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"According to the daily As-Saah, the girls, aged 14 and 15, were talking to American soldiers in Suwaira, 180km south of Baghdad, on Friday when the soldiers suggested they accompany them to their camp to take pictures but then collectively raped the pair."

"This allegation is "absolutely false", the US Central Command said in a statement."

"As-Saah said one of the girls died after she was raped by 18 soldiers while the other was killed by her family."

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?sf=2813&click_id=2813&art_id=qw1055167201694B262&set_id=6

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US troops in Iraq arrest journalists of Iranian TV channel

"Tehran, June 9, IRNA -- US troops in Baghdad on Monday arrested three
journalists who worked for the Arabic television channel Al-Aalam,
broadcast by the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB)."

"US officials have not commented yet on the reasons for the arrests."

http://www.irna.ir/en/head/030609201123.ehe.shtml
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Proposed code to regulate Iraqi media met with apprehension from journalists

"Faced with a free-wheeling Iraqi media, the U.S.-led occupation authority is devising a code of conduct for the press, drawing protests from Iraqi journalists who endured censorship under Saddam Hussein and worry for their newfound freedom.

Coalition officials say the code is not intended to censor the media, only to stifle intemperate speech that could incite violence and hinder efforts to build a civil society. The country is just too fragile for a journalistic free-for-all, they say."

http://www.cp.org/english/online/full/media/030604/X060414AU.html