http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001053987BAGHDAD (Reuters) U.S. military confirmed on Thursday that its soldiers killed a Reuters journalist in Iraq but said their action was "appropriate."
Describing Sunday's incident, when television soundman Waleed Khaled was killed by multiple shots, Major General Rick Lynch said: "That car approached at a high rate of speed and then conducted activity that in itself was suspicious. There were individuals hanging outside with what looked to be a weapon.
... Reuters Global Managing Editor David Schlesinger rejected any suggestion that the killing of Waleed was justified.
"The idea that the killing of a professional journalist doing his duty could be justified is repugnant to me," he said.
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