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Old 10-13-2006, 03:29 PM   #8
Hippikos
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: In The Line Of Fire
Posts: 571
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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