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NEWS ABOUT: Richard Butler

Richard Butler stories: 2 news summaries

 Iraqi Army Rescues 
 British Journalist 

Photographer had been held in Basra for two months

Apr 14, 08 10:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iraqi troops rescued British photojournalist Richard Butler during a raid in Basra today, the Daily Telegraph reports. Storming a suburban house, soldiers found Butler with a hood over his head, but apparently unharmed. Butler had been working in Basra for CBS when he was abducted—by what were thought... More »

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Iraq • Basra • Iraq Army • Iraqi militias • photojournalist • Richard Butler

Journalists Kidnapped
in Iraq

CBS photographer, translator snatched from Basra hotel

Feb 11, 08 4:30 PM CST
(Newser) - A CBS photographer and translator have been kidnapped in Iraq, reports the Italian news agency ADN Kronos. Richard Butler, a Briton whose work has appeared in Newsweek and Time, and an Iraqi co-worker were forced out of their Basra hotel and into a car by a group of armed men,... More »

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Iraq • kidnapping • Basra • journalist • Richard Butler

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