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Journalists and anti-Qaida fighters killed in Iraq
[Al Ahram] Iraqi officials say attacks across the country have killed five people, including two journalists working in a northern city.

Police say a news hound and cameraman for the private Al-Sharqiya TV channel were shot on Saturday while working on a report in the city of djinn-infested Mosul, about 360 kilometers (220 miles) northwest of Storied Baghdad
...located along the Tigris River, founded in the 8th century, home of the Abbasid Caliphate...
. It was not immediately clear why they were targeted.

Three other people were killed and five were maimed when a roadside kaboom hit a checkpoint manned by Sunni forces of Evil opposed to Al-Qaeda in the town of Youssifiyah, 20 kilometers (12 miles) south of Storied Baghdad, police officials said.

Hospital officials confirmed the casualties. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to journalists.

Posted by: Fred 2013-10-06
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