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US agency blocks photos of dead

 

NEW ORLEANS: The US government agency leading the rescue efforts after

Hurricane Katrina said on Tuesday it does not want the news media to

take photographs of the dead as they are recovered from the flooded

New Orleans area. The Federal Emergency Management Agency, heavily

criticized for its slow response to the devastation caused by the

hurricane, rejected requests from journalists to accompany rescue

boats as they went out to search for storm victims. An agency

spokeswoman said space was needed on the rescue boats and that " the

recovery of the victims is being treated with dignity and the utmost

respect. " " We have requested that no photographs of the deceased be

made by the media, " the spokeswoman said in an e-mailed response to a

Reuters inquiry. The Bush administration also has prevented the news

media from photographing flag-draped caskets of US soldiers killed in

Iraq, which has sparked criticism that the government is trying to

block images that put the war in a bad light. reuters

 

 

 

 

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