Iraqi reporter killed

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Forum Spin Doctor
Media: The Associated Press
Byline: n/a
Date: 14 October 2006

BAGHDAD, Iraq - An Iraqi journalist working for government-run TV was killed
in a drive-by shooting in southern Baghdad, police said Saturday, in the
latest in a string of attacks on media workers.

Raed Qais al-Shammari, who worked for the al-Iraqiya channel, had been
standing near his home talking with a friend when he was shot at around
10:00 p.m Friday in the violence-wracked Dora neighborhood, according to
police Lt. Maitham Abdul Razzaq said.

The attack follows the killings Thursday of 11 people at a TV station in
Baghdad. Shiite militiamen are suspected of targeting the Shaabiya station,
believing it was backing their Sunni-Arab rivals.

Al Iraqiya is part of the Iraqi Media Net, which includes the al-Sabah, or
"The Morning," newspaper, which has also been the target of recent insurgent
attacks.

A technician with al-Sabah was shot and killed on Sept. 9, a month after a
car bomb exploded in the newspaper office's parking lot, killing one person
and injuring 30.

Iraqi government forces and facilities have been frequently targeted by
Sunni Arab insurgents since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003.
 
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