Spain drops inquiry into killing of cameraman by U.S. shell in Iraq

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's High Court closed a 12-year inquiry into the killing of cameraman Jose Couso by a U.S. tank shell in Iraq in 2003, a court document showed, after the judge concluded a change in Spanish law made the case impossible to pursue.

Spanish judicial authorities had sought the arrest and questioning of three U.S. soldiers accused of involvement in Couso's death. Reuters cameraman Taras Protsyuk, a Ukrainian, was also killed by the shell that crashed into a Baghdad hotel.