AP photographer freed by US after 2 years in custody


	AP photographer freed by US after 2 years in custody

premjayanthan

4-17-2008 7:56 AM

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premjayanthan says:

Just think about all the photographers, journalists, and other INNOCENT civilians abducted by the U.S. military who are not Pulitizer Prize winners or AP photographers.

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                                        AP photographer freed by US after 2 years in custody</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080416/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_photographer_freed">Tearful relatives rushed to embrace Hussein, who had been given just a few hours' notice of his release.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080416/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_photographer_freed">"I have spent two years in prison even though I was innocent. I thank everybody," said Hussein, 36,</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080416/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_photographer_freed">"I thank God for Bilal's release and I hope that all Iraqi detainees will be released," said his 69-year-old mother, Taqiya Ahmed.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080416/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_photographer_freed">the <SPAN id="lw_1208377535_5" class="yshortcuts">U.S. military</SPAN>'s detention command said Monday it no longer deemed Hussein a security threat and he would be freed.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080416/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_photographer_freed">Hussein was a member of the AP team that won a <SPAN id="lw_1208377535_7" class="yshortcuts">Pulitzer Prize</SPAN> for photography in 2005, and his detention drew protests from rights groups and <SPAN id="lw_1208377535_8" class="yshortcuts">press freedom advocates</SPAN>.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080416/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_photographer_freed">the executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalists, Joel Simon, said the group was "thrilled" by Hussein's release.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080416/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_photographer_freed">"He now joins a growing list of journalists detained in conflict zones by the U.S. military for prolonged periods and eventually released without any charges or crimes ever substantiated against them,"</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/1FA156C9-3431-4B43-99B9-F30049E32A3F/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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