NBC's Richard Engel writes about his ABC colleagues, murdered yesterday in Iraq, and thinks about the future. His future.
Is reporting in Iraq still possible?
Baghdad's dwindling press corps learned today that two of our own were brutally murdered, apparently for doing nothing more than their jobs. ABC News announced that its Baghdad-based cameraman Alaa Uldeen Aziz, 33, and soundman Saif Laith Yousuf, 26, were ambushed yesterday while driving home in western Baghdad. Their bodies were discovered today. Iraqi police told us they'd apparently been tortured before they were killed, and then shot in the head execution style. I was always impressed with Alaa. He was smart, well connected and savvy. I liked him so much I tried to hire him for [...]
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