Khalid Hassan
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Khalid W. Hassan (died July 13, 2007) was an interpreter and reporter in the Baghdad bureau of The New York Times
. Hassan was shot and killed on the way to work in the Saidiya district of south central Baghdad. He had called the bureau earlier and said his normal route to the office had been blocked by a security checkpoint and was trying to find another way into the office.
Half an hour later Hassan called his mother (with whom he lived), telling her he had been shot. Hassan's family later confirmed he had been killed.
Hassan was of Palestinian descent; his family leaving for Iraq after the 1948 Arab-Israeli War
. Hassan lived with his mother and four sisters, all of whom are under the age of 18.
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
. Hassan was shot and killed on the way to work in the Saidiya district of south central Baghdad. He had called the bureau earlier and said his normal route to the office had been blocked by a security checkpoint and was trying to find another way into the office.
Half an hour later Hassan called his mother (with whom he lived), telling her he had been shot. Hassan's family later confirmed he had been killed.
Hassan was of Palestinian descent; his family leaving for Iraq after the 1948 Arab-Israeli War
1948 Arab-Israeli War
The 1948 Arab–Israeli War, known to Israelis as the War of Independence or War of Liberation The war commenced after the termination of the British Mandate for Palestine and the creation of an independent Israel at midnight on 14 May 1948 when, following a period of civil war, Arab armies invaded...
. Hassan lived with his mother and four sisters, all of whom are under the age of 18.