IRAQ: HUNDREDS OF IRAQIS IN BAGHDAD MOURN DEATH OF TWO EMPLOYEES OF U.S.-FUNDED AL-IRAQIYA TELEVISION KILLED BY U.S. FORCES IN SAMARRA

Record ID: 648456

  • Title: IRAQ: HUNDREDS OF IRAQIS IN BAGHDAD MOURN DEATH OF TWO EMPLOYEES OF U.S.-FUNDED AL-IRAQIYA TELEVISION KILLED BY U.S. FORCES IN SAMARRA
  • Date: 20th April 2004
  • Summary: (W4) BAGHDAD, IRAQ (APRIL 20, 2004) (REUTERS) 1. WIDE OF PEOPLE GATHERING ROUND PICK-UP VEHICLE CARRYING COFFIN 0.07 2. SV/CU: PEOPLE ON PICK-UP VEHICLE CRYING OVER COFFIN (2 SHOTS) 0.20 3. PICK-UP VEHICLE CARRYING COFFIN DRIVING BY/ MOURNERS CHANTING ALLAH-U-AKBAR (GOD IS GREATEST) 0.36 4. VARIOUS OF PICK-UP CARRYING COFFIN/ MOURNERS CRYING (2 SHOTS) 0.50 5. MOURNERS CRYING OVER COFFIN; SHOWING PICTURE OF ONE OF THE KILLED MEN 0.59 6. VARIOUS OF WOMEN CRYING (2 SHOTS) 1.13 7. CU: MOURNERS CRYING SHOUTING ALLAH-U-AKBAR (GOD IS GREATEST) 1.18 8. ZOOM OUT: MOURNERS AROUND CAR 1.32 9. CAR CARRYING COFFIN HEADING TOWARDS BAGHDAD ENTRANCE 1.39 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 5th May 2004 13:00
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  • Location: BAGHDAD, IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Reuters ID: LVA9OM6D7QB97TKE5EIPKT1DPQU2
  • Story Text: Hundreds of Iraqis mourned the death of two
    employees of a U.S.-funded Iraqi television.



    Hundreds of relatives and colleagues gathered on
    Tuesday (April 20) to participate in the funeral of two
    staff of al-Iraqiya television killed on Monday by U.S.

    fire.

    U.S. forces killed correspondent Asaad Kadhim and
    driver Hussein Saleh of the U.S.-funded television station
    Al-Iraqiya while working in Samarra, north of Baghdad.

    The mourners waited for hours for the arrival of the
    bodies at the Baghdad Gate, the main entrance of the
    Baghdad city from north.

    Shouting "Allah-u-Akbar" (God is Greatest), bereaved
    relatives and collegues blasted the United States as they
    cried over the coffins and holding up pictures of the dead
    men.

    According to the colleagues of the dead men, a
    cameraman was also injured in the attack in the northern
    city of Samarra.

    The U.S. military said it had no information on the
    deaths.

    Local and international media organizations have
    criticized the conduct of U.S. forces in Iraq, saying more
    care should be taken to protect journalists.

    At least six other journalists have been killed by U.S.

    forces in Iraq since the U.S.-led war began.


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