British broadcaster names US marines present at journalist's shooting

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LONDON (AFP) — Britain's biggest commercial broadcaster ITV on Monday revealed what it alleged were the names of all 16 marines who were present when television reporter Terry Lloyd was shot dead during the invasion of Iraq in 2003.

The broadcaster listed the names of the marines, reportedly members of Red Platoon, Delta Company, one by one, saying that one of the marines "almost certainly" fired the shot that killed Lloyd.

A coroner ruled in October that Lloyd, a correspondent for ITN News, was unlawfully killed by US forces in southern Iraq in 2003 and said he would try to ensure that those responsible are prosecuted.

Lloyd was killed, along with Lebanese interpreter Hussein Osman and French cameraman Fred Nerac, near the Shatt al-Basra Bridge outside...