The Knight Ridder reporter who was killed Friday was a doctor

[Rose Siding]

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Yasser Salihee, an Iraqi special correspondent for Knight Ridder, the parent company of the Free Press, was shot and killed in western Baghdad on Friday as his car neared U.S. and Iraqi troops who had stopped to search a building for snipers.

Salihee, 30, was driving alone when a bullet pierced his windshield and then his skull. The shot appears to have been fired by a U.S. military sniper, though Iraqi soldiers in the area also may have been shooting at the time.
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Iraqis in Baghdad often complain that U.S. and Iraqi soldiers set up positions in roadways without clearly marking them. Such roadblocks increase the likelihood that motorists won't have time to stop before soldiers, worried about suicide car bombers, open fire, many Iraqis say.
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Salihee began working for Knight Ridder in early 2004. He said he left his position as a doctor at Baghdad's Yarmouk Hospital because of low salaries paid by the Iraqi government. But he volunteered at medical clinics on his days off.

http://www.freep.com/news/nw/iraq-box130e_20050630.htm

Initially, in fear of reprisals against them for his having worked for a Western organization, his family didn't want his name revealed.

[Al-CIAda]

1. That'll teach them to report on things like the DSM! n/t