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Tanks killer reuters journalist Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1035780683983&call_pageid=1045739058633&col=1045739057805 http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1035780683983&call_pageid=1045739058633&col=1045739057805 Apr. 8, 2003. 06:47 AM Baghdad hotel attack kills journalist Tank round hits Palestine Hotel, base for many journalists BAGHDAD (AP) — A hotel where many international journalists are staying took fire today after U.S. troops said snipers were shooting at them from the building. An Arab journalist was killed when a U.S. warplane fired on the Al-Jazeera office in Baghdad. At least five journalists were injured in Baghdad's Palestine Hotel. In London, Reuters spokeswoman Susan Allsopp said four Reuters staff were among them — a reporter, a photographer, a cameraman and a technician. The extent of their injuries wasn't clear, and they were taken to hospital. Spanish television network Telecinco said its cameraman in Baghdad was also wounded. Abu Dhabi television showed a shell impact on a wall next to a balcony of the hotel. It appeared to be a tank shell or a rocket. Journalists fled to the courtyard, and American troops suggested that reporters hang white sheets out the window of their rooms. U.S. troops said they were taking fire from snipers in the hotel and could see men on the roof with binoculars surveying their positions. Earlier Tuesday, a correspondent for the Al-Jazeera television network was killed when its Baghdad office was hit during a U.S. bombing campaign that another journalist said may have been deliberate. Nabil Khoury, the U.S. State Department spokesman at Camp As Sayliyah, Doha, said the strike on the Arab satellite TV network's office was a mistake. "It is something we all regret. But I don't believe that it is possible that it was deliberate," he said in Arabic in an interview to Al-Jazeera. "I personally cannot imagine that a country which respects general freedoms can target media establishments," he added. Al-Jazeera television showed two people being rushed out of the Palestine Hotel, carried on blankets through the lobby of the hotel and were put in cars that took off, apparently for hospital. One body was soaked red with blood. One of the people carrying the wounded was heard screaming: "I need a car. I need a car." Soon after the building took tank fire, a ceasefire was declared on the Palestine. The U.S. military agreed not to fire on the building. Al-Jazeera television showed frightened reporters running with flak vests in the hotel's corridors. Footage showed colleagues carrying the wounded to the elevator down to the lobby. One woman journalist tried to calm down another, who appeared distraught. London-based Sky TV showed pictures of a woman with a bloodied face being carried into the back of a car and driven away. Al-Jazeera's Tareq Ayoub died after suffering serious wounds, the network announced. The office was almost destroyed by two missiles and another cameraman was injured, Al-Jazeera said. The Abu Dhabi TV office in Baghdad was also targeted by U.S. bombing, the station reported. A group of people were seen on carrying a wounded man to a jeep belonging to Abu Dhabi TV. He was then rushed to hospital. Officials at Abu Dhabi TV were not available for comment.

Coverup over journalists death Palestine hotel struck journalists injured Palestine hotel { May 27 2003 } Pressure grows over journalists killing Reporters denied troops fired from hotel Reuters journalist killed { April 8 2003 } Search of truth { August 11 2003 } Stopped firing on press base { April 8 2003 } Tanks killer reuters journalist Us attacks kill three journalists Us cleared over deaths { August 12 2003 } Us missile hits aljazeera office { April 8 2003 } Us scolded for clearing forces Warned journalists should not be there Files Listed: 14

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