Seraphim
12-11-2003, 01:59 PM
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=564&ncid=564&e=10&u=/nm/20031211/ts_nm/iraq_journalists_dc
BAGHDAD (*******) - Two journalists with Time magazine were wounded when a hand grenade was thrown at U.S. forces they were accompanying in Baghdad, a U.S. military official said on Thursday.
The official said the incident took place on Wednesday night as the journalists accompanied troops on a patrol in the Iraqi capital, where U.S. forces are struggling to restore security that collapsed after they invaded Iraq (news - web sites) in March.
The magazine identified the two as senior correspondent Michael Weisskopf and photographer James Nachtwey.
"There were two journalists from Time magazine ...they were participating in a patrol in the First A.D. (Armored Division) area in Baghdad with U.S. soldiers," the U.S. military official told reporters.
"An individual threw a hand grenade into the Humvee. It occurred last night... One of the journalists was slightly wounded, the other more severely."
In a statement, Time said the two were in a stable condition and awaiting transfer to a U.S. military hospital in Landstuhl, Germany. It said two soldiers were also wounded in the attack.
At least 17 journalists have died in Iraq covering the war to topple Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) and its aftermath, including at least four killed by U.S. forces.
BAGHDAD (*******) - Two journalists with Time magazine were wounded when a hand grenade was thrown at U.S. forces they were accompanying in Baghdad, a U.S. military official said on Thursday.
The official said the incident took place on Wednesday night as the journalists accompanied troops on a patrol in the Iraqi capital, where U.S. forces are struggling to restore security that collapsed after they invaded Iraq (news - web sites) in March.
The magazine identified the two as senior correspondent Michael Weisskopf and photographer James Nachtwey.
"There were two journalists from Time magazine ...they were participating in a patrol in the First A.D. (Armored Division) area in Baghdad with U.S. soldiers," the U.S. military official told reporters.
"An individual threw a hand grenade into the Humvee. It occurred last night... One of the journalists was slightly wounded, the other more severely."
In a statement, Time said the two were in a stable condition and awaiting transfer to a U.S. military hospital in Landstuhl, Germany. It said two soldiers were also wounded in the attack.
At least 17 journalists have died in Iraq covering the war to topple Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) and its aftermath, including at least four killed by U.S. forces.