Khalid W. Hassan, 23, an interpreter and reporter in the Baghdad bureau of The New York Times, was shot and killed today, the bureau chief, John F. Burns, reported. He was the second Iraqi employee of the Times to be killed during the current conflict.
Hassan was shot in the Saidiya district of south central Baghdad while driving to work under circumstances that remain unclear, Burns said. He had called the bureau earlier and said his normal route to the office had been blocked by a security checkpoint.
Bill Keller, the executive editor of the Times, issued this statement: "Khalid was part of a large, sometimes unsung, community of Iraqi news-gatherers, translators and support staff, who take enormous risks every day to help us comprehend their country’s struggle and torment.
"Without them, Americans’ understanding of what is happening on the ground in Iraq would be much, much poorer. To The Times, Khalid was family, and his death is heartbreaking." (NYT)
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"Without them, Americans’ understanding of what is happening on the ground in Iraq would be much, much poorer."
Without the lies coming daily from the criminal administration here, our understanding of what is happening in Iraq would be much greater.
It makes it all the more sad that the life of this brave Iraqi was lost.
Can't trust either. The administration here will spin it their own way, and the NY Times will spin it the opposite way. Whichever way suits either's agenda. I've decided progress in Iraq is a mixed bag (though still a mistake to have ever begun).
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