Entries for December 2006

Fifty-five journalists were killed in 2006 in direct relation to their work, reports the Committee to Protect Journalists. This year’s killings bring the number of journalists who have died in Iraq since the beginning of the war in 2003 to 92. Visit CPJ's website to read the report.

Journalists from Iraq met in Jordan Dec. 19 to issue an urgent appeal to the United Nations to take action over the “media nightmare” in Iraq, where the rate of journalists killed since 2003 continues to rise. Visit the IFJ website to read more.

Ahmed was a reporter in McClatchy’s (formerly Knight Ridder) Baghdad bureau. Born and raised in Iraq, she left the country to escape the harsh sanctions that followed the Gulf War in 1991, working as a translator in the United Arab Emirates, Tunisia and Libya. In 2002 she returned to Iraq for a visit but could not leave because of the impending war. So in April 2003 she began working as a journalist, first as a translator and researcher for The Washington Post and then as a translator and reporter for McClatchy starting in 2004.