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Jun 30, 1974 Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq Died on 24 Jun 2005 (aged 30)
Iraqi doctor and journalist
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About Yasser Salihee
- Yasser Salihee (1974–2005) was an Iraqi doctor and journalist from Baghdad.
- After the 2003 U.S.
- invasion of Iraq, he published in newspapers throughout the United States, and was known among colleagues for mixing medical and journalistic work.
- In 2005 Salihee began an investigation of torture and killings by Iraqi Interior Ministry commandos known as the Wolf Brigade.
- Salihee was killed by a U.S.
- army sniper on 24 June 2005 while approaching an unmarked checkpoint. Salihee's death received international attention as emblematic of the problems facing journalists and security in Iraq during the war.
