http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1211785,00.htmlThe death toll among journalists working in Iraq reached another grim landmark today after gunmen opened fire on reporters, killing two and injuring a third - bringing the number of media fatalities in the Gulf conflict to 30.
The two journalists, who worked for Polish state television, were killed after a car they were driving in ran over a mine and was fired upon by unidentified gunmen, according to Lt Col Robert Strzelecki, a spokesman for Polish forces in Iraq.
Waldemar Milewicz was killed together with an Algerian journalist travelling with him, who has yet to be identified.
The third journalist, cameraman Jerzy Ernst, was wounded in the arm and airlifted to an American hospital. All three worked for the Polish TVP station.
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The latest killings come just hours after US president George Bush appeared on Iraqi TV in a damage limitation exercise, after pictures of US soldiers torturing Iraqi prisoners were broadcast around the Arab world.
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