Frédéric Nérac

Frédéric Nérac (1960-declared dead 21 October,2005) is a French journalist, reported missing in Iraq from 22 March 2003. On 21 October 2005 he was officially declared dead, though no body has been found.

Frédéric Nérac was covering the Invasion of Iraq for the UK-based ITN television network as an independent journalist, as opposed to journalists "embedded" with US or UK military units.

On 22 March 2003, in Bassora, two vehicles of ITN were taken in a cross-fire between US and Iraqi forces. One of the vehicles, carrying Terry Lloyd and Daniel Demoustier, was destroyed by US armoured vehicles; Terry Lloyd, wounded, was killed soon later by the US soldiers as he was evacuated to hospital. The second vehicle, carrying Nérac, apparently managed to escape to cover, and disappeared. British forces and French officials enquired the area; US authorities have been reported to be unhelpful in the search [http://www.lexpress.fr/info/monde/dossier/irak2/dossier.asp?ida=407220] .

On 21 October 2005, Nérac was declared dead by the French ministry of Foreign affairs [http://press.jrc.it/NewsExplorer/clusteredition/fr/20051021,figaro-11848d6c453f2b77fd1e74c3c0c5840a.html] .

External links

* [http://www.aucuneid.net/fred-nerac/ Web site about the disappearance of Frédéric Nérac] ( [http://www.fred-nerac.info/fredphotosfr2.htm Photographs] )
* [http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=11440 Eighteen months after Fred Nérac went missing in Iraq, Reporters Without Borders urges the UK to hand its inquiry report to the family and French authorities] , Reporters sans frontières.
* [http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5917.htm Two Missing ITV Journalists Were Killed By US Troops] , by Tom Newton Dunn , "The Mirror".
* [http://www.fred-nerac.info/ukartdesmout.htm Incident Account by Daniel Demoustier]