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January 30, 2008

Cameraman killed in Iraq

By Julie Tomlin

A cameraman and his driver were killed by a roadside bomb attack north of Baghdad on Tuesday, Reuters reported.

Aala Abdul-Kareem, who worked for the al-Furat TV channel, run by the Shi’ite Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council died after the attack near the town of Balad, 80 km (50 miles) north of Baghdad.

Abdul-Kareem is the first journalist to be killed in Iraq this year.

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