Free Republic 2nd Qtr 2024 Fundraising Target: $81,000 Receipts & Pledges to-date: $52,095
64%  
Woo hoo!! And we're now over 64%!! Thank you all very much!! God bless.

Keyword: khalidhassan

Brevity: Headers | « Text »
  • New York Times Journalist Killed In Iraq

    07/13/2007 3:57:25 PM PDT · by mdittmar · 23 replies · 775+ views
    CBS ^ | Jul 13, 2007 | keyetv
    (CBS News) BAGHDAD An Iraqi journalist for The New York Times was shot to death Friday on his way to work, less than an hour after he called the bureau to say a checkpoint had blocked his normal route, the newspaper said. Khalid W. Hassan was the second Times employee to be killed in Iraq, the newspaper said. Gunmen killed Hassan, 23, in the southwest Baghdad district of Sadiyah, according to a statement from Times spokeswoman, Catherine Mathis. The newspaper reported on its Web site that Hassan had called the bureau to say he was blocked by a checkpoint. A...