Iraqi journalist shot dead in Baghdad

At least six Iraqis were killed Tuesday, including a journalist for al-Iraqiya State TV who was shot dead in western Baghdad,
authorities said.

Riyad al-Saray -- an anchor and a reporter -- was killed as he was leaving his home in the Harthiya neighborhood, an Interior Ministry official said.

The media watchdog group Reporters without Borders said 230 journalists and other media workers have been killed during the seven-and-a-half-year conflict, and al-Saray was the 15th journalist from the network to have been killed since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003


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