Boston Globe Reporter Expelled From Iraq

Newsday ^ | 3/14/03

[areafiftyone]

BOSTON -- A Boston Globe reporter was expelled from Iraq after using a satellite phone from his hotel room to file a story, the newspaper said.

David Filipov, 40, the newspaper's Moscow bureau chief, arrived in Jordan on Friday after being ordered out of Iraq the day before.

Jim Smith, the Globe's foreign editor, said Filipov was expelled by Iraqi authorities after he used a satellite phone from his room to send a story that described an Iraqi drone as being held together by duct tape and bearing the words: "God is Great."

"It was a story that should have been regarded as useful for Iraq in telling its story and responding to allegations that it had a very impressive and dangerous drone," Smith said.

Reporters are told they must use and keep their satellite phones at the press center in Baghdad.

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[John_11_25]

Do the iraqi's have the technology to track satellite phones immediately or is some other power (France or Germany) assisting them ???

Makes you wonder !

It may also explain the real reason why Saddam moved some of his army and harware around last week, as he may know that there are spotters on the ground relaying messages to US forces.