Salih Saif Aldin
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Salih Saif Aldin was an Iraq
i journalist
and correspondent
for the Washington Post. Aldin was shot to death while on assignment in Baghdad. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists
, Aldin was believed to be the 119th journalist killed in Iraq since the March 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq at the time of his death. Forty one other media support workers have also been killed covering the war and insurgency
in Iraq.
Aldin, who was originally from Tikrit
, began working as a special correspondent from the Washington Post in his hometown in early 2004. He later moved to Baghdad to continue working for the Washington Post. According to a statement from the newspaper, "...he played an instrumental role of the Post's coverage of Iraq," while in Baghdad.
Aldin often wrote under the assumed name, Salih Dehema, to protect his identity.
Iraqi journalists working for Western media
organizations are often targeted for attack by insurgents
.
Salih Saif Aldin was shot while on assignment in the Baghdad neighborhood of Sadiyah. Sadiyah was formerly a mixed Sunni-Shiite neighborhood that is now dominated by Shiites. It is the same neighborhood where New York Times journalist Khalid Hassan
was killed in July 2007.
Aldin was just 32 years old when he was killed. He left a six year old daughter, Fatima.
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
i journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
and correspondent
Correspondent
A correspondent or on-the-scene reporter is a journalist or commentator, or more general speaking, an agent who contributes reports to a newspaper, or radio or television news, or another type of company, from a remote, often distant, location. A foreign correspondent is stationed in a foreign...
for the Washington Post. Aldin was shot to death while on assignment in Baghdad. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists
Committee to Protect Journalists
The Committee to Protect Journalists is an independent nonprofit organisation based in New York City that promotes press freedom and defends the rights of journalists.-History:A group of U.S...
, Aldin was believed to be the 119th journalist killed in Iraq since the March 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq at the time of his death. Forty one other media support workers have also been killed covering the war and insurgency
Insurgency
An insurgency is an armed rebellion against a constituted authority when those taking part in the rebellion are not recognized as belligerents...
in Iraq.
Aldin, who was originally from Tikrit
Tikrit
Tikrit is a town in Iraq, located 140 km northwest of Baghdad on the Tigris river . The town, with an estimated population in 2002 of about 260,000 is the administrative center of the Salah ad Din Governorate.-Ancient times:...
, began working as a special correspondent from the Washington Post in his hometown in early 2004. He later moved to Baghdad to continue working for the Washington Post. According to a statement from the newspaper, "...he played an instrumental role of the Post's coverage of Iraq," while in Baghdad.
Aldin often wrote under the assumed name, Salih Dehema, to protect his identity.
Iraqi journalists working for Western media
News media
The news media are those elements of the mass media that focus on delivering news to the general public or a target public.These include print media , broadcast news , and more recently the Internet .-Etymology:A medium is a carrier of something...
organizations are often targeted for attack by insurgents
Iraqi insurgency
The Iraqi Resistance is composed of a diverse mix of militias, foreign fighters, all-Iraqi units or mixtures opposing the United States-led multinational force in Iraq and the post-2003 Iraqi government...
.
Salih Saif Aldin was shot while on assignment in the Baghdad neighborhood of Sadiyah. Sadiyah was formerly a mixed Sunni-Shiite neighborhood that is now dominated by Shiites. It is the same neighborhood where New York Times journalist Khalid Hassan
Khalid Hassan
Khalid W. Hassan 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...
was killed in July 2007.
Aldin was just 32 years old when he was killed. He left a six year old daughter, Fatima.