Global Journalist: Foreign journalist killed by U.S. troops and the Israel-Palestine conflict
Abstract
In this August 21, 2003 program interviewees discussed the killing of Journalist Mazen Dana. In 17 August 2003, Mazen Dana a Reuters cameraman was filming when American soldier shot at his chest. Latter an American spokesman called it a terrible tragedy, saying the soldier had mistaken Dana's camera for a rocket propelled grenade launcher. Dana spent years covering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Hebron and in the West Bank. For his courageous coverage from the war zone he was awarded the 2001 International Press Freedom Award of the Committee to Protect Journalists.