Iraq: Journalists’ death toll rises

BAGHDAD – The body of a reporter at a national Iraqi radio station was found in western Baghdad on Thursday, two days after she went missing, her employers said.

Khamail Muhsin was a veteran Iraqi journalist who worked for years in state television before the US-led invasion in 2003. At the time of her disappearance she was also working for the US-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.According to the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists, 97 journalists have been killed in Iraq since 2003, 78 of them Iraqi.Following is a chronology of those reported killed in the last six months.Sept 12 2006 – Hadi Anawi al-Joubouri, a journalist and representative of the Iraqi Journalists’ Syndicate for the eastern province of Diyala, is killed north of Baghdad.Sept 13 – Iraqi police report finding the body of Safaa Ismail Inad, a journalist at al-Watan newspaper, near Sadr City.Sept 18 – Gunmen in Ramadi kill Ahmed Riyadh al-Karbuli, who worked for the Sunni-run Baghdad TV, a satellite channel owned by the Iraqi Islamic Party.Nov 3 – Baghdad police find the body of freelance journalist Abdul Majeed Ismael Khalil.He was abducted on October 18.Nov 3 – Television journalist Ahmed Rasheed is killed in Baghdad’s Sunni district of Adhamiya.Nov 13 – Gunmen in Mosul kill Mohammed al-Ban, a cameraman for al-Sharqiya television, who also worked for local newspaper Al Masar.Nov 15 – Gunmen kill journalist Fadia Mohammed Ali and her driver on her way to the Al Masar newspaper in Mosul.Dec 4 – Gunmen shoot dead radio journalist Nabil al-Dulaimi.Dec 12 – Gunmen shoot dead Aswan Lutfalla, a cameraman working for Associated Press Television News in Mosul.Feb 11 2007 – Hussein al-Joubouri, editor of the daily newspaper al-Safir is fatally wounded in an attack at his Baghdad home.March 3 – Jamal Riyah al-Zoubaidi is found dead in the southeast of Baghdad.He went missing after leaving the offices of his newspaper, al-Safir.March 4 – Mohan Hussein al-Dhahr, editor of the daily al-Mishrak, is killed in a botched kidnap in the east of Baghdad.March 19 – The body of Hamid al-Duleimi, producer of TV channel al-Nahrain is found in the Baghdad morgue, two days after he had been abducted.April 5 – The body of Iraqi journalist Khamail Muhsin is found with a gunshot wound to the head and signs of torture.She was last seen on April 3.Nampa-Reuters (Sources: Reuters, RSF: www.rsf.org/, CPJ: www.cpj.org)At the time of her disappearance she was also working for the US-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.According to the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists, 97 journalists have been killed in Iraq since 2003, 78 of them Iraqi.Following is a chronology of those reported killed in the last six months.Sept 12 2006 – Hadi Anawi al-Joubouri, a journalist and representative of the Iraqi Journalists’ Syndicate for the eastern province of Diyala, is killed north of Baghdad.Sept 13 – Iraqi police report finding the body of Safaa Ismail Inad, a journalist at al-Watan newspaper, near Sadr City.Sept 18 – Gunmen in Ramadi kill Ahmed Riyadh al-Karbuli, who worked for the Sunni-run Baghdad TV, a satellite channel owned by the Iraqi Islamic Party.Nov 3 – Baghdad police find the body of freelance journalist Abdul Majeed Ismael Khalil.He was abducted on October 18.Nov 3 – Television journalist Ahmed Rasheed is killed in Baghdad’s Sunni district of Adhamiya.Nov 13 – Gunmen in Mosul kill Mohammed al-Ban, a cameraman for al-Sharqiya television, who also worked for local newspaper Al Masar.Nov 15 – Gunmen kill journalist Fadia Mohammed Ali and her driver on her way to the Al Masar newspaper in Mosul.Dec 4 – Gunmen shoot dead radio journalist Nabil al-Dulaimi.Dec 12 – Gunmen shoot dead Aswan Lutfalla, a cameraman working for Associated Press Television News in Mosul.Feb 11 2007 – Hussein al-Joubouri, editor of the daily newspaper al-Safir is fatally wounded in an attack at his Baghdad home.March 3 – Jamal Riyah al-Zoubaidi is found dead in the southeast of Baghdad.He went missing after leaving the offices of his newspaper, al-Safir.March 4 – Mohan Hussein al-Dhahr, editor of the daily al-Mishrak, is killed in a botched kidnap in the east of Baghdad.March 19 – The body of Hamid al-Duleimi, producer of TV channel al-Nahrain is found in the Baghdad morgue, two days after he had been abducted.April 5 – The body of Iraqi journalist Khamail Muhsin is found with a gunshot wound to the head and signs of torture.She was last seen on April 3.Nampa-Reuters (Sources: Reuters, RSF: www.rsf.org/, CPJ: www.cpj.org)

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