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OXFORD (Reuters) - One of Britain's most experienced journalists was unlawfully killed by U.S. soldiers in Iraq, a British inquest into his death ruled on Friday, prompting calls for the perpetrators to be tried for war crimes. Veteran war correspondent Terry Lloyd, 50, who worked for British television company ITN, was killed in March 2003 in southern Iraq as he reported from the front line during the first few days of the U.S.-led invasion. "He was fired on by American soldiers as a minibus carried wounded people away," Coroner Andrew Walker said at the conclusion of the inquest, which U.S....

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.

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...

OXFORD (Reuters) - One of Britain's most experienced journalists was unlawfully killed by U.S. soldiers in Iraq, a British inquest into his death ruled on Friday, prompting calls for the perpetrators to be tried for war crimes. Veteran war correspondent Terry Lloyd, 50, who worked for British television company ITN, was killed in March 2003 in southern Iraq as he reported from the front line during the first few days of the U.S.-led invasion. "He was fired on by American soldiers as a minibus carried wounded people away," Coroner Andrew Walker said at the conclusion of the inquest, which U.S....

Italian journalist held hostage in Iraq Claire Cozens and agencies Tuesday August 24, 2004 Italian journalist Enzo Baldoni, who has been missing in Iraq since last week, has been kidnapped by militants, according to a video broadcast today on al-Jazeera television station. His driver was found dead at the weekend in Najaf and today an Islamist group said it had abducted an Italian in Iraq, giving Silvio Berlusconi 48 hours to announce it was pulling his troops out of the country.

WASHINGTON -- A Marine general in Iraq ripped front-line journalists for "Chicken Little" coverage of the March invasion, and advised military leaders to "never forget how quickly the press jumped on the bandwagon of doom and gloom," a critical internal study of the war reveals. "Visions of Vietnam danced in reporters' heads" during halts in the march to Baghdad, griped the commanding general of the 1st Marine Division in a 67-page draft report obtained by WorldNetDaily. Maj. Gen. James N. Mattis Maj. Gen. James N. Mattis heaped scorn on "unilateral" correspondents in his May 29 report. He said they "routinely"...

<p>AZ ZUBAYR, Iraq -- On March 22, a four-man television crew roaming the war zone alone drove rented SUVs onto a battlefield near here and into withering machine-gun fire during a confrontation between U.S. tanks and Iraqi soldiers.</p> <p>One journalist escaped. One was killed. The mystery of what happened to the other two men has consumed their employer, Britain's Independent Television News Ltd., ever since. Other reporters who happened on the scene soon afterward were barred by U.S. Marines from checking for survivors in the wrecked sport-utility vehicles, which had been labeled "TV" in large letters.</p>

PARIS - A journalists' watchdog group Wednesday asked U.S. Gen. Tommy Franks, the top commander in Iraq, to order an investigation into the death of a British reporter in the war and the disappearance of his two colleagues. The British television news network ITN has said it believes its reporter Terry Lloyd was killed Saturday by "friendly fire" from British or American soldiers en route to the southern Iraqi city of Basra. The whereabouts of Lloyd's colleagues, cameraman Fred Nerac, 43, of France, and Hussein Osman, of Lebanon, are unknown. Reporters Without Borders quoted another ITN cameraman wounded in the...

Reporter dies, two missing in burst of 'friendly fire' March 25 2003 By London Television journalist Terry Lloyd is believed to have died after the car he was travelling in came under fire in southern Iraq. Mr Lloyd's two colleagues, cameraman Fred Nerac and translator Hussein Osman, are still missing. The television news service ITN said Mr Lloyd, 50, who was married with two children, had been picked up by Iraqis on the road where he and his crew were hit and taken to Basra hospital, which is still under Iraqi control. ITN became convinced of Mr Lloyd's death after...

Terry Lloyd killed in Iraq 17.00PM GMT, 23 Mar 2003 There is now sufficient evidence to believe that ITV News Correspondent Terry Lloyd was killed in an incident on the Southern Iraq war front yesterday. It is believed his body is in a Basra hospital, which is still under Iraqi control. Two members of his team, Fred Nerac and Hussein Osman, are still missing and currently there is no information on their whereabouts or condition. The ITN team came under fire, apparently from Coalition forces, outside Basra. Iraqi ambulances took a number of dead and injured from the area into...

(CBS) One French and two American journalists were killed after crossing the border with Iraq into Nasariyah, Central Command reported Saturday. No names and affiliations were given. A third American was injured. Centcom in Doha says a total of six journalists have been killed. Two British ITN reporters in Umm Qasr were killed by Iraqis after passing a checkpoint. An apparent car bomb killed an Australian cameraman and at least four other people Saturday at a checkpoint near a camp of a militant group linked to al Qaeda. Also Saturday, ITN television news reported that three members of one of...

Three members of an ITV News team in southern Iraq are missing after coming under fire. They include correspondent Terry Lloyd, known to millions of viewers. ITN, which makes ITV News, issued the following statement: "An ITV News crew came under fire at Iman Anas, near Basra as they drove towards the city in two vehicles. "One of the crew, Daniel Demoustier was injured but was able to get to safety. "He was not able to see what happened to his colleagues, correspondent Terry Lloyd, Fred Nerac and Hussein Othman. At present they are still missing. "There were British and...

Three-man British TV crew missing in Iraq LONDON, March 22 (Reuters) - British TV company ITN said on Saturday a three-man crew was missing after coming under fire in Iraq on their way to the southern city of Basra. ITN named the three as correspondent Terry Lloyd and colleagues Fred Nerac and Hussein Othman.