Shihab al-Tamimi
Year: 2008
Nationality: Iraq
Killed by: Political Group
Location: Baghdad, Iraq
Press organization: Iraqi Journalists Syndicate
What's Shihab al-Tamimi's story?
Al-Tamimi, head of the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate,died of complications from injuries suffered in a targeted shooting in Baghdadon February 23. Jabbar Tarrad al-Shimmari, deputy head of the Iraqi JournalistsSyndicate, told CPJ that al-Tamimi, 74, died from a stroke four days after theattack. Unidentified gunmen in a white Opel intercepted and openedfire on a car carrying al-Tamimi, his son and driver, Rabie, and anunidentified colleague riding in the backseat. The three were on their way fromthe syndicate’s headquarters to a meeting in Baghdad’s Al-Waziriyaneighborhood, the journalist’s nephew, Arfan Jalil Karim, told CPJ. The son wasshot several times and hospitalized, Karim told CPJ. The third occupant was notinjured, he said. Al-Tamimi had received prior threats. Al-Shimmari said thatal-Tamimi received a threat in 2005 during which the caller told him he wouldbe killed the following day. The journalist went into hiding for a month afterthat. About six months ago, al-Tamimi received calls both on his cell phone andland line threatening his life, according to Karim.
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