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03/20/03Frederic NeracJournalist Frederic Nerac went missing in Iraq in March 2003 shortly after the U.S.-led invasion. A Foreign Ministry statement issued Thursday said Nerac died during a gun battle between Iraqi and U.S. soldiers, which took place when he was aboard an Iraqi vehicle.
03/22/03Paul MoranPaul Moran, freelance cameraman for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, March 22, northern Iraq.
03/22/03Terry LloydTerry Lloyd, correspondent for Independent Television News, Britain, March 22, southern Iraq.
03/30/03Gaby RadoGaby Rado, a correspondent for Channel 4 News, Britain, died March 30 after apparently falling from a hotel roof in northern Iraq.
04/02/03Kaveh GolestanKaveh Golestan, Iranian freelance cameraman for the BBC, northern Iraq, April 2.
04/03/03Michael KellyMichael Kelly, editor-at-large, The Atlantic Monthly, April 3, near Baghdad.
04/06/03David BloomReporter David Bloom of NBC News died April 6 from an apparent blood clot while covering the war south of Baghdad.
04/06/03Kamaran Abdurazaq MuhamedKamaran Abdurazaq Muhamed, a Kurdish translator working with the British Broadcasting Corp., April 6, northern Iraq.
04/07/03Christian LiebigChristian Liebig, journalist for Focus weekly, Germany, April 7, south of Baghdad.
04/07/03Julio Anguita ParradoJulio Anguita Parrado, reporter for El Mundo, Spain, April 7, south of Baghdad.
04/08/03Jose CousoJose Couso, cameraman for Spanish television network Telecinco, April 8, at the Palestine hotel in Baghdad.
04/08/03Taras ProtsyukTaras Protsyuk, a Ukrainian television cameraman for Reuters, April 8, at the Palestine hotel in Baghdad.
04/08/03Tareq AyyoubJordanian journalist for Al-Jazeera, Qatar, April 8, at the Al-Jazeera office in Baghdad
04/08/03Veronica CabreraVeronica Cabrera, an Argentine freelance camerawoman, died April 15 of injuries from a car crash outside the Iraqi capital, which instantly killed Mario Podesta, an Argentine television reporter, on April 14.
04/14/03Mario Podesta Argentine freelance journalist Mario Podesta died in a car crash near Baghdad. Podesta was travelling in a convoy of press vehicles some 80 kilometres (50 miles) from Baghdad when the accident happened.
05/08/03Elizabeth Neuffera reporter for The Boston Globe, died May 8 after the car in which she was a passenger apparently struck a guardrail near the town of Samarra, about halfway between Baghdad and Tikrit.
07/05/03Richard WildBritish freelance television cameraman Richard Wild shot dead at point blank range in central Baghdad street.
08/17/03Jeremy LittleAustralian sound engineer for NBC News, died July 6 at military hospital in Germany from wounds suffered June 29 in a grenade attack on a military vehicle in Fallujah
08/17/03Mazen DanaReuters cameraman Mazen Dana shot dead by U.S. troops as he films outside Abu Ghraib prison.
08/25/03Ahmad KareemKareem, director of Kurdistan TV's Mosul bureau, was shot and killed by U.S. forces outside the bureau's office along the Tigris River.
10/28/03Ahmed ShawkatShawkat, editor of the weekly Bilah Ittijah (Without Direction), was shot and killed by one or more gunmen at his office in Mosul.
01/27/04Duraid Isa Mohammed CNN employees Duraid Isa Mohammed, a translator and producer, and Yasser Khatab, a driver, are shot dead as they return to Baghdad in a two car convoy.
02/01/04Abdel Sattar Abdel Karimsix journalists were killed when the offices of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) were attacked in twin suicide bombings as the two Kurdish groups hosted guests to commemorate the first day of the Muslim holiday Eid
02/01/04Ayoub Mohamedsix journalists were killed when the offices of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) were attacked in twin suicide bombings as the two Kurdish groups hosted guests to commemorate the first day of the Muslim holiday Eid
02/01/04Gharib Mohamed Salihsix journalists were killed when the offices of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) were attacked in twin suicide bombings as the two Kurdish groups hosted guests to commemorate the first day of the Muslim holiday Eid
02/01/04Haymin Mohamed Salihsix journalists were killed when the offices of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) were attacked in twin suicide bombings as the two Kurdish groups hosted guests to commemorate the first day of the Muslim holiday Eid
02/01/04Safir Nadersix journalists were killed when the offices of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) were attacked in twin suicide bombings as the two Kurdish groups hosted guests to commemorate the first day of the Muslim holiday Eid
02/01/04Semko Karim Mohyideensix journalists were killed when the offices of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) were attacked in twin suicide bombings as the two Kurdish groups hosted guests to commemorate the first day of the Muslim holiday Eid
03/18/04Ali Abdel AzizCameraman Abdel Aziz and reporter al-Khatib of the United Arab Emirates­based news channel Al-Arabiya were shot dead near a U.S. military checkpoint in Baghdad
03/18/04Nadia NasratNadia Nasrat, a woman journalist, and two other employees of Diyala TV, a local station set up by the Coalition Provisional Authority in Baquba, are killed in an attack.
03/19/04Ali al-KhatibCameraman Abdel Aziz and reporter al-Khatib of the United Arab Emirates­based news channel Al-Arabiya were shot dead near a U.S. military checkpoint in Baghdad
03/26/04Burhan Mohamed MazhourBurhan Mohammed al-Louhayabi, an Iraqi cameraman working with U.S. television network ABC, is killed while covering clashes in Falluja.
04/19/04Assad KadhimAssad Kadhim, a journalist working for Al-Iraqiya, is killed with his driver as they travel to Samarra, north of Baghdad.
05/07/04Mounir Abdallach BouamranePolish correspondent Waldemar Milewicz and Mounir Abdallach Bouamrane, a Polish-Algerian, killed south of Baghdad.
05/07/04Waldemar MilewiczPolish correspondent Waldemar Milewicz and Mounir Abdallach Bouamrane, a Polish-Algerian, killed south of Baghdad.
05/21/04Rashid Hamid WaliWali, assistant cameraman and fixer for the Qatar-based satellite channel Al-Jazeera, was killed by gunfire early in the morning in the city of Karbala, the station reported.
05/27/04Kotaro OgawaHashida and his nephew Ogawa, both freelance journalists, were killed along with their translator when their car came under attack by Iraqi gunmen near Mahmoudiya, 20 miles (30 kilometers) south of the capital, Baghdad, according to news reports.
05/27/04Shinsuke HashidaShinsuke Hashida, a Japanese freelancer, and his nephew Kotaro Ogawa killed in an RPG attack south of Baghdad.
06/03/04Sahar Saad Eddin NuamiSahar Saad Eddin Nuami, editor of three Kirkuk weekly papers Al-Mizan, Al-Khaima and Al-Hayat al-Gadida, dies in a grenade attack in Kirkuk.
08/15/04Mahmoud Hamid AbbasMahmoud Hamid Abbas is killed travelling from his native Falluja to Baghdad. He was a freelance producer for German TV network ZDF.
08/26/04Enzo BaldoniItalian Enzo Baldoni, a reporter for the Milan based weekly "Diario", is killed by kidnappers.
09/12/04Mazen TomeiziMazen Tomeizi, Palestinian Al Arabiya producer, killed in Baghdad in clashes between insurgents and U.S. forces.
10/14/04Dina Mohammed HassanGunmen kill Iraqi journalist Dina Hassan outside her home in Baghdad.
10/14/04Karam HusseinHussein, an Iraqi photographer working for the German-based European Pressphoto Agency (EPA), was killed by a group of gunmen in front of his home in the northern city of Mosul.
10/27/04Liqaa Abdul-RazzaqGunmen kill Liqaa Abdul-Razzaq, a newsreader for al-Sharqiya television, in Baghdad.
10/30/04Nasrallah al-DawoodiNasrallah al-Dawoodi, editor of an Arabic language Iraq newspaper devoted mainly to Kurdish affairs, is found dead in Baghdad after being kidnapped.
11/01/04Dhia NajimDhia Najim, a freelance cameraman filming for Reuters, killed in Ramadi. His colleagues and family said they believed he had been shot by a U.S. sniper. The U.S. military said he died in a gunbattle between Marines and insurgents.
11/01/04Wadallah Sarhan[precise date unknown] Sarhan, editor-in-chief of the now-defunct Akhbar al-Mosul, a local newspaper in the city of Mosul, was gunned down by assailants near his home, which doubled as the newspaper's office
02/09/05Abdul-Hussein KhazalAbdul-Hussein Khazal, Basra correspondent of the U.S. funded television station Alhurra, is shot dead.
02/25/05Raeda Wazzankidnapped on February 20 and found dead with multiple gunshots in the head five days later on a roadside in Mosul where she had lived and worked, Feb. 25.
03/10/05Laik IbrahimLaik Ibrahim, Kurdistan-TV’s bureau chief in Kirkuk (250 km north of Baghdad)was shot dead on 10 March 2005 as he drove to his bureau. Kurdistan-TV is the satellite television station of the Kurdistan Democratic Party
03/14/05Hussam SarsamHussam Sarsam was abducted on March 13 in front of Mosul University. The following day his captors returned him to the same location, where they killed him in front of a number of pedestrians, several Iraqi sources told CPJ.
04/14/05Ali Ibrahim Issatwo Al-Hurriya television journalists were killed in twin suicide bombings while on their way to an assignment... the journalists were traveling in a car with a reporter and a driver when the bombs exploded outside the Interior Ministry.
04/14/05Fadhil Hazem FadhilThe two Al-Hurriya television journalists were killed in twin suicide bombings while on their way to an assignment... the journalists were traveling in a car with a reporter and a driver when the bombs exploded outside the Interior Ministry.
04/15/05Ahmed al-Rubai'iAl-Rubai'i, a reporter and editor at the U.S.-backed daily Al-Sabah who also worked in the media department of the Iraqi National Assembly, was abducted and apparently murdered by unknown perpetrators in Baghdad. [Actual date not specified - 'mid April]
04/15/05Shamal Abd Allah AssadShamal Abd Allah Assad, who worked for the local station of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani's Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, was shot dead on Friday by armed men in a car park
04/23/05Saleh IbrahimAssociated Press Television News cameraman, killed when gunfire broke out after an explosion in the northern city of Mosul, April 23.
05/15/05Ahmad Adamassassinated in “cold-blooded and ruthless executions” on the roadside south of Baghdad
05/15/05Ali Jassem Al Rumiassassinated in “cold-blooded and ruthless executions” on the roadside south of Baghdad
05/15/05Najem Abd Khudairassassinated in “cold-blooded and ruthless executions” on the roadside south of Baghdad
05/31/05Jerges Mohammed Sultanjournalist working for Iraqi state TV channel Al-Iraqiya, as he left his house in the northern city of Mosul, said Dr. Baha-aldin al-Bakri from al-Jumhouri hospital.
06/22/05Jassim Al QaisReporters Without Borders expressed revulsion at the murder of journalist Jassim Al Qais of Iraqi daily Al Siyada who was shot dead on 22 June along with his son as they travelled on a road 10 kilometres north of Baghdad.
06/26/05Maha IbrahimOn Sunday, Maha Ibrahim, a news editor with the local Baghdad TV channel... was on her way to work when she was killed when US troops opened fire after they apparently came under attack in a Baghdad neighbourhood
06/28/05Ahmed Wael Bakrishot dead by US forces while driving "too close" to their military convoy
06/30/05Yasser SaliheeYasser Salihee, an Iraqi special correspondent for Knight Ridder, the parent company of the Free Press, was shot and killed in western Baghdad on Friday as his car neared U.S. and Iraqi troops who had stopped to search a building for snipers
07/01/05Khalid al-AttarKhalid al-Attar, who worked for al-Iraqiya television, was abducted from a Mosul neighbourhood by unidentified armed men and found shot to death on Friday, the state-funded station said.
07/17/05Hind IsmailHind Ismail...a 28-year-old reporter for the daily As-Saffir, was kidnapped in the northern city of Mosul...Police in the southern suburb of al-Muthana found her body the next morning with a single bullet wound to the head.
07/23/05Adnan al-BayatiAdnan al-Bayati...a freelance producer and translator who worked for the television station TG3, was murdered by three gunmen at his home in al-Adhamiya, a district south of Baghdad.
08/02/05Steven VincentSteven Vincent and a translator were kidnapped by gunmen shortly after leaving a hotel on Tuesday evening. His body was found later that night, a U.S. diplomat said. A nurse said he had been shot repeatedly in the chest.
08/10/05Unknown Iraqi journalistIn another development, an Iraqi journalist was shot dead by Iraqi soldiers as he was driving his car near their patrol on a main road in Fallujah, local residents said.
08/27/05Rafed Mahmoud Said al-AnbagyAl-Anbagy, a 36-year-old news anchor and director at Diyala, part of the U.S.-backed Iraq Media Network, was shot dead in Za'toun neighborhood in the city of Baaquba, east of Baghdad, while covering a football match, sources at the broadcaster told CPJ
08/28/05Waleed KhaledA Reuters Television soundman was shot dead in Baghdad on Sunday and a cameraman with him was wounded and then detained by U.S. soldiers.
09/19/05Fakher HaiderAn Iraqi working as a reporter for the New York Times was found dead in the southern city of Basra on Monday after being kidnapped by masked men, family members and a doctor said.
09/20/05Firas MaadidiFiras Maadidi, Mosul bureau chief for As-Saffir newspaper and chief editor of local daily Al-Masar, is killed by gunmen in Mosul.
09/21/05Ahlam YoussefOn Wednesday, gunmen in Mosul shot to death Ahlam Youssef, an engineer who works for al-Iraqiya television, and her husband, said Bassem al-Fadli, a manager at the station's headquarters in Baghdad.
09/21/05Bassem al-FadliOn Wednesday, gunmen in Mosul shot to death Ahlam Youssef, an engineer who works for al-Iraqiya television, and her husband, said Bassem al-Fadli, a manager at the station's headquarters in Baghdad.
10/19/05Mohammad Harun Hassan The International Federation of Journalists today reported that an Iraqi journalist has been shot dead in Baghdad by unknown assailants. Mohammad Harun Hassan was editor of the Nabdh Al Shabeb Newspaper, and Executive Secretary of an Iraqi trade union, the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate
11/07/05Ahmed Hussein Al-MalikiAn Iraqi journalist was shot dead by gunmen in the flashpoint city of Mosul. Police said that Ahmed Hussein Al-Maliki, who worked as an editor for Tal Afar Today newspaper, was killed while he was inside an internet cafe.
11/28/05Aqeel Abdul RidhaTwo journalists (Aqeel Abdul Ridha and Muqdad Muhsin) working for the state-run al-Iraqiya TV network were killed and five other people were wounded Monday in Baghdad, police said.
11/28/05Muqdad Muhsin Two journalists (Aqeel Abdul Ridha and Muqdad Muhsin) working for the state-run al-Iraqiya TV network were killed and five other people were wounded Monday in Baghdad, police said.
01/26/06Mahmoud ZaalAn Iraqi TV journalist was killed while filming clashes between insurgents and US forces in central Iraq on Tuesday, his station said. Mahmoud Zaal was killed while filming in Khalidiya, about 20km (12 miles) east of Ramadi, Baghdad TV said.
02/23/06Adnan KhairullahThe bullet-riddled bodies of Ms Bahjat, engineer Adnan Khairullah and cameraman Khalid Mahmoud were found yesterday near their vehicle, cameras and satellite dish on the outskirts of the city 60 miles north of Baghdad, police Captain Laith Muhammad said.
02/23/06Atwar BahjatGunmen kidnapped and killed her (Atwar Bahjat) and two members of her crew near Samarra where they had gone to cover reaction to Wednesday's shrine bombing.
02/23/06Khalid MahmoudThe bullet-riddled bodies of Ms Bahjat, engineer Adnan Khairullah and cameraman Khalid Mahmoud were found yesterday near their vehicle, cameras and satellite dish on the outskirts of the city 60 miles north of Baghdad, police Captain Laith Muhammad said.
03/07/06Munsuf Abdallah al-Khaldigunmen shot al-Khaldi dead as he was driving from Baghdad on Tuesday with three passengers to interview poets in the northern city of Mosul for his educational and cultural show.
03/11/06Amjad HameeThe general manager of the Iraqi television channel al-Iraqiya and his driver are shot dead on their way to work in Baghdad. Amjad Hamee and Anvvar Turkey are driving through the al-Khadra neighbourhood of the city when they are attacked.
03/14/06Mohsen KhudairEditor in Chief of Alif Baa Al-Iraq magazine, Mohsen Khudair was killed by gunmen in Al-Seidiya west Baghdad last night, police sources told KUNA today.
05/08/06Laith al-Dulaimithe pair were driving to Madain on Sunday when they were stopped on the highway by men wearing police uniforms who took them away. Their bodies were brought to the morgue in Kut, officials there said.
05/08/06Muazaz Ahmedthe pair were driving to Madain on Sunday when they were stopped on the highway by men wearing police uniforms who took them away. Their bodies were brought to the morgue in Kut, officials there said.
05/11/06Muzahim al-HadithiBaghdad (Dora) A reporter who worked for a pro-Sunni Iraqi television station was gunned down in Baghdad...Saud Muzahim al-Hadithi was found dead - shot repeatedly in the head - in Baghdad's notorious Dora neighborhood last week
05/29/06James BrolanPaul Douglas, 48, and soundman James Brolan, 42. were among four people killed when a car bomb hit a U.S. military patrol in Baghdad on Monday
05/29/06Paul DouglasPaul Douglas, 48, and soundman James Brolan, 42. were among four people killed when a car bomb hit a U.S. military patrol in Baghdad on Monday
07/05/06Alaa HassanInter Press Service (IPS) contributor Alaa Hassan was killed on his way to work last Wednesday. He was 35 years old....Alaa was not killed for being a reporter...he was in the wrong place at the wrong time
07/31/06Abdul Wahab Abdul Razeq Ahmad Al QaisieMonday night, Iraqi journalist Abdul Wahab Abdul Razeq Ahmad Al Qaisie was found dead 10 days after he was kidnapped by masked gunmen in Baghdad
07/31/06Riyad Muhammad AliRiyad Muhammad Ali, a reporter for the local weekly Tal Afar al-Yawm, was shot by unidentified assailants in Mosul on Sunday.
08/07/06Ismail Amin AliLate Monday, police found the bullet-riddled body of freelance journalist Ismail Amin Ali, 30, about a half mile from where he was abducted two weeks ago in northeast Baghdad, Lt. Ahmed Mohammed Ali said. The body showed sign of torture
08/07/06Mohammed Abbas HamadMohammed Abbas Hamad, 28, a journalist for the Shiite-owned newspaper Al-Bayinnah Al-Jadida, was shot by gunmen at he left his home Monday in the Adil section of western Baghdad, police Lt. Mohammed Khayoun said.
08/29/06Iyad Nassif al-MousawaiThe Journalistic Freedoms Observatory said on Tuesday that Iraqi journalist Iyad Nassif al-Mousawai was found killed after he was kidnapped by an armed group in Palestine Street in east Baghdad last month.
09/12/06Hadi Anawi al-JoubouriHadi Anawi al-Joubouri, 56, was ambushed as he was driving 125 miles northeast of Baghdad, according to the Journalistic Freedoms Observatory. His body was found riddled with bullets. CPJ is investigating the circumstances surrounding his death.
09/12/06Safaa Ismail InadPolice found the body of Safaa Ismail Inad, a journalist at al-Watan Newspaper, shot in the head near Sadr city in eastern Baghdad, police said.
09/18/06Ahmed Riyadh al-KarbouliMilitants murdered a Baghdad TV journalist in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi...Ahmed Riyadh al-Karbouli, 25, was shot by six men after midday prayers on Monday while he was talking to friends.
10/10/06Azad Mohammed HassanIraqi journalist Azad Mohammed Hassan was found killed after he was kidnapped by an armed group a week ago. Hassan worked as a correspondent to Dar al-Salam Radio. Dar al-Salam Radio is run by the Sunni Muslim Clerics Commission
10/14/06Raed Qais al-ShammariRaed Qais al-Shammari, who worked for the al-Iraqiya channel...government-run TV was killed in a drive-by shooting in southern Baghdad, police said on Saturday, in the latest in a string of attacks on media workers.
11/03/06Abdul Majeed Ismael KhalilPolice in Baghdad find the body of freelance journalist Abdul Majeed Ismael Khalil. He was abducted in eastern Baghdad on Oct 18.
11/03/06Ahmed RasheedTelevision journalist Ahmed Rasheed is killed in the Sunni district of Adamiya in Baghdad
11/13/06Mohammed al-BanGunmen in Mosul kill Mohammed al-Ban, a cameraman for the TV station al-Sharqiya who also worked for local newspaper Al Masar.
11/15/06Fadia Mohammed AliGunmen kill journalist Fadia Mohammed Ali and her driver on her way to the Al Masar newspaper in Mosul.
12/03/06Nabil al DulaimiGunmen shot dead on Monday an Iraqi journalist working for a local radio station, an official at Dijla station said. Nabil al Dulaimi, a Sunni, had just left his house in al- Washash area in northwest Baghdad and was heading to work when gunmen killed...
12/12/06Aswan Ahmed LutfallahAswan Ahmed Lutfallah, 35, was having his car repaired in an industrial area in the eastern part of the city when insurgents and police began fighting nearby and he rushed to cover the clash, police Brig. Abdul-Karim Ahmed Khalaf said. Insurgents spotted him filming, approached him and shot him to death,
01/06/07Ahmed Hadi NajiAssociated Press (AP) says one of its cameramen [Ahmed Hadi Naji] has been found shot dead in the back of his head in Iraq, six days after he was last seen by his family.
01/12/07Khudr Younis al-ObaidiKhudr Younis al-Obaidi who worked for Al-Diwan newspaper, the mouthpiece of tribes in this northern region, was gunned down in the afternoon by several men in a car as he walked in the street, Col. Abdul-Karim al-Jubouri said.
02/20/07Abdel Razeq Hashim al-KhaqaniTwo bullet-riddled bodies belonged to Abdel Razeq Hashim al-Khaqani, a journalist who was working as an editor in the Iraqi radio, and his cousin, were found in forensic medicine department in Baghdad", the source told the independent news agency
03/03/07Jamal al-ZubaidiThe body of an Iraqi journalist was found on Wednesday in Baghdad's Amil district after he was kidnapped for several days, the Iraqi Association for the Protection of Journalists said. Jamal al-Zubaidi was the editor of the local al-Saffir newspaper.
03/03/07Mohan al-Zaher In yet another attack on the Iraqi press, gunmen shot down prominent journalist Mohan al-Zaher near his home in western Baghdad, the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate said Sunday
03/07/07Youssef SabriAn Iraqi TV cameraman working for a privately owned Shiite station was among 22 people killed Wednesday in a car bombing at a police checkpoint in south Baghdad, his station said. Youssef Sabri, who worked for the Biladi satellite station
04/05/07Khamail MuhsinThe body of Khamail Muhsin a veteran Iraqi journalist who worked for years in state television was found in western Baghdad on Thursday...she was also working for the U.S.-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
04/12/07Iman Youssef Abdullahman Youssef Abdullah , who works for a local radio station of President Jalal Talabanis Patriot Union of Kurdistan and her husband Moayad Hamid, the deputy head of the Mosul laborers union, were found Thursday in their car in Mosul's eastern neighborhood of Tahrir...They had been shot several times
05/06/07Dmitry Chebotayev