Botched kidnap attempt ends in tragedy

Sirwa Abdel Wahab, a freelance journalist in Iraq, was murdered yesterday outside her home in Mosul. Reporters without Borders reported that the killing resulted when gunmen shot her in the head after she resisted their attempts to kidnap her. The article also points out that the fate of 14 journalists and media assistants who were kidnapped remains unknown. The Committee to Protect Journalists notes that 51 journalists have been abducted in Iraq since the US invasion.