CBS Cameraman to be tried

The most under-reported story of the day from Iraq was the news that CBS Cameraman, Abdul Ameer Younis Hussein, held for nearly a year without charge, will be prosecuted in Baghdad court shortly. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, Hussein was picked up by US forces near Mosul in April 2005. While the charges and evidence against him remain secret, the US military has gone out of its way to paint him as guilty until proven innocent. US officials suspect him of having prior knowledge of the attacks he filmed, claim that he tested positive for explosive residue. (If that is enough to convict a war correspondent, one wonders how we would ever get any news from war zones.)