Klaus
Refugee
from CNN.COM
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Two journalists were killed by an explosion at the Palestine Hotel and an Al-Jazeera TV reporter died when an airstrike hit a building housing the Arab media on Tuesday during intense but sporadic warfare in central Baghdad, the respective news services said.
At least four other journalists were injured in the blast at the Palestine Hotel, used by many international journalists as a base in Baghdad.
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...Journalists operating independently in contested areas put themselves most at risk, said Brooks, who added that, "where we have knowledge of (their presence), I think we can do what we can to try to prevent injuring journalists and any other noncombatants."
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"Tageschau" to the same subject:
..."Hotel "Palestine" was shot by a US tank most of the International Journalists stay (approx. 150 ).
2 US Rockets hit the Baghdad Headquater of Abu Dhabi TV/Al Jazeera. Al Jazeera reporters couldn't imagine that it was coincidence because they were hit by not only one but by 2 rockets
Both places were well known Journalist buildings.
Spanish defence minister Federico Triollo asks the USA for a explenation of this.
He also urges all spanish reporters to leave Baghdad emediately because of future uncontrollable situations
Victoria Clarke (US Pentagon speaker) said that US army has bin atacked from the hotel and they had to selfdefend.
No journalist could be found so far who heared these shots.
One journalist asked why the US troops fired into the 15.th floor when the US troops thought they saw shots from the lobby.
Great Britain won't protest against these acts.
Reporters without borders protest against this attack and say it "dosn't look like an accident". The IFJ protests at US and Iraqi attacks at Journalists and said that both parties should stop these warcrimes. The DJF protests against these acts to and asks US troops to stop attacks against international Journalists emediately.
Klaus
p.s. sorry, some text passages are translated several times so they might not be the exact words, i tried not to change the intension of the article
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