International Herald Tribune, France
Jan 20 2007

U.S. calls slaying of journalist tragic
The Associated PressPublished: January 19, 2007

WASHINGTON: The State Department said Friday the slaying of an
Armenian-Turkish journalist in Istanbul was a "tragic incident."

Deputy spokesman Tom Casey noted that Hrant Dink, 53, a Turkish
citizen, had received threats for his writing.

"Certainly we never want to see a situation in which individuals are
intimidated or in fact suffer retribution of any kind simply for
freely expressing their views," Casey said.