Iraqi Press Under Attack
There have been a few cases of Iraqi reporters being treated, well, badly:
A photographer for a Baghdad newspaper says Iraqi police beat and detained him for snapping pictures of long lines at gas stations. A reporter for another local paper received an invitation from Iraqi police to cover their graduation ceremony and ended up receiving death threats from the recruits. A local TV reporter says she’s lost count of how many times Iraqi authorities have confiscated her cameras and smashed her tapes.
Most incidents appear to involve the police.
May 4th, 2005 at 1:23 pm
I didnt realize American police officers had been doing the training in Iraq. Sounds like they have taught them to start off a police state and the avoid the shock to the public later.