په‌یكه‌ری رۆژنامه‌نوسوو وێنه‌گری ئه‌ڵمانی(گاد گرۆس ) له شاری هه‌ولێر
AFTER THE WAR; Photographer Is Reported Killed By Iraqi Troops in Kurdish Region
A Romanian-born photographer working for Newsweek magazine was killed by Iraqi troops while covering the Kurdish uprising, two colleagues reported today.
One of those colleagues, Frank Smyth, a 31-year-old American who was freelancing for CBS News and The Village Voice, said at a news conference in the Jordanian capital that the photographer, Gad Gross, was shot and killed by Iraqi soldiers in northern Iraq on March 29, at the height of the Kurdish rebellion.
"It appeared to be an unplanned, spontaneous execution," Mr. Smyth said. He said he and Alain Buu, a French photographer working for Gamma-Liaison, were hiding in a ditch about 100 feet away when Mr. Gross was killed.
Mr. Smyth was traveling with Mr. Buu, a 30-year-old Vietnamese working for the Paris-based agency, and Mr. Gross, 27. Mr. Smyth and Mr. Buu were released by the Iraqi Government on Tuesday and arrived in Amman today after traveling overland from Baghdad. 'We Heard Gross Screaming'
They entered Iraq on March 20. Mr. Smyth would not say how they got into the country.
He said they struck up a friendship with a Kurd identified only as Bakhtiar, 27, and traveled along with the rebels into the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, which was taken by dissidents in mid-March.
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On March 29, Mr. Smyth said, they came under "intense surprise attack by the Iraqi Army" about half a mile from the oil center of Kirkuk, where Mr. Gross was killed. Mr. Gross was Romanian-born and held a German passport.
According to Mr. Smyth and Mr. Buu, Iraqi soldiers caught Mr. Gross and Bakhtiar inside a house and marched them outside after the Kurdish positions were overrun.
"Then we heard Gross screaming, and five seconds later shots rang out," Mr. Buu said. Shortly afterward, he said, "We saw an Iraqi soldier walking away with Gad's camera bag." Hiding Place Is Discovered
Neither Mr. Smyth nor Mr. Buu saw the body of Mr. Gross or Bakhtiar, but said they were sure both were killed.
Mr. Smyth and Mr. Buu said that about an hour later, their hiding place was discovered by the soldiers and they had no choice but to walk shouting that they were American journalists.
"We were terrified that we would also be shot dead," said Mr. Smyth. "And one Iraqi soldier made a motion like this," he continued, sliding his hand across his throat.
The news director of the CBS Radio Networks, Larry McCoy, said that after reaching Amman, Mr. Smyth went to the German Embassy to report Mr. Gross's killing. The photographer's relatives were notified, Mr. McCoy said.
But a German Government spokesman in Bonn said he had no knowledge of the killing of Mr. Gross.
بەگوێرەی قسەکانی ئەو ڕۆژنامەنووسە لە ٢٥ی ئازاری ساڵی ١٩٩١ لە تەمەنی ٢٧ ساڵی لەلایەن سەربازانی ڕژێمی بەعس لە کەرکووک دەکوژرێت، گاد و دوو هاوڕێی ڕۆژنامەنووسی تر لەگەڵ شەڕڤانێکی کورد بەناوی ” بەختیار عەبدولرەحمان” لە کەرکووک دەکەونە کەمینی سەربازانی ڕژێم و لەوێ (گادگرۆس) و بەختیار دەکوژرێن، بەڵام سەربازەکان حاشا لە کوشتنی گادگرۆس دەکەن هەربۆیەش حکومەتی ئەڵمانیا دان بە مردنی نانێت و بەمەش نابێتە خاونی هیچ گۆرێک لەوڵاتەکەی خۆی، تاکە شتێک کە دڵی دایکی خۆش دەکات ئەو پەیکەرەیە کە لەسەر داوای دایکی لەشاری هەولێر لە چوارڕیانی ئیسکان دانراوە.
Statue a German photojournalist, which is at the Iskan intersection in Erbil
Source:Site Kurdistan ART
Photo:RebazOmar
Photo:RebazOmar
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