Al Arabiya says 3 TV crew members killed in Iraq

[Judi Lynn]

Al Arabiya says 3 TV crew members killed in Iraq
23 Feb 2006 07:08:48 GMT

Source: Reuters

DUBAI, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Gunmen kidnapped and killed a correspondent for Al Arabiya television and two members of her crew in Iraq, the Arabic channel's news editor said on Thursday.

Nakhle al-Haj of the Dubai-based channel said Al Arabiya had lost contact with correspondent Atwar Bahjat, an Iraqi citizen, and her three-man team late on Wednesday after they had left the Iraqi city of Samarra.

Haj said that, during the ambush, one of the crewmen managed to escape from the kidnappers and inform police.

"The police later found their bodies and they are now in the Samarra hospital," he added.
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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L23618838.htm

[Wilms]

1. self delete

Wrong thread. :blush:

[RedEarth]

2. Three Iraqi Journalists Found Killed

SAMARRA, Iraq (AP) - The bodies of three Iraqi journalists, including a well-known correspondent for Al Arabiya television, were found Thursday near Samarra, police and the Arabic network said.

Al Arabiya's Atwar Bahjat and two colleagues from the al-Wassan media company had been in the city 60 miles north of Baghdad to cover the bombing Wednesday of a revered Shiite shrine. Their employers lost contact with them Wednesday night.

Their bullet-riddled bodies were found Thursday morning near their vehicle, cameras and satellite dish, police Capt. Laith Muhammad said.

"I can confirm that they have been killed," said Jawad al-Hatab, head of the al-Arabiya office in Baghdad.

The three journalists had been reporting live Wednesday from the outskirts of Samarra, which was sealed off by security forces after the early morning explosion at the Askariya shrine, also known as the Golden Mosque. Bahjat's last broadcast was at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Al-Arabiya said.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20060223/D8FUN4GG2.html

[phusion]

3. K&R

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[IndianaGreen]

4. Atwar Bahjat was a brave woman journalist and news anchor

Atwar Bahjat

Shock over Iraqi reporter's death

The killing of Atwar Bahjat, who rose to fame reporting from Iraq for both main Arabic satellite news networks, has shocked Arab journalistic circles.

Gunmen kidnapped and killed her and two members of her crew near Samarra where they had gone to cover reaction to Wednesday's shrine bombing.

A member of the al-Arabiya TV team who escaped described how two gunmen showed up as they stood in a crowd of Iraqis.

They dragged Bahjat and her colleagues away and shot them.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4743050.stm

[hang a left]

5. Can someone answer a question?

Is this the station that is owned or controlled by the US?