(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 19 April 2004 CPJ press release: JOURNALIST AND HIS DRIVER REPORTEDLY KILLED IN IRAQ New York, April 19, 2004 – The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is concerned about reports that a correspondent for a U.S.-backed television station and his driver were killed today by U.S. fire in the […]
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 19 April 2004 CPJ press release:
JOURNALIST AND HIS DRIVER REPORTEDLY KILLED IN IRAQ
New York, April 19, 2004 – The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is concerned about reports that a correspondent for a U.S.-backed television station and his driver were killed today by U.S. fire in the central Iraqi city of Samara, north of Baghdad.
Asaad Kadhim, a correspondent for the U.S.-funded Al-Iraqiya TV, and his driver, Hussein Saleh, were killed by gunfire from U.S. forces, according to The Associated Press, which cited Al-Iraqiya reports.
The circumstances of the incident are unclear, and CPJ is seeking more information. U.S. and coalition forces in Iraq did not have information about the incident.
Twenty-four journalists – not including today’s reported deaths – have been killed in action in Iraq since March 2003. Gunfire from U.S. forces is responsible for at least six of those deaths.
CPJ is a New York-based, independent, nonprofit organization that works to safeguard press freedom worldwide. For more information about press conditions in Iraq, visit http://www.cpj.org.
