Reporters' Organization Calls for Inquiry into Deaths
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has issued a statement criticizing both sides in the war for the death of journalists. They are also calling for an inquiry. You can read the statement here.
To date 12 reporters have died covering the war and two are missing.MEDIA DEATHS IN IRAQ 8 April: Jose Couso (Telecinco, Spain)The U.S. also comes under fire today from Reporters Without Borders , which has issued a statement accusing the US military of deliberately firing at journalists.
8 April: Taras Protsyuk (Reuters, UK)
8 April: Tareq Ayoub (al-Jazeera, Qatar)
7 April: Christian Liebig (Focus, Germany)
7 April: Julio Anguita Parrado (El Mundo, Spain)
6 April: David Bloom (NBC, US)
6 April: Kamaran Abdurazaq Muhamed (BBC, UK)
4 April: Michael Kelly (Washington Post, US)
2 April: Kaveh Golestan (BBC, UK)
30 March: Gaby Rado (ITN, UK)
22 March: Paul Moran (ABC, Australia)
22 March: Terry Lloyd (ITN, UK)
"We are appalled at what happened because it was known that both places contained journalists," said the organisation's secretary-general Robert Ménard. "Film shot by the French TV station France 3 and descriptions by journalists show the neighbourhood was very quiet at that hour and that the US tank crew took their time, waiting for a couple of minutes and adjusting its gun before opening fire."
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