Bilal Hussein is an Iraqi Associated Press photojournalist based in Fallujah, Iraq.
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17 Facts About Bilal Hussein
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Bilal Hussein was arrested in Ramadi by US forces in April 2006 and detained on suspicion of aiding insurgents in Iraq.
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Bilal Hussein was taken into custody to face charges in the Iraqi Central Court, reportedly over the circumstances of his photos, which were supplied by the US military.
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Bilal Hussein's was an image of four insurgents in Fallujah firing a mortar and small arms during the US -led offensive in the city in November 2004.
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On September 17,2006, the AP reported that Bilal Hussein had been imprisoned by the United States military since April 2006 without publicly known charges or hearings; his captors citing "imperative reasons of security" under United Nations resolutions.
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Bilal Hussein was taken into US custody on April 12,2006 in Ramadi, Iraq, and had since been held without charge.
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Bilal Hussein is an Iraqi citizen and shopkeeper who in 2003 was living with his family in Fallujah, where he sold cell phones and computers.
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Bilal Hussein was hired by AP in September 2004 as a freelancer, paid on a per-picture basis.
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The military claimed that Bilal Hussein was found with two insurgents, including Hamid Hamad Motib, an alleged leader of al-Qaida terrorists in Iraq.
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Bilal Hussein has close relationships with persons known to be responsible for kidnappings, smuggling, improvised explosive device attacks and other attacks on coalition forces.
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Bilal Hussein must be charged under the Iraqi system or released immediately.
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Kathleen Carroll, AP's executive editor, argued that Bilal Hussein's being found with insurgents did not mean that he was one of them.
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AP International Editor John Daniszewski said that the AP was told that Bilal Hussein was involved with the kidnapping of two Arab journalists in Ramadi.
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Scott Horton, a human rights lawyer in New York hired by the AP to work on Bilal Hussein's case, said that the military has provided contradictory accounts of whether Bilal Hussein was targeted or simply caught up in a broader sweep.
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Bilal Hussein has been criticized by conservatives on the Internet, who raised questions about his images months before he was detained.
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In 2008, Bilal Hussein won an International Press Freedom Award from the Committee to Protect Journalists.
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