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Al-Jazeera Cameraman and 8 Others Killed in Karbala

HeadlineMay 21, 2004

An Iraqi cameraman working with Al-Jazeera and eight other civilians have been killed in fighting in the holy city of Karbala. This according to a report by Agence France Press. The journalist Hamid Rashid Wali was filming the fighting from his hotel window when he was shot. Agence France Presse reports that 15 journalists have been killed so far this year in Iraq, all but two have been Iraqi. The Committee to Protect Journalists recently named Iraq to be the most dangerous country in the world for journalists.

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