Journalist for Reuters, CNN killed in Iraq siege

Journalist for Reuters, CNN killed in Iraq siege

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Dozens of people were killed in Iraq Tuesday when armed gunmen stormed a local government office in the northern city of Tikrit, setting off explosives and executing 15 hostages. Among the dead is a local journalist and father of three, 30-year-old Sabah al-Bazee, who was a correspondent for the Al-Arabiya satellite TV channel and a freelancer for CNN and Reuters, which reported that he died of shrapnel wounds.

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There still is a war going on in Iraq, atleast in my opinion there is, and the mainstream media barley covers anything that goes on there anymore. People are still being killed by IEDs, bombs, and shootings.

A US soldier was killed a few days ago by an IED. There is still a war over there, but attention has turned to other things.

The additional link says that a total of 65 were killed in this attack with 95 injured.

Edit to add - 10 of the 65 killed were the gunmen, and the journalist was for both CNN and Reuters. Just thought I would clarify that because the article title may give the impression that there were 2 journalists killed.

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Heres an article I found that seems updated a little bit.

56 die in five-hour Iraq seige

BAGHDAD — Wearing military uniforms over explosives belts, gunmen held a local Iraqi government center hostage Tuesday in a grisly siege that ended with the deaths of at least 56 people, including three councilmen who were executed with gunshots to the head.

First they set fire to the bodies of the three slain Salahuddin province councilmen in a brutal, defiant show of how insurgents still render Iraq unstable — even if it has so far escaped the political unrest rolling across the Arab world.

Iraqi officials were quick to blame al-Qaida in Iraq for the slaughter, noting that executions and suicide bombers are hallmarks of the extremist group. A senior intelligence official in Baghdad likened the attack to al-Qaida’s horrifying hostage raid last fall on a Catholic church in Baghdad that left 68 dead and stunned the nation.