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111 Iraqi Journalists killed in Iraq Under Occupation |
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by Sabah Ali BRussells Tribunal Entered into the database on Tuesday, May 09th, 2006 @ 13:56:35 MST |
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The Iraqi Journalists Union published a report and lists of
the Iraqi journalists who were killed in the last 3 years. The list took 5 months
of working on the ground, documenting when, where, how and by whom, the journalists
were killed as follows: 69 journalists were killed by militias or unknown armed men 21 were killed in explosions or fighting 17 were shot by the American troops. 2 were shot by the Iraqi troops This statistics show that the Iraqi journalist is targeted by everybody, but
the question remains who is responsible for targeting them and for the lack
of protection journalists among other Iraqis need. The occupying troops or the
Iraqi troops, or both? For it is illogical to imagine that the American or the
Iraqi authorities would hold the (unknown) armed men responsible, while they
themselves are responsible of shooting 19 journalists apart from the killing
of many others in fighting. In all of the other cases, these authorities are
indirectly responsible for these killings, as they are responsible of providing
safe environment for journalists to work in. The bitter irony is that the freedom of speech and media (as in all other Iraqi
issues like democracy and human rights) was one of the pretexts which the American
administration used in invading and occupying Iraq. What kind of freedom a journalist
has when his life is threatened? The international community has to play an active rule in protecting the Iraqi
journalists through creating an independent international committee to investigate
the daily violations that the Iraqi journalists are exposed to, and to present
those who are responsible, no matter of which nationality they are, to the international
court. Bellow are the names, profession, occasion, and date of killing of
each Iraqi journalist. 1- Hussien Qthman, translator with the British ITN, his car
was shot by the Iraqi troops near Basra in March 23, 2003 2- Aqeel Mohammad Rasheed Al-Janabi, editor in chief of Al-Faiha
newspaper, killed by knife stabs in his town Hilla in June24, 2003 3- Qomran Abdul Razzaq, 25, translator in the BBC, killed
when the American troops bombed a Kurdish convoy in the north of Iraq in April16,
2003 4- Ahmad Kareem, reporter , Kurdistan Satellite Channel, killed
in July 2, 2003 5- Ahmad Shawkat, editor in Bila-Itijah weekly, killed by
two armed men who raided his house and shot him in October 28, 2003 6- Doraid Issa Mohamad, translator and producer in CCN, shot
in an ambush in Baghdad outskirts in January 27, 2004 7- Yassir Khattab, CNN, killed in the same ambush with Doraid
The next 12 journalists were killed in Arbeel, in February1, 2004, when the
offices of the Kurdistan National Union and the Kurdistan Democratic Party were
attacked: 8- Safeer Nadir, camera man in Qulan TV (KDP) 9- Heiman Mohamad Salih, cameraman in Qulan TV 10- Ayoob Mohamad Salih, cameraman, Kurdistan Satellite Channel 11- Ghareeb Mohamad Salih, cameraman,KSC 12- Simko Kareem Mohiddeen, free Lance cameraman 13- Abdul Sattar Abdul Kareem, photographer, Al-Taqiya newspaper
14- Nassih Saleem, freelancer 15- Kamiran Mohamad Omar, freelancer 16- Salah Saidak, Itihad editor –in-Chief 17- Shawkat Sheikh Yazdeen , publisher 18- Mahdi Khashnaw, Nassree, Kurdish newspaper, editor in
chief 19- Mahdi Saad Abdulla, Thiraeei newspaper editor-in-Chief 20- Mahmood Awad Hamadi, 33, Al-Jazeera newspaper editor-in-Chief,
killed by the American troops in Falluja in March2, 2004 21- Salwan abdul Ghani Al-Noaimi, translator in VOA, shot
by armed men in Baghdad in March1, 2004 22- Ali Abdul Azziz, 35,cameraman, Al-Arabiya Satellite, shot
by the American troops in March18, 2004 23- Ali Al-Khateeb, 32,Al-Arabiya correspondent , shot by
the American troops in Baghdad in March 18, 2004. 24- Nadia Nassrat, f, announcer in the Iraqi Media Net, shot
by armed men in Diyala (Baquba) in March 18, 2004 25- Mohamad Ahmad Sarhan, IMN, shot by armed men in Diyala
(Baquba) in March 18,2004 26- Majeed Rasheed , technician in IMN, shot by armed men
in Diyala (Baquba) in March18, 2004 27- Omar Hashim Kamil, reporter, Time magazine, shot by armed
men in Baghdad March26, 2004 28- Burhan Mohamad Mazhoor, cameraman, ABC, shot by the American
troops in Falluja March26, 2004 29- As'ad Kadim , Iraqiya TV reporter, shot by the American
troops In Samarra April 19, 2004 30- Husein Salih, driver, Al-Iraqiya, shot by the American
troops in Samarra April 19,2004 31- Moneer Omran, war correspondent to the Polish TV, shot
by armed men in May7, 2004 32- Rasheed Hamid, cameraman in Al-Jazeera news channel, shot
by unknown fire source, in Karbala May 21, 2004 33- Mahmood Ismael Dawood, reporter, Al-Sabah Al-Jadeed newspaper,
shot by armed men in Baghdad in May 29, 2004 34- Samiya Abd al-Jabir,f, administrator and technician in
Al-Sabah Al-Jadeed, shot by unknown armed men in Baghdad May 29, 2004 35- Sahraddeen Al-Noaimi, editor-in-chief of Kerkuk weekly,
killed when a grenade was thrown on his car in Kerkuk in June4, 2004 36- Husam Ali, freelance cameraman, killed in Falluja by unknown
armed men in August15, 2004 37- Mahmood Hamid Abbass, cameraman, German TV, shot by unknown
armed men in Falluja 15, 2004 38- Ali Jabir, Iraqi journalist accompanying the Italian journalist
Inzo Baldini, killed by armed men near Najaf, after the Italian journalist was
kidnapped in August 21, 2004 39- Jamal Tafeeq Salman, photographer, in Gazeta Wyborcza,
shot by unknown armed men in Baghdad August 25, 2004 40- IsmaelTahir Mohsin, reporter in AP, shot near his house
by unknown armed men in Xeptember2,2004 41- Ahmad Jasim, reporter, Al-Iraqiya, shot by unknown armed
men in October7,2004 42- Karam Hussein, photographer, Pressphoto, killed in Mosul
in October14,2004 43- Dina Mohamad Hassan,f, reporter to Al-Huriya TV, killed
in Adhamiya by armed men in October14,2004 44- Liqa' Abdul Razzaq,f, announcer in Al-Sharqiya TV killed
by unknown armed men in Baghdad October27,2004 45- Nasralla Al-Dawoodi, 55, editor-in-chief of Al-Iraq Daily,
killed by unknown armed men in Baghdad in October27,2004 46- Ali Adnan, technician, Al-Arabiya, October 30, 2004, car
bomb targeted Al-Arabiya office 47- Hassan Alwan, the same 48- Ramziya Moushi,f, the same 49- Nabeel hassan, the same 50- Dhia Najim, cameraman, Reuters, shot by an American sniper
in his head in November1, 2004 when he was covering the fighting between armed
men and the American troops. 51- Sahar Saad,f, reporter in Meezan and Al-Hayat Al-Jadida,
shot in Baghdad unknown armed men in Baghdad June 3, 2004 52- Dawod Qassim, reporter, The German Radio, killed with
his wife and father by unknown armed men in Baghdad February 4, 2005 53- Muayd Sámi, editor-in-chief of the Parliament news
paper in Baquba, killed by unknown armed men in January13,2005 54- Ali Dhia Hassan,27, reporter in al-Nahdha newspaper, shot
by unknown armed men in Baghdad January16,2005 55- Huda Dhia Hassan, Ali's sister, reporter in Nahdha newspaper,
shot by unknown armed men in Baghdad January16, 2005 56- Abdul Hussein Khaz'al, 40, Al-Harra satellite channel
reporter, killed with his son,3, by unknown armed men in Basra February8,2005 57-Raida Al-Wazzan, announcer in Al-Iraqiya satellite TV,
killed by anknown armed men in Mosul February 28, 2005 58- Saman Abdulla, announcer in Kerkuk TV, killed by unknown
armed men April5,2005 59- Ahmad Adam Mostafa, journalist and writer in Al-Mada Daily,
slaughtered by unknown armed men in Yousfiya May15, 2005 60- Najim Abid Khudheir, freelance reporter, slaughtered by
unknown armed men in Yousfiya in May15, 2005 61- Ahmad Khalid Sultan, reporter in Al-Sad newspaper, member
on the Young Journalists Association, , killed by unknown armed men west of
Baghdad July17, 2005 62- Walid Ibrahim, reporter, Reuters, shot by the American
troops in Hay Al-Adil in Baghdad while he was covering the fighting in August29,
2005 63- Hayder Kadhim, reporter, Reuters, shot by the American
troops in Hay Al-Adil in Baghdad while he was covering the fighting in August29,
2005 64- Abdul Qadir Mohamad Al-Badrani, reporter in Iraqiyoon
News Agency, shot by the Iraqi troops in Falluja August 8, 2005 65- Laiq Ibrahim, reporter in Kurdistan radio, killed by unknown
armed men in Kerkuk march10, 2005 66- Ahmad Abdul Jabbar Hashim, reporter in Al-Sabah Daily,
kidnapped and killed by unknown armed men in March31, 2005 67- Husan Hilal Sarsam, cameraman in Kurdistan TV, killed
by unknown armed men in Musol March14, 2005 68- Jasim Al-Qaissi, reporter in Al-Siyada newspaper, killed
in his car with his son north of Baghdad In June22, 2005 69- Jasim Al-Sheikhly, freelance journalist, killed by unknown
armed men in Baghdad in June22, 2005 70- Ahmad Wa'il Al-bakri, TV director in Al-Sharqiya TV, shot
by the American troops in Baghdad in June 28, 2005 71- Zaid Mohamad Salloom Al-Zubaidi, driver in Al-Hurra news
channel, killed by unknown armed men south of Baghdad in August12, 2005 72- Hadi Hassan Al-Shamari, editing secretary, Biladi magazine,
killed by unknown armed men in mid 2005. 73- Khalid Sabih Al-Attar,43, producer and presenter in Al-Iraqiya
TV, kidnapped and killed by unknown armed men in Mosul July1, 2005 74- Maha Ibrahim,f, editor-in-chief, Baghdad TV, shot by the
American troops in Baghdad, July3, 2005 75-Ahlam Yousif, Tv engineer, Al-Iraqiya TV, killed in Mosul
by unknown armed men September22, 2005 76- Adnan Al-Bayati, producer and presenter in the Italian
TV, killed in his house in Baghdad by unknown armed men in July23, 2005 77- Rafid Mahmood, radio presenter in Diyala, IMN, killed
by unknown armeb men in Al-Gatoon areaAugust27, 2005 78- Haydar Fakhir Al-Tamimi, 38, New York Times reporter,
and director of Al-Mirbad News Channel, kidnapped and killed in Basra September19,
2005 79- Hind Ismael,f,28, Al-Safeer newspaper reporter in Mosul,
killed by unknown armed men in September16, 2005 80- Firas Al-Ma'adhidi, 40, Al-Safeer newspaper reporter,
killed by unknown armed men in Mosul September16, 2005 81-Ahmad Hussein Al-Maliki, reporter in Tallafar newspaper,
kidnapped for two months then killed by unknown armed men in Musol in November7,
2005 82- Mohamad Haroon Al-Fatlawi, secretary general of Iraqi
Journalists Union, editor-in-chief of Al-Qadhiya Daily, killed by unknown armed
men in Baghdad October19, 2005 83- Maisoon Abdul Hafidh,f, editing designer, in Al-Jumhoriya
newspaper, killed near her office in Baghdad early 2005. 84- Fadhil Hussein Al-Khafaji, reporter in Al-Da'wa newspaper,
killed by unknown armed men in Baghdad January30, 2005 85- Haydar Al-Jourani, reporter of Al-da'wa newspaper In Najaf,
killed by the American troops in the fighting with the Mahdi Army in 2005 86- Fadhil Hazim Fadhil, Al-Hurriya TV reporter , killed in
an explosion near the interior ministry in Baghdad April14, 2005 87- Ali Ibrahim Issa, cameraman, Al-Hurriya TV, killed in
an explosion near the interior ministry in Baghdad April4, 2005 88- Shamil Abdulla Ass'ad, reporter in the Kurdish TV, his
body was found in one of Kerkuk streets in April15, 2005 89- Salih Ibrahim, AP reporter, killed in an explosion targeting
the American troops in Baghdad, April23, 2005 90- Najat Mohamad Karim, administrator, in Dijla radio, targeted
by a sniper in his office in Baghdad, April26, 2005 91- Qasim Mohamad, guard, Dijla radio, targeted by a sniper
in the office April26, 2005 92- Yassir Al-Salihi, reporter to an American group called
Night Rider, shot in his car by the American troops in June22, 2005 93- Abdul Salaam Ahmad, reporter in Al-Soumariya TV, killed
by unknown armed men in Baghdad December10, 2005 94- Mahmood Za'al, reporter , Baghdad TV, killed by the American
troops in Khaldiya January14, 2006 95- Sarmad Salman, freelance sports reporter, kidnapped and
killed by armed men in Baghdad early January 2006 96- Alan Anoi,33, translator, killed when the American journalist
Jill Carol was kidnapped in Baghdad in Jaanuary7, 2006 97- Abdul Razzaq A-Na'as, writer and professor of journalism
in Baghdad university, shot by unknown armed men, in Baghdad in January29, 2006 98- Hamza Hussein, sports reporter, Al-Diyar TV, killed in
a car bomb in Baghdad January22,2006 99- Atwar Bahjat,f,30, Al-Arabiya correspondent, kidnapped
killed by unknown armed men in Salahddeen, in February23,2006 100- Khalid Mahmood Al-Falahi,39, Al-Arabiya cameraman, kidnapped
and killed by unknown armed men in Salahddeen, February23, 2006 101- Adnan Kheiralla, 36, tv engineer, Al-Arabiya, kidnapped
and killed by unknown armed men in Salahddeen, February23, 2006 102- Monsif Abdulla Al-Khalidi,35, news director in Baghdad
TV, killed by unknown armed men in Baghdad March7, 2006 103-Amjad Hamid Mohsin, Al-Iraqiya TV director, killed by
unknown armed men in Baghdad March 11, 2006 104- Anwar Turky, worker, Al-Iraqiya TV, killed by unknown
armed men in Baghdad March11, 2006 105- Mohsin Khodeir, editor-in-chief, Alefba' magazine, killed
by unknown armed men in March13, 2006 106- Ali Hamid Al-Mayahi, reporter in Al-Da'wa newspaper,
killed by the American-Iraqi joint troops when he was covering a military raid
on a mosques in Baghdad March19, 2006 107- Kamil Manahi Anbar, reporter in Al-Nahar and correspondent
of the Institute of War and Peace Journalism, killed while he was covering an
American military raid on a mosque in Baghdad March19, 2006 108- Abdul Jalil Jasim Al-Mahamadawi, reporter in Al-Risala
newspaper, killed in a suicide explosion while he was covering a Friday prayer
in a mosque in Baghdad April8,2006 109-Qusai Al-Amiri, media coordinator in Al-Bilad radio, killed
by unknown armed men in Baghdad April22, 2006. (PS: this list stops at the end of April 2006) The list was published in Al-Zawra' newspaper (the IJU paper) no.469 on
Thursday May4, 2006, in Arabic. *The biggest part of list was published in Al-Zawra' newspaper (the IJU
paper) no.469 on Thursday May4, 2006, in Arabic. Read also the
annual report 2006 of Reporters without Borders [PDF] *M |
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