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| Iraq reporter faces terror charge | Iraq reporter faces terror charge |
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| The US military says it will recommend criminal charges against an Associated Press photographer detained in 2006 on suspicion of helping Iraqi insurgents. | The US military says it will recommend criminal charges against an Associated Press photographer detained in 2006 on suspicion of helping Iraqi insurgents. |
| The Pentagon says additional evidence has come to light proving Bilal Hussein is a "terrorist media operative" who infiltrated the news agency. | The Pentagon says additional evidence has come to light proving Bilal Hussein is a "terrorist media operative" who infiltrated the news agency. |
| The case will be passed to Iraqi judges who will decide if he should be tried. | The case will be passed to Iraqi judges who will decide if he should be tried. |
| AP says its own investigation has found no evidence that he was anything but an Iraqi journalist working in a war zone. | AP says its own investigation has found no evidence that he was anything but an Iraqi journalist working in a war zone. |
| The agency's lawyers say they have been denied access to Mr Hussein and the evidence against him, making it impossible to build a defence. | The agency's lawyers say they have been denied access to Mr Hussein and the evidence against him, making it impossible to build a defence. |
| Whenever we ask to see what's so convincing we get back something that isn't convincing at all AP lawyer Dave Tomlin | Whenever we ask to see what's so convincing we get back something that isn't convincing at all AP lawyer Dave Tomlin |
| Mr Hussein was part of an AP photo team that won a Pulitzer prize in 2005. | Mr Hussein was part of an AP photo team that won a Pulitzer prize in 2005. |
| US officials say he had previously aroused suspicion because he was often at the scene of insurgent attacks as they occurred. | |
| 'Not convincing' | 'Not convincing' |
| AP says Mr Hussein was taken into custody in April 2006 after sheltering a number of strangers in his home following an explosion near his home in Falluja. | AP says Mr Hussein was taken into custody in April 2006 after sheltering a number of strangers in his home following an explosion near his home in Falluja. |
| US marines later arrived and used his flat as an observation post, where they detained him and his guests as suspected insurgents and confiscated his laptop computer and telephone. | US marines later arrived and used his flat as an observation post, where they detained him and his guests as suspected insurgents and confiscated his laptop computer and telephone. |
| US-led forces in Iraq possess "convincing and irrefutable evidence that Bilal Hussein is a threat to security and stability as a link to insurgent activity," Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell said on Monday. | US-led forces in Iraq possess "convincing and irrefutable evidence that Bilal Hussein is a threat to security and stability as a link to insurgent activity," Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell said on Monday. |
| The US military had previously said Mr Hussein was detained for possessing materials for making roadside bombs, insurgent propaganda and a surveillance photo of a US military installation. | The US military had previously said Mr Hussein was detained for possessing materials for making roadside bombs, insurgent propaganda and a surveillance photo of a US military installation. |
| The US military said some of Hussein's work aroused suspicion | The US military said some of Hussein's work aroused suspicion |
| He did not disclose what the new evidence is. Mr Hussein could face the death penalty if convicted of aiding insurgents. | He did not disclose what the new evidence is. Mr Hussein could face the death penalty if convicted of aiding insurgents. |
| AP says in the past 19 months various allegations have been floated unofficially against Mr Hussein by the US military, but then withdrawn with little explanation. | AP says in the past 19 months various allegations have been floated unofficially against Mr Hussein by the US military, but then withdrawn with little explanation. |
| "Whenever we ask to see what's so convincing we get back something that isn't convincing at all," said AP's lawyer Dave Tomlin. | "Whenever we ask to see what's so convincing we get back something that isn't convincing at all," said AP's lawyer Dave Tomlin. |
| AP says there is no evidence that any of Mr Hussein's images were co-ordinated with insurgents or showed the moment of an attack. | AP says there is no evidence that any of Mr Hussein's images were co-ordinated with insurgents or showed the moment of an attack. |
| Calls for his release have been backed by press freedom groups such as the Committee to Protect Journalists. | Calls for his release have been backed by press freedom groups such as the Committee to Protect Journalists. |