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Inspector General Says US Troops Acted Lawfully; Reuters Disputes Conclusions
The US Army conducted a flawed investigation into actions by American forces in 2005 that resulted in the death of a Reuters staffer, and the injury of another, according to a newly released report by the Department of Defense Inspector General (IG). However, the DoD IG concluded in its report that the soldiers whose fire killed Waleed Khaled, a Reuters Television soundman, and wounded cameraman Haider Kadhem, did not act unlawfully.
The report responds to a 2006 Reuters independent investigation that found the US soldiers acted "unlawfully." However, the Pentagon IG most recently concluded that, in spite of the flawed investigation, the American forces that fired on the unmarked Reuters car in Baghdad's al-'Amil district...
06/18/2008 1:42 PM ET
