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US forces detain Reuters photographer in Iraq
0 Comments | AFP, September, 2008
BAGHDAD (AFP) — Ibrahim Jassam, an Iraqi photographer working for Anglo-Canadian news group Reuters, has been arrested by American forces just south of Baghdad, the US military and the agency told AFP Wednesday.
"He has been detained because he has been assessed to be a threat to the security of Iraq and coalition forces," US army lieutenant Patrick Evans told AFP in an email.
A statement issued by Reuters said: "Ibrahim Jassam, an Iraqi who has supplied photos and video to Reuters on a freelance basis for about two years, was detained in a raid on his home in Mahmudiya by US and Iraqi forces early on Tuesday morning."
Following Jassam's arrest in Mahmudiyah, Reuters demanded he be released or charged.
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