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Wikileaks [bot] (wikileaks@social.jesuislibre.net)'s status on Saturday, 09-Apr-2022 19:24:29 UTC Wikileaks [bot]

8 April 2003: US tank kills Spain's @telecincoes
journalist Jose Couso and @Reuters Taras Protsyuk, injuring other reporters at Baghdad's Palestine Hotel. Cables show US pressure to stop Spain's investigation of Couso's killing https://t.co/rpGrfrNHt7
https://t.co/rJoaPQMxcj
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1. Cable: 07MADRID141_a
2. Leaked Cables Reveal U.S. Pressured Spain to Drop Case of Cameraman Killed in 2003 Attack on Journalists in Baghdad
  
  Leaked U.S. embassy cables from Madrid reveal the United States pressured the Spanish government to close a court case brought by the family of a Spanish cameraman, José Couso. Couso was killed in Baghdad when a U.S. Army tank fired on the Palestine Hotel, which was filled with journalists, on April 8, 2003. Three U.S. soldiers have been indicted in Spanish court for Couso’s death. “I am outraged,” says Javier Couso, the brother of José Couso. “I can’t believe my government conspired with a foreign government… It seems we are citizens, or at least a small province, of the empire of the United States.” [includes rush transcript]

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