Three more journalists killed in Iraq in record toll

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Source: Reuters

Three more journalists killed in Iraq in record toll
By Aseel Kami

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The deaths of three more Iraqi journalists were reported on Wednesday, bringing the monthly total to nine and equaling the worst month on record for reporters in the Iraq war.

The monthly total is matched only by February 2004, when nine journalists were also killed, according to figures by Paris-based media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF).

Another independent watchdog, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), lists seven journalists killed in April 2003 as the bloodiest month for reporters since the start of the U.S.-led invasion to topple Saddam Hussein in March 2003.

Iraq is already the deadliest conflict in 25 years for journalists. RSF puts the total death toll of journalists and media assistants in Iraq at 177, while CPJ says 104 journalists have been killed. The figures do not include the latest deaths.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070530/wl_nm/iraq_journalists_dc

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1. Iraqi journalists probably report news that American correspondents don't

Which makes Uncle Sam very unhappy with those Iraqi journalists indeed...

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2. Very, very unhappy...