Khaled Fayyad Obaid al-Hamdani
Year: 2007
Nationality: Iraq
Killed by: Military Officials
Location: Abu Ghraib, Iraq
Press organization: Nahrain
What's Khaled Fayyad Obaid al-Hamdani's story?
Al-Hamdani, a producer for the privately owned Nahrain satellite channel, was killed in a shooting that involved U.S. military forces, according to a station source and a relative. Al-Hamdani was driving at high speed from his home in Abu Ghraib to work in Baghdad when troops opened fire, the relative told CPJ. The source said al-Hamdani had often driven at high speed to minimize danger; the military patrol was apparently alarmed by the rate of speed. The road, a main access to Baghdad, was so notoriously dangerous that it was called the Highway of Death.
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