Two more journalists killed in Baghdad region

Reporters Without Borders voiced shock and sadness today at the news of the death of two more journalists in Iraq. Safaa Ismail Inad of the newspaper Al-Watan was shot in the head on the night of 12 September. His body was found near Sadr City, in east Baghdad. Hadi Anawi Al-Joubouri, the representative of Iraqi Union of Journalists in the Diyala region, was gunned down in an ambush on a road north of the capital the previous day. “We can no longer find the words to express our outrage at this unending dark tragedy for journalists in Iraq,” the press freedom organisation said. “These two men were murdered, and we again call on the Iraqi authorities to carry out investigations, so that those responsible for these murders are arrested and tried.” Reporters Without Borders added: “Journalists have been murdered, kidnapped and attacked with complete impunity since the start of the war in Iraq. They must be given physical protection as a matter of urgency.” At total of 106 journalists and media assistants have been killed in Iraq since the start of the war in 2003.