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Basra blogger is abducted and murderedRead it @ Times OnlineA freelance American journalist who wrote about alleged corruption and lawlessness in the Iraqi city of Basra has been abducted at gunpoint and shot dead.

Let's remember that Danny Pearl was also a journalist, which didn't keep the terrorists from sawing his head off.

And Michael Kelly was a journalist, who died when his HMMWV went off the road.

In fact, it's almost enough to make one wonder just who is targeting journalists. I suspect that Linda Foley was right, in the sense that someone is specifically targeting journalists, and wrong, in the sense that it is not the US military but our enemies that are doing so.

Arthur and James have a lot of good information on Vincent, and a lot of good links

3 days later, he's dead. I don't believe in coincidence on this scale. I suspect Shia militas who were upset with his article. And Juan Cole is wrong, Basra has been relatively peaceful, so its not really that dangerous for Americans.

Look for the Basra police to "arrest the usual suspects".

Vincent has a blog here. I am guessing that he was killed by the same people he wrote about. It’s sad to hear what happened and I am glad he is getting a lot of attention in the blogs and the media.

Michelle Malkin is tracking reponse to this cowardly assassination of an unarmed free-lance journalist Steven Vincent.

Steven is the author of "In the Red Zone: A Journey Into the Soul of Iraq," which was just recently published. He also was a blo...

From the BBC... A US freelance reporter, Steven Vincent, has been shot dead by unknown gunmen in Basra, southern Iraq,...

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The Associated Press is reporting this morning that Vincent was found shot to death in Basra

The BBC reports this morning that author and blogger Steven Vincent was kidnapped and murdered by terrorists near Basra. His female Iraqi translator survived the kidnapping, but the terrorists dumped Vincent's bullet-ridden body outside of the city wi...

American journalist found shot dead in BasraBAGHDAD, Iraq - An American freelance journalist was found dead in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, the U.S. Embassy said Wednesday.Police said Steven Vincent had been shot multiple times after he and his Ir...

Terrible news: An American journalist and author has been found shot dead in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, a Western diplomat said on Wednesday. The diplomat told Reuters the next of kin of Steven Vincent had been notified and...

I didn't know journalist and blogger Steven Vincent, but I remember getting e-mails about him and his book, In the Red Zone: A Journey Into the Soul of Iraq. He was murdered in Iraq today.

I didn't take the time to get to know him, and now it's t...