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Four Iraqi journalists shot dead near Iraq's Kirkuk
09 May 2007 11:18:23 GMT
Source: Reuters
KIRKUK, Iraq, May 9 (Reuters) - Four Iraqi journalists were killed when gunmen opened fire on their car near the northern city of Kirkuk on Wednesday, police said.

They said one of the journalists was the director of a local media organisation which publishes several newspapers.
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Shi'ite cleric Abdul Aziz al-Hakim (C), the leader of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, speaks during a news conference in Baghdad May 12, 2007. At the right of Hakim is Iraq's Vice President Adel Abdul-Mahdi, while the others are members of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq. The Arabic above reads" The higher committee for Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq holds its ninth session". The picture on the mural at left is Hakim's slain brother, Baqir Al-Hakim.



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