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BAGHDAD, Oct 16, 2006 (UPI via COMTEX) -- The weekend killing of an Iraqi radio correspondent and producer has brought the number of journalists killed since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion to 152.
Raed Qaies, 29, died Saturday in southern Baghdad, the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate said. He worked for Sawt Al Iraq, or Voice of Iraq, and was a producer of economic news for Somer Radio.
"The unrelenting tide of violence in this undeclared civil war continues to sweep over media," said Aidan White, general-secretary of the International Federation of Journalists. "With the security situation sliding out of control, journalists risk being killed by any number of groups. This makes critical or investigative reporting impossible. Every day brings fresh news of casualties. It constitutes a terrible assault on press freedom and democracy in Iraq."
October has been an especially deadly month in Iraq. Last week, 11 employees of a new independent satellite, Al Shaabiya, were killed by gunmen who broke into their office.
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