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As we posted here eighteen journalists were murdered in Irak last year. They were guilty of the crime of being journalists.
For those of you who don’t read Arabic I’ll translate:
- Baghdad: Seven journalists murdered.
- Mosul: Five journalists murdered.
- Kurdistan Regional Government: Two Journalists murdered.
- Basrah: One journalist murdered.
- Salah al-Din: One journalist murdered.
- Diyala: One journalist murdered.
- Kirkuk: One journalist murdered.
markfromireland
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18 in 2008. And two last week. Iraq is the deadliest place for journalists, for the sixth year in a row. Fitting news on this, the sixth anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq.
Thank you, Mark.
Dugg.
Thank you, mfi. The corporate media may say we’ve forgotten about Irak but many of us know better.
Oh I rather suspect that those who have “forgotten” are about to be reminded.
Laura yes, we haven’t forgotten that disgraceful anniversary. I wouldn’t say there’s been much improvement for journalists. Particularly not in Iraki Kurdistan. In the first two months of 2009 [link is to Arabic language report] there have been:
* 9 cases of persecution of journalists recorded in the city of Sulaimaniyah,
* 7 cases were recorded in Arbil,
* 4 cases in Dohuk.
Thanks 4 opening the digg.
Thanks mfi.