04 October 2010
Tahrir Kadhim Jawad
Explosion
Freelance cameraman Tahrir Kadhim Jawad, 27, died instantly after a bomb attached to his car exploded in Garma, 50 miles west of Baghdad.
Jawad was driving to the capital to deliver footage when the bomb exploded. He had worked as a journalist for seven years, first as an editor with the weekly Al-Karma, and then as a freelance cameraman who supplied numerous television broadcasters with footage. Jawad is survived by his wife and five children.