BASRA, Iraq, April 25 (Reuters) - An Iraqi television newscaster was gunned down on Friday by men who opened fire from a speeding car while he was walking to market in his home town of Qurna in southern Iraq, colleagues said. Jassim al-Batatt was a news presenter at al-Nakheel, a local TV channel in southern Iraq. "He was very moderate, simple in his ways. His only concerns were his work and his family. He was liked by all his colleagues, and we don't know any reason why he should be killed," the station's manager, Adnan al-Yaseri, told Reuters. Iraq is the most dangerous place in the world for journalists. The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists says 127 journalists and 50 other media workers have been killed in Iraq since the U.S. invasion in 2003. Southern cities have seen conflict between rival Shi'ite groups for influence and assassinations have been frequent.
Suspects accused of recruiting volunteers to fight coalition troops in Iraq arrive for their trial in Sale April 24, 2008. 27 members from "Tetouan Cell" are currently on trial, court officials ...
