Reports are coming out of Iraq that Iraqi reporters are facing increasing threats and intimidation from Iraqi officials. According to the Knight Ridder News Agency, two newspaper editors in southeastern Iraq were jailed for several months for criticizing the local governor of the Wasit province. Their newspaper was also shut down. In Baquoba, a tv cameraman has been detained since early April after he was arrested for filming inside a mosque. In Baghdad a photographer was arrested for taking pictures of long lines at gasoline stations. The photographer Ahmed Abed Ali said “We’ve become hated because we say the truth, and the truth is that Iraqi police make a lot of mistakes.” Another tv reporter says she’s lost count of how many times Iraqi authorities have confiscated her cameras and smashed her tapes.