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BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - An Iraqi cameraman working for CBS News was acquitted Wednesday of insurgent activity, a year after being wounded and detained by the U.S. military in the wake of a car bombing.The CBS Public Eye blog has more here.A three-judge panel ruled there was insufficient evidence against Abdul Ameer Younis Hussein, who was filming the bombing aftermath in the northern city of Mosul when he was apprehended.
But Hussein, 25, was returned to Abu Ghraib prison pending final U.S. military approval of his release. A U.S. military spokesman, Lt. Col. Kevin Curry, said he expected Hussein to be released by Thursday.
Our previous entry here.
The US unit involved in the original incident was the Deuce Four - they returned to the States last fall. Mike Yon mentioned the story here.