JURIST - Paper Chase: Media law brief ~ US soldiers may have been negligent in reporter deaths, journalists' group says

In Wednesday's media and information law, the International Federation of Journalists says that US forces who fired on several journalists in Iraq Monday, killing two and injuring a third, may have acted negligently, the Inter Press Service reports. The IFJ said its investigation into the deaths was not complete, but indications point toward some negligence on the part of the soldiers. The killings on Monday of the al-Iraqiya journalists brought to 40 the number of journalists killed in Iraq since the beginning of the war. US officials said an investigation was being conducted to determine what happened. According to the officials, the journalists were fired on after driving toward a military base and failing to heed warnings from the US forces there. Inter Press Service has more....In related news, a Spanish judge requested documents from Spain, Greece and the United States as part of an investigation into the death of a Spanish journalist last April while covering the Iraq war, AP reports. The journalist, Jose Couso, was killed after a US tank fired on the Hotel Palestine where several journalists were staying. The Pentagon previously cleared the soldiers of responsibility in a report that was questioned by Reporters Without Borders. AP has more.

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