Friday, August 26, 2005

Reuters

"'The policy doesn't need to change. The policy that's in effect is the one that will stay in effect.'"
From Major General Rick Lynch at a news conference in Baghdad referring to the policy of examining detainees regardless of their profession.

A Reuters cameraman is being detained as a "security detainee" at Abu Ghraib for 60 days. The implication from the story is that he was in contact with terrorists (called "insurgents" by the Guardian and Reuters despite the car bombs that kill civilians daily.) "International press freedom groups have spoken out against the arrest, pointing out that journalists' work is likely to put them into contact with insurgents." is practically an admission that the Reuters cameraman was guilty. Most convincing of his guilt, however, is this:
The Paris-based Reporters Sans Frontieres said it had written to the US's commander in the Middle East, General John Abizaid, to demand Mashhadani's release.
What is most cheering is that the military is not impressed by the demands of Reuters.

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