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Source: Associated Press

US Plans Case Against AP Photographer

Monday November 19, 2007 9:16 PM

By BRIAN MURPHY

Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. military plans to seek a
criminal case in an Iraqi court against an award-winning
Associated Press photographer but is refusing to disclose
what evidence or accusations would be presented.

An AP attorney on Monday strongly protested the decision,
calling the U.S. military plans a “sham of due process.”
The journalist, Bilal Hussein, has already been imprisoned
without charges for more than 19 months.

A public affairs officer notified the AP on Sunday that
the military intends to submit a written complaint against
Hussein that would bring the case into the Iraqi justice
system as early as Nov. 29. Under Iraqi codes, an
investigative magistrate will decide whether there are
grounds to try Hussein, 36, who was seized in the western
Iraqi city of Ramadi on April 12, 2006.

Dave Tomlin, associate general counsel for the AP, said
the defense for Hussein is being forced to work “totally
in the dark.”

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