Media To Be Barred From Iraq Bomb Scenes

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First Posted: 05-14-07 04:54 PM   |   Updated: 03-28-08 02:44 AM

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AFP :

Iraq's interior ministry has decided to bar news photographers and camera operators from the scenes of bomb attacks, operations director Brigadier General Abdel Karim Khalaf said on Sunday (local time).

His announcement was the latest in a series of attempts to curtail press coverage of the ongoing conflict, which has already attracted criticism from international human rights bodies.

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