Two Time journalists hurt in attack
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Time Magazine correspondent Michael Weisskopf, left, and award-winning photojounalist James Nachtwey have been wounded.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq (Reuters) -- A journalist and prizewinning photographer with Time magazine were wounded when a hand grenade was thrown at U.S. forces they were accompanying in Baghdad, a U.S. military official said Thursday.
The official said the incident happened Wednesday night as the journalists accompanied troops on a patrol in the Iraqi capital, where U.S. forces are struggling to restore security in the wake of the invasion in March.
The magazine identified the two as senior correspondent Michael Weisskopf and James Nachtwey, one of the world's most respected news photographers.
"There were two journalists from Time magazine ... they were participating in a patrol in the First A.D. (Armored Division) area in Baghdad with U.S. soldiers," the U.S. military official told reporters.
"An individual threw a hand grenade into the Humvee. It occurred last night... One of the journalists was slightly wounded, the other more severely."
In a statement, Time said the two were in stable condition and awaiting transfer to a U.S. military hospital in Landstuhl, Germany. It said two soldiers were also wounded.
At least 17 journalists have died in Iraq covering the war to topple Saddam Hussein and its aftermath, including at least four killed by U.S. forces.
Nachtwey, who has been with Time since 1984, has won numerous prizes including the prestigious Robert Capa Gold Medal, World Press Photo Award and Magazine Photographer of the Year.
His work documenting wars and conflicts has taken to him to the West Bank and Gaza, Afghanistan, Somalia, Sudan, Rwanda, Northern Ireland, Bosnia, Chechnya and Kosovo.
He also covered the aftermath of the September 11 attacks in New York, where he lives.
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