Separate attacks kill 5 Iraqi journalists

Four reporters' deaths follow the slaying of a Washington Post correspondent in Baghdad.

Christian Berthelsen, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
Five Iraqi journalists were killed in three separate attacks this weekend, marking the deadliest day for reporters covering the country in a year. Four reporters for Iraqi newspapers were reported shot to death Sunday in ambushes near Kirkuk in northern Iraq. Previously reported was the death of Salih Saif Aldin, a correspondent for the Washington Post who was apparently shot to death Sunday too while on assignment in the Sadiya neighborhood of southwest Baghdad. Iraqi journalists have faced the greatest dangers covering the war in Iraq, and they have borne the brunt of deaths among reporters. Western media organizations rely on Iraqi journalists for street reporting. But Iraqi reporters often face their own threats: Iraqis discovered working for Western media organizations are treated as enemy collaborators....
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