07 August 2006
Ismail Amin Ali
Shooting
The body of freelance journalist Ali, 30, was discovered late evening by police in the eastern section of Baghdad known as al-Sadr city.
His body was riddled with bullets, and Iraqi police said they found signs of torture. The journalist was abducted while he was at a gas station in al-Shaab neighborhood of Baghdad two weeks ago. The kidnappers had demanded ransom, but his family was unable to pay.
Ali, a well-known Sunni columnist for several Baghdad-based papers, including Al-Sabah and Al-Qarar, may have been targeted because he was highly critical of the Shiite-dominated security forces.
