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2 Iraqi Journalists Killed in Separate Attacks

HeadlineMay 23, 2008

In other Iraq news, two Iraqi journalists have been killed in separate attacks. Thirty-two-year-old cameraman Wisam Ali Ouda was shot dead Wednesday as he returned homed from work in Baghdad. The Iraqi media watchdog Journalistic Freedoms Observatory says Ouda was killed by a US sniper. Ouda’s employer, the Afaq network, says it’s unclear who took his life. Meanwhile, thirty-six-year-old journalist Haider Hisham al Hasseni has been found dead one day after his kidnapping in Diyala. At least eight Iraqi media workers have been killed so far this year.

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