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Iraq journalists' union head dies Iraq journalists' union head dies
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The head of Iraq's national journalists' union, Shihab Tamimi, has died in hospital. The head of Iraq's national journalists' union, Shihab al-Tamimi, has died in hospital.
He was shot in the chest on Saturday by gunmen in the capital Baghdad. A spokesman for the journalists' union said he died of a heart attack.He was shot in the chest on Saturday by gunmen in the capital Baghdad. A spokesman for the journalists' union said he died of a heart attack.
An independent journalist working for many local newspapers, he was a fierce critic of Iraq's sectarian violence.An independent journalist working for many local newspapers, he was a fierce critic of Iraq's sectarian violence.
Since the invasion of Iraq in 2003, 270 Iraqi journalists have been killed, the Iraqi Media Safety Group says.Since the invasion of Iraq in 2003, 270 Iraqi journalists have been killed, the Iraqi Media Safety Group says.