Last night, Brian Conley, of Alive in Bagdhad, began posting on twitter (which will soon be down til
about 10 pm tonight) the news that one of his reporters had been killed. Below are some of his updates (He has also written a post about what he knows so far):
| First Alive in Baghdad staff member killed. There was a US raid, we don't know how he was killed. |
He was working on a secret project, I don't know if I can release his name yet.
It was a project about the Badr Corps, his mom told us he was killed in a multinational raid, but we dont know if it was US or ING. [this was his 1,000th update on twitter]
that brings AIB deaths for
2007 to 5, Isams cousin, omars dad, nabeels brother, and hayders
sister, and now our correspondent Ali
Ali was the last survivor of three sons, he is survived by his sister and mother. He was 24.
@annierocks at least they are in Syria, but his dad and brothers are all dead, so who knows how they're paying the bills. (paypal?!)
Alive in Baghdad correspondent Ali Shafeya was killed on December 14th, details are still coming in. He was 24, survived by mom and sister
you can make a donation to suport his family to smallworldnews@gmail.com via paypal, please note that it is for Ali's family
they say that security is improving, but 2 relatives of Iraqi staffers have died in the last month.
Omar is at the funeral now, with his mom and sister, we hope to have the full story in the next three hours, thx for your donations so far
e news last night, Ali Shafeya, an AIB correspondent, was killed yesterday in Habibya, we are still waiting for the details. Stay tuned.
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| @acarvin advice on dealing with dead colleagues, especially on supporting my bureau chief omar who is taking it hardest. i am a wreck too |
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| @newmediajim thanks. means a lot. you know i was out for a pre-christmas gift from my fiancen. death always happens when u least expect it |
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| At 11:30PM 12/14 Iraqi National Guard arrived at Ali's street. 15 minutes later gunfire was heard by neighbors. Ali did not answer his phone |
After 3:00am Baghdad time the INGs left. Neighbors called his cousin Amar, who went to the house where Ali had been alone
He was found shot dead in the living room. Amar called the Iraqi Police and gave the story he heard from Ali's neighbors. More info soon.
Ali Shafeya was shot 31 times in the head and chest. According to the morgue he was killed instantly. He would have been 24 on Sunday.
correction, 23. He was born December 16th, 1984
