Adnan Khairallah

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New York, February 23, 2006—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns in the strongest terms the murder of three journalists on assignment in Samarra for the Dubai-based satellite news channel Al-Arabiya. 

The bodies of correspondent Atwar Bahjat, cameraman Khaled Mahmoud al-Falahi, and engineer Adnan Khairallah were found today near Samarra, a day after the station lost contact with the crew, editors at Al-Arabiya told CPJ.  Bahjat, 30, was a well-known on-air figure.  In a statement, Al-Arabiya said she recently joined the channel after working as a correspondent for the Arabic satellite channel Al-Jazeera. 

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The bodies of correspondent Atwar Bahjat, cameraman Khaled Mahmoud al-Falahi,
and engineer Adnan Khairallah were found near Samarra, a day after the station
lost contact with the crew, editors at Al-Arabiya told CPJ.  Bahjat, 30, was a
well-known on-air figure.  Al-Arabiya said she had recently joined the channel
after working as a correspondent for the Arabic satellite channel
Al-Jazeera. 

Al-Falahi, 39, and Khairallah, 36, were employees of Wasan Productions who were on assignment for Al-Arabiya.  The crew was on the outskirts of the city covering the bombing of the Shiite shrine Askariya, also known as the Golden Mosque. 

Al-Arabiya Executive Editor Nabil Khatib said the station lost phone contact with the crew on the evening of February 22.  A fixer for Wasan Productions told the station later that armed men driving a white car had attacked the crew after demanding to know the whereabouts of the on-air correspondent. 

February 23, 2006 12:03 AM ET

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The bodies of correspondent Atwar Bahjat, cameraman Khaled Mahmoud al-Falahi, and engineer Adnan Khairallah were found near Samarra, a day after the station lost
contact with the crew, editors at Al-Arabiya told CPJ.  Bahjat, 30, was
a well-known on-air figure.  Al-Arabiya said she had recently joined the
channel after working as a correspondent for the Arabic satellite
channel Al-Jazeera. 

Al-Falahi, 39, and
Khairallah, 36, were employees of Wasan Productions who were on
assignment for Al-Arabiya.  The crew was on the outskirts of the city
covering the bombing of the Shiite shrine Askariya, also known as the
Golden Mosque. 

Al-Arabiya Executive Editor Nabil Khatib said the station lost phone
contact with the crew on the evening of February 22.  A fixer for Wasan
Productions told the station later that armed men driving a white car
had attacked the crew after demanding to know the whereabouts of the
on-air correspondent. 

February 23, 2006 12:02 AM ET

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The bodies of correspondent Atwar Bahjat, cameraman Khaled Mahmoud al-Falahi,
and engineer Adnan Khairallah were found near Samarra, a day after the station
lost contact with the crew, editors at Al-Arabiya told CPJ.  Bahjat, 30, was a
well-known on-air figure.  Al-Arabiya said she had recently joined the channel
after working as a correspondent for the Arabic satellite channel
Al-Jazeera. 

Al-Falahi, 39, and
Khairallah, 36, were employees of Wasan Productions who were on
assignment for Al-Arabiya.  The crew was on the outskirts of the city
covering the bombing of the Shiite shrine Askariya, also known as the
Golden Mosque. 

Al-Arabiya Executive Editor Nabil Khatib said the station lost phone
contact with the crew on the evening of February 22.  A fixer for Wasan
Productions told the station later that armed men driving a white car
had attacked the crew after demanding to know the whereabouts of the
on-air correspondent.