Paul Moran (photojournalist)
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Paul Moran (May 30, 1963 – March 22, 2003), born as the youngest of four children in Adelaide, was a freelance photojournalist, the first media person killed in the 2003 Invasion of Iraq.[1]
Prior to his death, Moran had worked for a decade trying to destabilise Saddam Hussein's leadership in Iraq, training dissidents in the use of video equipment and describing himself as a "crusader" for ethnic Kurds.[2]
On March 22 2003, Moran was travelling from Sulaymaniyah to a damaged Ansar al-Islam base that had been hit by US missiles. He ran towards a commotion not far from the abandoned base, and arrived just as a car bomb exploded, killing him and injuring Eric Campbell. At the time of his death, he had been working under contract to Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
[edit] References
- ^ Paul Moran - Biography
- ^ Adelaide Advertiser, "Moran's secret crusade against the tyranny of Saddam", April 5, 2003
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