S.Korean association protests detention of journalists in Iraq

[UpInArms]

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-03/08/content_1352512.htm

SEOUL, March 8 (Xinhuanet) -- The South Korean journalists association lodged a strong protest to the US forces in Iraq on Monday, demanding an official apology for their detention of threeSouth Korean television crew members last Saturday.

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"The US will have to recognize clearly that this incident blemished the image of the nation which describes itself as the center of free democracy," it said.

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The journalists were also quoted by local media as saying that their treatment by the American soldiers was "arrogant and inhumane."

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