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Kathleen Kenna is a Canadian journalist who was injured in a grenade attack in Afghanistan on the 4th of March 2002.〔 (Man charged in grenade attack: Star’s reporter hurt in 2002 blast in Afghanistan ), ''Toronto Star'', January 21, 2006 〕〔(Afghanistan- 2003 Annual report ) Reporters without borders, 2/5/2003, ''www.rsf.org''〕〔(Toronto Star reporter injured in attack ) 4/3/2002 ''cpj.org''〕 ==Adult life and career== Kenna has been involved in journalism since the age of 15, and obtained a degree in Journalism from Carleton University aged 21.〔 〕 She began her career at the Toronto Star in 1981〔 and worked reporting primarily on Canadian political affairs.〔 In 1997 she was promoted from reporter to editor at the Washington Bureau, and worked there until 2001, marrying in 2000 to Hadi Dadashian.〔 In 2001 Kenna became the Star's South-east Asia Bureau chief.〔 After the September 11 attacks in the U.S., Kenna went to Afghanistan to report on the war. Kenna was injured in an attack in Afghanistan on the 4th of March 2002. While traveling with her husband Hadi Dadashian, Toronto Star photographer Bernard Weil, and an Afghan driver on the road from Kubul to Gardez,〔 a grenade thrown into the car exploded underneath Kenna's seat, seriously injuring her. Following the attack she was taken to a medical facility in Gardez with the help of ''Agence France-Presse'' journalists who were also on the road at the same time.〔 After treatment at the medical compound she airlifted by helicopter to Bagram air base in Kabul and then transported to a United States air base in Karshi-Khanabad Uzbekistan where two operations were performed, then to Rammstein Air Base in Germany for further treatment and finally back to Canada.〔 On January 16, 2006 Abdul Zahir was charged by a Guantanamo military commission for allegedly playing a role in the attack on Kenna.〔(Summarized transcripts (.pdf) ), from Abdul Zahir's ''Combatant Status Review Tribunal'' pages 1-8〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kathleen Kenna」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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