13 March 2008
Qassem Abdul Hussein al-Eqabi
Shooting
Qassem Abdul Hussein al-Eqabi, a journalist working for the local al-Muwatin newspaper was killed when unknown gunmen in two cars showered him with bullets near the National Theater in Karrada neighborhood.
Al-Muwaten newspaper is a daily political newspaper headed by former oil minister, Ibrahim Bahr al-Uloum.
