Journalists: U.S. military deleted photos of attack

[Poiuyt]

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Afghan journalists covering the aftermath of a suicide bomb attack and shooting in eastern Afghanistan Sunday said U.S. troops deleted their photos and video and warned them not to publish or air any images of U.S. troops or a car where three Afghans were shot to death.

Afghan witnesses and gunshot victims said U.S. forces fired on civilians in cars and on foot along at least a six-mile stretch of road in Nangarhar province following a suicide attack against the Marine convoy. The U.S. military said militants also fired on American forces during the attack.

The U.S.-led coalition reportedly said as many as 16 Afghan civilians were killed and more than two dozen were wounded following a suicide attack and ambush on a coalition military convoy. (Full story)

A freelance photographer working for The Associated Press and a cameraman working for AP Television News said a U.S. soldier deleted their photos and video showing a four-wheel drive vehicle in which three people were shot to death about 100 yards from the suicide bombing. The AP plans to lodge a protest with the American military.

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http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/03/04/afghan.photos.ap/index.html

[Selatius]

1. They claim to fight for freedom, yet the big wigs violate those very same principles doing so.

It's no better than Chinese troops confiscating footage from cameramen at Tiananmen Square. Censorship is censorship.

[The_Casual_Observer]

2. What are they trying to hide??

The story keeps changing. It appears that they went nuts & slaughtered everybody in sight.

[in_cog_ni_to]

3. It's time to start smuggling pictures out of the war zones. This should NEVER be allowed or accepted

by any respectable journalist.