Yasser Salihee, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Yasser Salihee

Iraqi doctor and journalist

Date of Birth: 30-Jun-1974

Place of Birth: Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq

Date of Death: 24-Jun-2005

Profession: physician, journalist

Nationality: Iraq

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


Show Famous Birthdays Today, Iraq

👉 Worldwide Celebrity Birthdays Today

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.

Read more at Wikipedia