Search Options
close
Search the following clips:
All Clips
Everyone's Clips
My Guides
Sign Up
Install
Learn More
Login
AP photographer freed by US after 2 years in custody
premjayanthan
follow
0
4-17-2008 7:56 AM
37 views
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.
Add a Comment
Login
to Comment. Not a member yet?
Sign up
Related Clips
Pull people out of themselves: to see the...
ISRAEL AND PALESTINE SIGN PEACE DEAL TO PR...
Condoleezza Rice plays piano for the Queen
Giant amoebas found rolling on sea floor
Canadian Coalition, Liberal Leadership Rac...
THE OFFICIAL RECESSION WE ARE IN
Denmark's Kinder, Gentler System of Eugenics
More clips from
premjayanthan
The terrorist named Mandela...
In an Absolut World
Sri Lanka's disappeared: Gang demands Tami...
Today's Top Clips
Humanity May Hold Key For Next Earth Evolution
New Dolphin Species Discovered
"No Child Left Behind" a "Trojan Horse" for Pentagon Recruiters
What will happen in the next 5 years? read it here :)
Bush Takes a Last-Minute Swipe at Workers' Rights
Quaker statement on gay marriage
After Seven Years, Guantánamo Prisoners Need to be Tried or Released
Why do people overbid in auctions?
The 'morning after' HIV drug cocktail
Memories may be stored on your DNA
visit the
Top Clips page
View the Top Clips from
April 17, 2008
Embed This Clip In Your Site...
<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/124630b1-67eb-4d71-937b-d05bd417fad5/1FA156C9-3431-4B43-99B9-F30049E32A3F/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080416/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_photographer_freed" href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080416/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_photographer_freed" style="font-size: 11px;">news.yahoo.com</a></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"> 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;"> </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>
Clipmarks
Home
New Clips
Top Clips
Dashboard
Popular Topics
News
Life
Science
Technology
Entertainment
Get Started
Sign Up
Install Clipping Tool
How Clipping Works
Clip-to-Blog™
ClipSearch
Tools and Resources
FAQ
ClipWeek
Top Clippers
Top Tags
Site Map
About Clipmarks
About Us
Contact
Blog
Copyright
Privacy
EULA
OK
