Assassination of Waldemar Milewicz

Waldemar Milewicz (August 20, 1956 in Dobre Miasto – May 7, 2004 in Latifiya) was a Polish journalist and war correspondent who was killed in a drive-by shooting in Iraq. On May 7, 2004, the car he was returning from Baghdad to the Polish base Camp Babilon. It is believed that their car was followed by a group of Iraqi insurgents in another car. Milewicz's car was clearly marked with a 'press' sticker and despite that when the attackers caught up... More

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