Hans Rustad En av Iraks mest kjente journalister, Khamael Muhsin, ble drept da en bilbombe rammet tv-stasjonen han arbeidet for. Irak-krigen er en av de mest dødelige for journalister i nyere tid.
An international press advocacy group condemned the slaying of a well-known Iraqi journalist and the car bombing of a Sunni-owned television station that killed the assistant director, calling the killings «heinous» murders.
Thaer Ahmed, assistant director of Baghdad TV, was killed Thursday when a car bomb struck the television offices in Jami’a, in west Baghad. Twelve people were wounded.
Also Thursday, police in west Baghdad found the bullet-riddled body of Khamael Muhsin, a famous television presenter during Saddam Hussein’s rule. She was kidnapped two days ago.
«We offer our condolences to the family of our colleague Khamail,» said Joel Simon, Executive Director of the New-York based Committee to Protect Journalists. «Her senseless murder serves as a reminder of the unprecedented dangers of practicing journalism in
Iraq.»CPJ said Muhsin had reported on social and cultural life in Iraq for the U.S.-funded Radio Free Iraq since 2004.
At least 99 journalists, including Muhsin, Jaber, and 37 media support staffers have been killed since the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003, making Iraq the deadliest conflict for the press in recent history. Insurgents are responsible for the bulk of media deaths. More than 80 percent of all media deaths have been Iraqis working for local and international news outlets.
