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[[File:CollateralMurder.ogv|thumb|Footage from the gun-camera of an [[AH-64 Apache]] which had opened fire on individuals on the ground several minutes earlier, resulting in multiple casualties, among them Namir Noor-Eldeen. The text beneath the image is a subtitle of the radio transmissions occurring at that time in the video.|alt=]] |
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On July 12, 2007, two American [[AH-64 Apache|Apache helicopters]] fired on a group of people milling around on a street in Baghdad, then fired on a van seeking to pick up the wounded. Noor-Eldeen and his ''Reuters'' driver, Saeed Chmagh, were among the killed in the attack.<ref name="Bumiller0405">{{Cite news |last=Bumiller |first=Elisabeth |author-link=Elisabeth Bumiller |title=Video Shows American Killing of Photographer |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=April 5, 2010 |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/06/world/middleeast/06baghdad.html?hp |accessdate=April 5, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Franke-Ruta |first=Garance |title=Web site releases video of Baghdad attack that killed 2 journalists |work=[[The Washington Post]] |date=April 5, 2010 |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/05/AR2010040503778.html?hpid=moreheadlines |accessdate=April 5, 2010}}</ref> Noor-Eldeen was 22 years old at the time of his death. Immediately after the attack, United States military officials said the helicopters had been called in to help American troops exposed to small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades during a raid. |
On July 12, 2007, two American [[AH-64 Apache|Apache helicopters]] fired on a group of people milling around on a street in Baghdad, then fired on a van seeking to pick up the wounded. Noor-Eldeen and his ''Reuters'' driver, Saeed Chmagh, were among the killed in the attack.<ref name="Bumiller0405">{{Cite news |last=Bumiller |first=Elisabeth |author-link=Elisabeth Bumiller |title=Video Shows American Killing of Photographer |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=April 5, 2010 |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/06/world/middleeast/06baghdad.html?hp |accessdate=April 5, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Franke-Ruta |first=Garance |title=Web site releases video of Baghdad attack that killed 2 journalists |work=[[The Washington Post]] |date=April 5, 2010 |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/05/AR2010040503778.html?hpid=moreheadlines |accessdate=April 5, 2010}}</ref> Noor-Eldeen was 22 years old at the time of his death. Immediately after the attack, United States military officials said the helicopters had been called in to help American troops exposed to small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades during a raid. |
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Noor-Eldeen and Chmagh were the fifth and sixth ''Reuters'' employees killed in Iraq since the 2003 invasion began.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Iraqi doctor working for Danish NGO killed |work=[[The Peninsula (newspaper)|The Peninsula]] |date=July 13, 2007 |url=http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World_News&subsection=Gulf%2C+Middle+East+%26+Africa&month=July2007&file=World_News20070713259.xml |accessdate=April 5, 2010}}</ref> After their deaths, ''Reuters'' screened a photographic tribute to Noor-Eldeen and Chmagh in New York City's [[Times Square]] and London's [[Canary Wharf]].<ref name="Kiss0712" /> |
Noor-Eldeen and Chmagh were the fifth and sixth ''Reuters'' employees killed in Iraq since the 2003 invasion began.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Iraqi doctor working for Danish NGO killed |work=[[The Peninsula (newspaper)|The Peninsula]] |date=July 13, 2007 |url=http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World_News&subsection=Gulf%2C+Middle+East+%26+Africa&month=July2007&file=World_News20070713259.xml |accessdate=April 5, 2010}}</ref> After their deaths, ''Reuters'' screened a photographic tribute to Noor-Eldeen and Chmagh in New York City's [[Times Square]] and London's [[Canary Wharf]].<ref name="Kiss0712" /> |
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Revision as of 19:02, 6 April 2010
Namir Noor-Eldeen | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 1, 1984 |
| Died | July 12, 2007 (aged 22) Baghdad, Iraq |
| Cause of death | Armor Piercing shell |
| Occupation | Photographer |
| Employer | Reuters |
Namir Noor-Eldeen was an Iraqi freelance photojournalist who was killed, along with his assistant Saeed Chmagh, by American military forces in the New Baghdad district of Baghdad, Iraq during an airstrike on July 12, 2007.[1]
Early life and career
Noor-Eldeen was born September 1, 1984 in Mosul, Iraq.[2][3] He developed an interest in photography and video from his family, and started training in those crafts. He was one of the first photographers trained by the Reuters news agency as part of a strategy to employ photojournalists with strong local knowledge and access to areas considered too dangerous for Western photographers to work in. Chris Helgren, former Reuters chief photographer who instigated the agency's plan, called Noor-Eldeen one of the star recruits of the initial recruitment stage, and said, "In Mosul, he started from nothing and is now the pre-eminent photographer in Northern Iraq."[4] Noor-Eldeen started working for Reuters before the 2003 invasion of Iraq. He originally worked in Mosul but, after receiving threats there, started working in Baghdad.[5]
Airstrike and death
On July 12, 2007, two American Apache helicopters fired on a group of people milling around on a street in Baghdad, then fired on a van seeking to pick up the wounded. Noor-Eldeen and his Reuters driver, Saeed Chmagh, were among the killed in the attack.[6][7] Noor-Eldeen was 22 years old at the time of his death. Immediately after the attack, United States military officials said the helicopters had been called in to help American troops exposed to small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades during a raid.
Noor-Eldeen and Chmagh were the fifth and sixth Reuters employees killed in Iraq since the 2003 invasion began.[8] After their deaths, Reuters screened a photographic tribute to Noor-Eldeen and Chmagh in New York City's Times Square and London's Canary Wharf.[2]
Video release
For more than two years after the shooting, Reuters and other organizations sought probes into the deaths of Noor-Eldeen and other journalists killed in Iraq, but the U.S. military withheld key information on the grounds that it was classified. The military also refused to release a video taken from one of the gunships that captured the complete sequence and radio communication during the shootings.[9] On April 5, 2010, the video was released on the website Wikileaks, which said it acquired the video from military whistle-blowers and viewed it after breaking the encryption code.[6] The shootings and Noor-Eldeen's deaths are detailed in The Good Soldiers, a 2009 non-fiction book by David Finkel.[9]
References
- ^ McGreal, Chris (April 5, 2010). "Wikileaks reveals video showing US air crew shooting down Iraqi civilians". The Guardian. Retrieved April 5, 2010.
- ^ a b Kiss, Jemima (July 12, 2007). "Reuters staff killed in Iraq". The Guardian. Retrieved April 5, 2010.
- ^ "Namir Noor-Eldeen and Saeed Chmagh". The Baron. Retrieved 2010-04-06.
- ^ "Photographer killed in Iraq". British Journal of Photography. July 18, 2007. Retrieved April 5, 2010.
- ^ Rubin, Alissa J. (July 13, 2007). "2 Iraqi Journalists Killed as U.S. Forces Clash With Militias". The New York Times. Retrieved April 5, 2010.
- ^ a b Bumiller, Elisabeth (April 5, 2010). "Video Shows American Killing of Photographer". The New York Times. Retrieved April 5, 2010.
- ^ Franke-Ruta, Garance (April 5, 2010). "Web site releases video of Baghdad attack that killed 2 journalists". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 5, 2010.
- ^ "Iraqi doctor working for Danish NGO killed". The Peninsula. July 13, 2007. Retrieved April 5, 2010.
- ^ a b Tyson, Ann Scott (September 15, 2009). "Military's Killing of 2 Journalists in Iraq Detailed in New book". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 5, 2010.
External links
- Collateral Murder Wikileaks site bringing to light formerly classified US military footage