U.S. watchdog group deplores slaying of two Iraqi journalists
BAGHDAD, Iraq Police confirmed Thursday the killing of two Iraqi journalists whose deaths were condemned by the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists, an independent group monitoring press freedom worldwide.
Safa Ismaiel Enad, a 31-year old freelance photographer for several media outlets including the now-defunct newspaper al-Watan, was shot Tuesday by two gunmen in a photo print shop in Baghdad's eastern Shiite neighborhood of Ur, police and the CPJ said in an announcement.
Al-Watan, based in Tikrit, was affiliated with the Iraqi National Movement, a party established in 2001 and was funded after the 2003 invasion by the Coalition Provisional Authority. It closed two months ago for lack of money and is now trying to re-establish itself as a magazine.
Another journalist and representative of the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate, Hadi Anawi al-Joubouri, 56, was ambushed Tuesday as he drove between Baquba and Khalis, about 60 kilometers (35 miles) northeast of Baghdad. His body was found riddled with bullets.
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Safa Ismaiel Enad, a 31-year old freelance photographer for several media outlets including the now-defunct newspaper al-Watan, was shot Tuesday by two gunmen in a photo print shop in Baghdad's eastern Shiite neighborhood of Ur, police and the CPJ said in an announcement.
Al-Watan, based in Tikrit, was affiliated with the Iraqi National Movement, a party established in 2001 and was funded after the 2003 invasion by the Coalition Provisional Authority. It closed two months ago for lack of money and is now trying to re-establish itself as a magazine.
Another journalist and representative of the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate, Hadi Anawi al-Joubouri, 56, was ambushed Tuesday as he drove between Baquba and Khalis, about 60 kilometers (35 miles) northeast of Baghdad. His body was found riddled with bullets.
Read the rest at the International Herald Tribune
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