Inter Press ServiceIRAQ-CONFLICT: Spanish cameraman killed https://www.ipsnews.net/2003/04/iraq-conflict-spanish-cameraman-killed/ News and Views from the Global South Fri, 13 Nov 2026 09:55:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 IRAQ-CONFLICT: Spanish cameraman killed https://www.ipsnews.net/2003/04/iraq-conflict-spanish-cameraman-killed/ https://www.ipsnews.net/2003/04/iraq-conflict-spanish-cameraman-killed/#respond Tue, 08 Apr 2003 13:14:00 +0000 IPS Correspondents http://ipsnews.net/?p=4768

Att.Editors: The following item is from the Qatar News Agency (QNA)

By IPS Correspondents
BAGHDAD, Apr 8 2003 (IPS)

José Couso, 37, a cameraman for Spanish television channel Tele 5, was wounded Tuesday in a tank shell and later died in hospital.

José Couso was hit on Tuesday after a US tank fired a shell at a Baghdad hotel where many international journalists were based, Al Jazeera Arabic TV channel said.

Couso, 37, who was injured in the leg and jaw, – died after being taken to hospital (where) they operated on him and tried to save his life. It wasn’t possible," a news presenter said.

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