British forces detained Al-Jazeera TV correspondent Mohammad Al-Sayed Mohsen on Sunday in the Iraqi city of Basra where he is covering the US-led occupation.
Two British armoured vehicles approached the crew as they were preparing a report in the Tanouma area on the eastern bank of the Shatt Al-Arab River and asked to see their press cards. Mohsen said a British soldier "became furious" when he read the cards, issued from the Iraqi Information Ministry, and confiscated his camera.
The Al-Jazeera correspondent said it was the third time British forces had harassed him.
Weapons were pointed at Mohsen and his driver. The Al-Jazeera correspondent said the British soldier said US-led forces "were dealing only with listed journalists who accompanied coalition forces."
Al Jazeera Monday 21, April, 2003
