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TV reporter escapes Iraq car bomb

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BOMB DRAMA: Al Arabiya's bureau chief in Iraq escaped a car bomb explosion. (AFP)

Dubai-based Al-Arabiya television said its bureau chief in the Iraqi capital, Jawad Hattab, escaped a car-bomb attack on Tuesday after his vehicle was booby-trapped.

"An explosive device was placed in the car of Al-Arabiya's bureau chief Jawad Hattab near his home in the Al-Salihyah district of central Baghdad," the satellite channel said.

The driver found the device but it exploded before police arrived at the scene. Jawad and his driver were unharmed.

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According to the Iraqi Journalism Freedom Observatory, the main organisation for the defence of media workers' rights in Iraq, at least 235 media workers have been killed since the US-led invasion of March 2003.

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