Majed Fadhel Zbon, senior editor of the al-Furat newspaper, was arrested by US troops on the Iraqi-Syrian border along with a number of Iraqis as traveling from Damascus to Baghdad, Saker al-Juboury, chief editor said in a statement, a copy of which was obtained by Xinhua.
"We demand that US forces release Zbon, and we vehemently condemn the US military's act that indicates its disdain to the Iraqi media personnel and the fact that they failed to capture those who are responsible for insecurity and instability," said the statement.
US forces arrested Zbon although he presented papers proving his trip to Damascus was for "cultural activities along with an Iraqi delegation representing the Iraqi Union of Novelists," it said.
Zbon has been detained for 10 days, it added.
Al-Furat, an independent newspaper and one of the most influential newspapers in Iraq, made debut after the toppling of the former regime in 2003.
Xinhuanet article
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