Iraqi Cameraman for CBS Faces Trial

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Iraqi Cameraman for CBS Faces Trial

Wednesday March 22, 2006 2:16 PM


By VANESSA ARRINGTON

Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - An Iraqi cameraman working for CBS News when he was wounded and detained by the U.S. military will be tried next month, CBS officials said Wednesday.

Abdul Ameer Younis Hussein's trial was scheduled to begin Wednesday, but an Iraqi judge postponed the proceedings until April 5, said Larry Doyle, the CBS bureau chief in Baghdad.

Charges against Hussein have not been made public.

Hussein was taken into custody after being wounded by American forces as he videotaped clashes in Mosul in northern Iraq in April 2005. Doyle said he received an e-mail from the U.S. task force at Abu Ghraib saying Hussein ``appeared to be instigating a crowd'' in Mosul.

At the time of Hussein's arrest, CBS News reported that the U.S. military said the tape in the journalist's camera led them to suspect he had prior knowledge of attacks on American troops, Doyle said. But more details from the military have been hard to come by, the bureau chief said.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5703407,00.html

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1. Hmm .... CBS -- the Bush media scapegoat