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Monday, November 26, 2012

261 Iraqi Journalists and Media Murdered Since 2003

Who's responsible for this horrific slaughter? What were the philosophical views of the slain? Who benefits by their elimination?


Iraqi journalist killed in mysterious circumstances in Baghdad

11/18/2012
JFO expresses its deep regret and strong condemnation of the killing of Iraqi journalist, on Saturday evening, the center of the Iraqi capital, and in mysterious circumstances and the circumstances that can not be disclosed only to conduct comprehensive investigations by the security authorities.
The Iraqi security forces have found, yesterday, the body of journalist Samir Sheikh Ali, who works as the editor of the "masses Baghdadi" in the area of Sheikh Omar center of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, which infected several gunshots.
In a telephone call to JFO with the editorial board of "masses Baghdadiya," said editor, Samir Sheikh Ali editor-in-chief was killed, on Saturday, when he was driving his car in the Sheikh Omar industrial area of central Baghdad.
Editor who requested anonymity, said that Ali "subjected to three gunshots settled in his chest and claimed his life without being able to one of his" ministry. Without his knowledge for further details.
The journalist Samir Sheikh Ali, who is 61 years old, married and father of three sons, heads the editor of the "masses Baghdadiya" Three years ago, a newspaper in general, in addition to its activity in the field of human rights and the defense of civil liberties and the right of access to information, except for his work in many newspapers Baghdadiya and news agencies.
And still Iraq over the past decade tops indicators impunity, according to CPJ's International, and that journalists and their staff for successive attacks since the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, where he killed 261 Iraqi journalists and foreign workers in the media and their fellow Ghazwan Lance, whom 147 journalists killed because of their journalistic work as well as 52 technicians and media assistants, wrapped mystery other criminal operations that targeted indirectly journalists and technicians did not come targeted because of his journalistic work, and kidnapped 64 journalists and media assistants killed, mostly 14 of them are still missing. According to statistics JFO.  

However, all of these crimes were not disclosed perpetrators, and far exceed classified any other country in the world.
JFO demands competent authorities to disclose the circumstances of the incident and found as soon as the perpetrators to make sure there is no motives and purposes of or know the exact and the search for bodies that could be behind this vicious incident.