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Qatari cameraman shot dead in Libya
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March 13, 2011
Original URL: http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Qatari_cameraman_shot_dead_in_Libya



A Qatari cameraman who was working for the ''al-Jazeera'' news network
has been shot dead in Libya. Ali Hassan al-Jaber was ambushed while
working with his team in the rebel stronghold of Benghazi. Jaber was
shot and rushed to hospital but later died from his injuries. A second
''al-Jazeera'' journalist was injured in the attack.

The team Jaber was with had been working for the ''al-Jazeera'''s Arabic
service. They returned to Benghazi after reporting on an opposition
protest at a nearby town. The group was driving to an interview when
their car was attacked by gunfire. Sources at ''al-Jazeera'' claimed
that they were "lured" to the interview.

The director general of ''al-Jazeera'' Wadah Khanfar paid tribute to
Jaber at the networks media forum. He said  "He was one of those people
who lived and eventually died in the pursuit of truth. We are determined
to carry on regardless. We cannot sacrifice our lives except for noble
causes. There is no nobler cause than the pursuit of truth."

Jaber's shooting is the first death of a journalist in Libya since the
start of the uprising on Feburary 15.

==Sources==
* http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/13/al-jazeera-cameraman-lured-into-trap-gaddafi-libya
* http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/03/12/501364/main20042496.shtml



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