
> office's in Moscow, Akram Khazam, said the US doesn't
> want accurate reporting of events in Baghdad. The
> death of a reporter during an attack on the Arab
> network's Baghdad offices is not the first time their
> premises have come under attack. Two years ago their
> offices in Afghanistan were also bombed by the USA.