Iraq: "three men arrested for 2006 murders of Al Arabiya woman reporter and crew in Samarra" - RSF

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4 august 2009 - but i only got it now.

"Reporters Without Borders takes note of today’s announcement of the arrest of three militants who have confessed to the 2006 murders of Atwar Bahjat, a reporter and presenter for the Dubai-based satellite TV station Al-Arabiya, her cameraman, Khaled Mahmoud Al-Falahi, and her soundman, Adnan Khairallah.

Bahjat and her crew were kidnapped and killed on 22 February 2006 after travelling from Baghdad to the northern city of Samarra to cover the bombing of a leading Shiite shrine.
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The defence ministry announced at news conference today in Baghdad that brothers Yasser, Mahmoud and Ghazwan Al-Takhi had been arrested for the murder of Bahjat and her crew. Journalists were shown a video of them describing in detail how they abducted and then killed the three journalists on the night of 22 February 2006. They did not explain their motives.

Iraqi army spokesman Maj. Gen. Qassim Atta described the detailed work carried about by the intelligence services and the circumstances that led to the arrest of one of the three men in Dora, a city near Baghdad. He said they had also admitted to being members of the Jaish Mohammed group, which blew up the UN headquarters in Baghdad in 2003, killing the head of the UN mission, Sergio De Mello."

more: http://www.rsf.org/Three-men-arrested-for-2006.html

this is good news. and from iraq, too. which is rare.

ciao DUers.