ABC News Journos Killed In Iraq

A cameraman and soundman for ABC News were killed in Iraq yesterday, ABC News has confirmed. Alaa Uldeen Aziz, 33, and soundman Saif Laith Yousuf, 26, were returning home from work at the ABC News Baghdad bureau when their car was reportedly ambushed and they were killed by unknown assailants.

David Westin‘s sent a memo to ABC News staffers announcing the news this morning:

From: Westin, David
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 5:15 AM
To: ABCTV News ALL
Subject: Our Baghdad Colleagues


Early this morning, we learned of the death of two of our Iraqi colleagues, cameraman Alaa Uldeen Aziz and soundman Saif Laith Yousuf.

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