Looking for justice for
Paul Moran
Friday, September 11, 2009
An article
by Mark Corcoran on the ABC News (Aus)
website, Calls For Justice for Cameraman Slain
in Iraq details
the search for justice for the man responsible for
the death of Australian journalist Paul Moran in
the early days of the Iraq war.
As
you may remember,
Michael was there when the bomb went off, and is
mentioned in the article:
I've learned to dread
late night phone calls - and this one was the worst.
It was March 2003, during the opening phase of the
Iraq war. Just after midnight I took the call from an
anguished Michael Ware - an Australian journalist and
close colleague of mine, then working for Time
Magazine.
Coming down the satellite phone line was a mix of
static, screaming and sirens. Amid the cacophony,
Michael managed to spell out that he was at a
roadblock in Kurdish northern Iraq that had just been
hit by a suicide bomber in a taxi. He was on the
scene giving assistance to ABC journalist Eric
Campbell, dazed and bloodied after being hit by
shrapnel, but alive. However there was the body of
another westerner among the victims - possibly an
Australian - who was he?
The tragic details soon became clear. He was
39-year-old Paul Moran, a freelance cameraman
originally from Adelaide. He had teamed up with Eric
Campbell on the Iraq assignment for ABC News. Paul
left behind a young widow Ivana and a seven-week-old
daughter Tara.
It's a
chilling article, and knowing that the man
responsible is flaunting his freedom is incredibly
infuriating.