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Democracynow.org: Democracy Now! Talks To Photographer Who Witnessed Killing Of AP
Cameraman,

On Saturday an Israeli soldier shot and killed an Associated Press
cameraman in the West Bank city of Nablus on Saturday. Nazeh Darwazeh,
45, was filming Israeli troops firing on rock-throwing Palestinians. Then, an Israeli
soldier pointed his gun at the journalists and fired. Darwazeh was shot
in the head. He and the other cameramen covering the melee wore brightly
colored vests that said "Press" in bold letters. The Foreign Press
Association in Israel called for a comprehensive investigation into
Dawarzeh's shooting. The Palestinian Center for Human Rights yesterday
accused the IDF of stepping up the attacks on the media, "in an attempt
to gag it and prevent public debate on the acts of the Israeli army." The
IDF has killed seven journalists - six Palestinians and one Italian - in
the past two years in the territories. Abed Qusini a Reuters photographer
who was standing next to Nazeh Darwazeh when he was shot, talked to
Democracy Now! on Monday, April 21, 2003. Below is a rush transcript of an
interview between Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman and Abed Qusini.