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Phoneless Reporters Can't Make the Call
Reporters were ordered to surrender telephones and walkie-talkies at the offocial ceremony for the transfer of sovereignty from the U.S. to Iraq - two days earlier than anticipated, reports The Seattle Post Intelligencer. "When the transfer was complete, officially at 2:26 a.m. EDT, the reporters couldn't get to their phones fast enough. "There were a lot of heavy bodyguards who were extremely physical in the way they tried to keep me away from my phone," she said. "It caused quite a few tempers to flare." Interesting, Steve Outing reports via Jeff Jarvis, that Stuart Hughes, a BBC correspondent who lost his leg in Iraq, appears to have gotten there first in reporting the two-day-early handover of Iraqi sovereignty on his personal blog. Beating the mainstream press. "BLOGGING EXCLUSIVE -- MUST CREDIT BEYOND NORTHERN IRAQ" I can report that the date for the handover of sovereignty in Iraq has been brought forward from the scheduled date of Wednesday June 30th. Speaking here at the NATO summit in Istanbul, Iraq's Foreign Minister, Hoshar Zebari, said "I believe that we will challenge these terrorists, criminals, Saddamists and anti-democratic forces by bringing even the date of the handover forward." The handover is now expected to take place today". |
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