85 Journalists Killed in Iraq
By Year:
2006: 25
2005: 22
2004: 24
2003: 14
By Nationality:
Iraqi: 64
European: 11
Other Arab countries: 3
United States: 2
All other countries: 5
By Gender:
Men: 79
Women: 6
By Circumstance:
Murder: 49
Crossfire or other acts of war: 36
Responsibility:
Insurgent action: 59 (Includes crossfire, suicide bombings, and murders.)
U.S. fire: 14 (CPJ has not found evidence to conclude that U.S. troops targeted journalists in these cases. While the cases are classified as crossfire, CPJ continues to investigate.)
Iraqi armed forces, during U.S. invasion: 3 (All are crossfire or acts of war.)
Iraqi armed forces, post-U.S. invasion: 1 (Crossfire)
Source unconfirmed: 8
By Job:
Photojournalists: 23 (Includes still photographers and camera operators.)
Directors, reporters and editors: 49
Producers: 7
Technicians: 6
By Location:
Anbar province (Fallujah, Ramadi): 6
Nineveh province (Mosul): 11
Baghdad province: 49
Saleheddin province (Samara): 4
Basrah province: 3
Diyala province (Baqubah): 2
Arbil province: 6
Karbala province: 1
Najaf province: 1
Sulaymaniya province: 1
Unclear: 1
By embedded status:
Embedded: 6
Non-Embedded or unilateral: 79
Type of news organization:
Working for international news organization: 37
Working for Iraqi news organization: 48
Highest death tolls among news organization:
Iraq Media Network (includes Al-Iraqiya, its affiliates, and Sabah newspaper): 11
Al-Arabiya: 6
Al-Shaabiya: 5
Reuters: 4
Kurdistan TV 4
(WW2: 68 journalists killed)
(Vietnam: 66 journalists killed)
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Last edited by Hippikos; 10-13-2006 at 03:33 PM.
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