Editing Terry Lloyd (section)

==Death==
Lloyd died on 22 March 2003 while covering the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]] for [[ITN]]. Working as an independent reporter not "[[embedded journalism|embedded]]" with [[Multi-National Force – Iraq|coalition forces]], Lloyd and his team of two cameramen and an interpreter were caught in [[crossfire]] during fighting near the [[Shatt al-Arab|Shatt Al Basra Bridge]] in [[Basra]], [[Iraq]],<ref>{{cite news| title=Cameraman's fate remains unsolved| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/5408076.stm| accessdate=2006-10-04 | date=4 October 2006 | work=BBC News}}</ref> between [[United States|U.S.]] and [[Iraqi Republican Guard|Iraqi forces]]. His body and that of his [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] interpreter, Hussein Osman, were recovered and it was later discovered they had both been shot by [[United States military|U.S. forces]] on the road to Basra.<ref>{{cite news| title=Lloyd shot dead by US troops, inquest told| url=http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,,1889272,00.html| accessdate=2006-10-06| first=Leigh | last=Holmwood | work=The Guardian | location=London | date=6 October 2006}}</ref> [[France|French]] cameraman [[Frédéric Nérac]] is still officially classed as missing, presumed dead. [[Belgium|Belgian]] cameraman Daniel Demoustier survived. Lloyd's funeral was reported on [[ITN]] news bulletins by [[Mark Austin (journalist)|Mark Austin]] on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] and [[Samira Ahmed]] on [[Channel 4]]. At a 29 July 2003 'Embedded Journalist' symposium in Washington, D.C., journalist [[John Donvan]] said he had seen Lloyd in the town of [[Safwan, Iraq|Safwan]] two hours before he was killed. Donvan also added that his ABC news team ripped "the duct tape off the car … the tape that spelled out in eight-inch letters—TV", suggesting that both sides of the conflict were targeting independent reporting.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Foster |first=Kevin |url=https://researchcentre.army.gov.au/sites/default/files/AARC%20Occasional%20Paper%20%236%20Social%20Media%20as%20a%20Force%20Multiplier%20%28Foster%29.pdf |title=Social Media as a Force Multiplier |publisher=Australian Army Research Center |year=2021 |pages=38 |language=en |issn=2653-0414}}</ref>