Arabian Business remembers the Reuters staff killed in Apache-helicopters attack in Baghdad in 2007.
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Reuters’ victims of US Apache attack
Namir Noor-Eldeen age 22, who came from a family of journalists was considered to be one of the best war photographers in Iraq.n
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Namir Noor-Eldeen was one of the most respected Reuters employees in Baghdad. He poses here with a camera identical, or similar to the one he held during the attack that took his life.n
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Saeed Chmagh, 40, was a respected Reuters driver and assistant. He is survived by his wife and four children; and Namir Noor-Eldeen age 22, who came from a family of journalists and was considered to be one of the best war photographers in Iraq.n
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The group, WikiLeaks, told a news conference at the National Press Club it acquired encrypted video of the July 12, 2007, attack from military whistleblowers and had been able to view and investigate it after breaking the encryption code. A US defense official confirmed that the video and audio were authentic. The pilot of the Apache helicopter mistook Namir Noor-Eldeen’s camera as this type of rocket-launcher.n
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Same type of lens as the pilot of the Apache helicopter mistook Namir Noor-Eldeen’s for being a rocket-launcher.n
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Map of the first attack made by Reuters.n
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The minivan that was attacked while two men tried to rescue the critically wounded Saeed Chmagh and place him inside the van. Inside the minivan were two children and their father. n
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From Saeed Chmagh’s funeral – note the Apache helicopter hovering in the background.n
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From the burial of Saeed Chmagh, a Reuters news employee, killed in July 2007.n
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Saeed Chmagh’s coffin.n
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A grieving son of Saeed Chmagh. n
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From the burial of Namir Noor-Eldeen, a Reuters photojournalist, killed in July 2007.n
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Namir Noor-Eldeen coffin. n
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Second last photo taken by Namir Noor-Eldeen before he was killed. n
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Last photo taken by Namir Noor-Eldeen before he was killed. The photo appears to have been taken during the first seconds of the attack.n
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A photo taken by soldiers on Namir Noor-Eldeen camera after he had been killed by the US military.n
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