Cameraman Killed In Northern Iraq Worked For Pentagon PR Firm

Australian cameraman Paul Moran, who was killed by a suicide bomber on March 20, had worked for the Rendon Group, a Washington-based PR firm currently being used by the Pentagon, the Adelaide Advertiser reports. At the time of his death, Moran was on an assignment for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in northern Iraq. According to the Advertiser, Moran worked for Rendon throughout the last 12 years as a "freelance subcontractor specialising in audio-visual production." Moran's Rendon jobs included working with the CIA-sponsored Iraqi National Congress, and most recently, producing "public service announcements for the Pentagon which were broadcast into Iraq in preparation for Operation Iraqi Freedom." The Advertiser reports Rendon Group head John Rendon attended Moran's funeral.