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e.p.c. posted this at 17:16 GMT on 25-Aug-2004 . Archive Link
I was on the roof trying to get my BGan to connect when Najaf's finest burst onto the roof with a Kalashnikov and order me and the other journalists down to the lobby. The cops had raided the hotel and forced all the journalists out onto the street. We were terrified. The cops yelled at us and pointed their weapons toward us. Several large trucks were waiting and knew we would be loaded onto them. Then they started shooting.
e.p.c. posted this at 21:30 GMT on 25-Aug-2004 . Archive Link