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Militants gun down Iraqi journalist

Gunmen killed an Iraqi journalist working for a US-funded television station and his son as they left their home today in the southern city of Basra.

Wed, 09 Feb, 2005 - 08:23

Gunmen killed an Iraqi journalist working for a US-funded television station and his son as they left their home today in the southern city of Basra.

Abdul Hussein al-Basri, correspondent of Al-Hurra, and his son were both killed in the Maqal area of Basra, 340 miles south-east of Baghdad.

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