AP Photographer Reported Kidnapped in Iraq

[Hissyspit]

Source: Editor & Publisher

AP Photographer Reported Kidnapped in Iraq

Published: August 07, 2007 10:10 AM ET

BAGHDAD An Iraqi correspondent working for the Associated Press was kidnapped on Tuesday in Baquba in Diyala province, independent news agency Voices of Iraq reported citing an official Iraqi police source. The group intercepted the car of AP photographer Talal Ahmed Abdullah in central Baquba in the morning, after he left his home, and led him to an unknown place.

Baquba, capital of Diyala province, lies some 60 kilometres north of Baghdad and has been the scene of recurrent acts of violence. Ahmed is the second journalist missing in Iraq in as many days. On Monday, a Iraqi correspondent for the state-run al-Sabah newspaper in the city of Kut, a Baghdad-based media watchdog body said on Tuesday.

Hassan Shahid al-Azzawi had visited a local market before heading to work, but mysteriously disappeared, the Journalistic Freedoms Observatory (JFO) said in a statement.

His colleagues and relatives have been searching for him.

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[leftyladyfrommo]

1. Well, He's a Goner.

How many journalists are dead now?

Being a journalist in Iraq is probably more dangerous than being a soldier.

[kestrel91316]

2. My heart skipped a beat. I went to college with a guy who later became

an AP photographer. But I'm pretty sure he's not with them anymore.

Any way, the names aren't even close.

[Barrett808]

3. k & r

[uppityperson]

4. k&r for the courageous Iraqi photographers and media.

[Hissyspit]

5. .