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born 1956-01-12
died 2012-02-22
an American journalist
last job from 1985 till death
main assignment Middle East
1986 interviewed Muammar Gaddafi
after American bombardment that year
Gaddafi called Reagan an Israeli dog
Gaddafi and the journalist--two antipodes
outside the Middle East
she covered
Chechnya Kosovo Sierra Leone Zimbabwe
Sri Lanka and East Timor
saved lives of 1500 women and children
against the Indonesia-backed forces
lost her eye in Sri Lanka
the attacker "knew what he was doing" she said
her 3000 word report met the deadline anyway
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2012-02-22 she was targeted and killed together with
French photographer Rémi Ochlik by Syrian army
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the number of Peace Nobels -- zero
the number of her military orders -- one post
traumatic stress disorder



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2015-09-26