Re: U.S. killing "not error," Reuters cameraman's brother says

[Ben Pincas <benpincas@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 27 Aug 2003, Ben C wrote:

> I think the initial news reports said that the cameraman was filming one
> of the US army's prisons/detention centres. These are where they keep
> suspected regime sympathisers, suspected terrorists, and (as posts to
> this list have highlighted) anyone unlucky enough to be apprehended...
> they keep them pretty much incommunicado, without lawyers, torture them,
> and so on. Or at least that's the story I've heard. So maybe that's why
> they didn't want this cameraman snooping around? I agree it seems
> unlikely it was a pure accident.
>

That's right.

There was also a witness - a French journalist.

Also, the cameraman had reported previously to the prison guards and announced 
himself showing his press credentials.

The french journalist is convinced that it was deliberate since the cameraman 
was so easily identifiable as such.

If there had not already been so many assassinations of journalists, we might 
be more benign in our judgement.

I think it was deliberate and i think the report about a mass grave for U.S. 
(!) personnel is a plant which the USuk would then "expose" at a later time in 
order to totally discredit the press and their accusations.

We must be careful (and the press as well, of course).

Ben
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