Iraq: The Deadliest War for Journalists

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More journalists were killed during the US-led invasion and occupation of Iraq than in any war in history.

Iraq: The Deadliest War for Journalists
Tuesday, 09 April 2013 09:14 By Dahr Jamail, Al Jazeera | Report

On April 8, 2003, during the US-led invasion of Iraq, Al Jazeera correspondent Tareq Ayoub was killed when a US warplane bombed Al Jazeera's headquarters in Baghdad.

The invasion and subsequent nine-year occupation of Iraq claimed the lives of a record number of journalists. It was undisputedly the deadliest war for journalists in recorded history.

Disturbingly, more journalists were murdered in targeted killings in Iraq than died in combat-related circumstances, according to the group Committee to Protect Journalists.

CPJ research shows that "at least 150 journalists and 54 media support workers were killed in Iraq from the US-led invasion in March 2003 to the declared end of the war in December 2011."



unhappycamper comment: They did everything they could to make sure the Iraq war did not appear on US television.....