Coroner: U.S. killed British TV reporter

[ProSense]

Coroner: U.S. killed British TV reporter

By MARIA HEGSTAD, Associated Press Writer 48 minutes ago

OXFORD, England - A coroner ruled Friday that U.S. forces unlawfully killed a British television journalist in the opening days of the
Iraq war.

Deputy Coroner Andrew Walker said he would ask the attorney general to take steps to bring to justice those responsible for the death of Terry Lloyd, 50, a veteran reporter for the British television network ITN.

Witnesses testified during the weeklong inquest that Lloyd — who was driving with fellow ITN reporters from Kuwait toward Basra, Iraq — was shot in the back by Iraqi troops who overtook his car, then died after U.S. fire hit a civilian minivan being used as an ambulance and struck him in the head.

"Terry Lloyd died following a gunshot wound to the head. The evidence this bullet was fired by the Americans is overwhelming," Walker said. "There is no doubt that the minibus presented no threat to the American forces. There is no doubt it was an unlawful act of fire."

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The U.S. Embassy in London said it had no immediate reaction to the ruling.

Lloyd's widow, Lynn, in a statement read by her lawyer, said U.S. forces "allowed their soldiers to behave like trigger-happy cowboys in an area in which there were civilians traveling."

She called the killing a war crime — "a despicable, deliberate, vengeful act."

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This is on Bush's hands!

[proud2BlibKansan]

1. That coroner better watch out!

I can smell the swiftboating.

[Broadslidin]

2. I'm Sure, george Is Getting Off On The "Trigger Happy Cowboys" Bit....!

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[soothsayer]

3. There is no doubt in my mind that reporters are targeted by our

troops. But jeezus.