Journalists killed in Iraq: Profile
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has said “Iraq is the most dangerous place in the world to work as a journalist.”
In 2003 alone, according to the CPJ’s estimates, 13 journalists died in “hostile acts”. Others died due to illness or accidents.
These are the names and affiliations of those journalists who died in the line of duty in Iraq starting as early as the first days of war:
Terry Lloyd, 22 March 2003, ITV News correspondent; disappeared in southern Iraq and was declared dead a day later.
Paul Moran, 22 March 2003, freelance Australian cameraman; killed when an apparent human bomber detonated a car at a military checkpoint in north-eastern Iraq.
Gaby Rado, 30 March 2003, correspondent for Britain’s Channel 4 TV; fell to his death from the roof of his hotel in the town of Sulaymania in northern Iraq.
Kaveh Golestan, 2 April 2003, Iranian freelance cameraman on an assignment for the BBC; killed after stepping on a landmine in northern Iraq.
Michael Kelly, 3 April 2003, US journalist and Washington Post columnist; killed while travelling with the US army’s 3rd infantry division in Iraq.
Kamaran Abd al-Razaq Muhammad, 6 April 2003, translator working for BBC; killed in northern Iraq in a “friendly fire” incident.
David Bloom, 6 April 2003, NBC journalist; died due to illness.
Julio Anguita Parrado, 7 April 2003, New York correspondent for El Mundo daily Spanish newspaper; killed in a missile attack while accompanying the US army’s 3rd infantry division south of Baghdad.
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Christian Liebig, 7 April 2003, reporter of German weekly magazine, Focus; killed in a missile attack while accompanying the US army’s 3rd infantry division south of Baghdad.
Tariq Ayoub, 8 April 2003, Aljazeera TV channel correspondent; killed in a US air strike at Aljazeera office in Baghdad.
Taras Protsyuk, 8 April 2003, Reuters cameraman; killed when a US tank opened fire on Palestine hotel.
Jose Couso, 8 April 2003, cameraman for Spain’s Telecinco TV; killed when a US tank opened fire on Palestine hotel.
Mario Podesta, 15 April 2003, correspondent for Argentina’s America TV; died in a car crash while travelling from the Jordanian border to Baghdad.
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Veronica Cabrera, 15 April 2003, freelance camerawoman for Argentina’s America TV; died in a car crash while travelling from the Jordanian border to Baghdad.
Elizabeth Neuffer, 9 May 2003, foreign correspondent for the Boston Globe; killed in a car accident in Iraq.
Walid Khalifa Hassan Al-Dulami, 9 May 2003, translator accompanying foreign correspondent for the Boston Globe in Iraq; killed in a car accident.
Richard Wild, 5 July 2003, British freelance cameraman; gunned down in central Baghdad.
Jeremy Little, 6 July 2003, Austrian journalist with NBC News and embedded with the US 3rd infantry division; died of post-operative complications, days after being injured in a grenade attack.
Mazin Dana, 18 August 2003, a Palestinian cameraman with Reuters; shot dead by US soldiers while filming outside Baghdad’s Abu Gharaib prison.
Mark Fineman, 23 September 2003, Los Angeles Times correspondent in Baghdad; died as a result of an apparent heart attack while waiting for an interview in the office of the Iraqi Governing Council (IGC).
Ahmad Shawkat, 28 October 2003, editor of the Iraqi weekly Bilah Ittijah (Without Direction); killed by unknown gunmen in the city of Mosul.
Duraid Isa Muhammad, 27 January 2004, producer and translator for CNN; killed in an ambush carried out by unknown assailants outside Baghdad.
Ali Abdul Aziz, 18 March 2004, cameraman for Dubai-based al-Arabiya TV channel; shot dead by US troops in central Baghdad.
Ali al-Khatib, 18 March 2004, al-Arabiya TV channel journalist in Iraq; shot dead by US troops in central Baghdad.