Iraqi working as a reporter for NYT found shot dead in Basra

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http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=6097203&cKey=1127118922000&ticker=true

BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - An Iraqi working as a reporter for the New York Times was found dead in the southern city of Basra on Monday after being kidnapped by masked men, family members and a doctor said.

Fakher Haider, who had worked for the Times for 2-1/2 years, was found with his hands bound and a single bullet wound to the head, a doctor in the forensic department of Basra's hospital told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Employees of the New York Times in Baghdad said they couldn't confirm Haider's death but said they were enquiring into reports that he had been kidnapped and killed.

Haider's brother told Reuters in Basra that four masked men in a dark Toyota vehicle had arrived at the family home in an apartment complex in central Basra after midnight on Sunday.

[mrfrapp]

1. Question

Is anyone keeping a list of journalists who have been killed in Iraq over the last few years? There seems to be a heck of a lot.