Waldemar Milewicz (August 20, 1956 in Dobre Miasto – May 7, 2004 in Latifiya) was a Polish journalist and war correspondent who was killed in a drive-by shooting in Iraq. Events 636 - Battle of Yarmouk: Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid take control of Syria and Palestine Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dobre Miasto ( is a Town in Poland, in Olsztyn County in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship. Events 558 - In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Latifiya ( Arabic:اللطيفية is a Sunni Arab Iraqi city south of Baghdad, inhabited by 250 thousand people Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland A journalist (also called a newspaperman) is a person who practices Journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events trends A war correspondent is a Journalist who covers stories firsthand from a war zone. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics.
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Career
Milewicz's undergraduate studies were in psychology. Psychology (from Greek grc ψῡχή psȳkhē, "breath life soul" and grc -λογία -logia) is an Academic and In 1981 he started his career in the Polish public television, TVP. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Telewizja Polska Spółka Akcyjna ( TVP SA, often abbreviated to only TVP, Polish Television) is Poland 's Public broadcasting Since 1991 he was working in the news division. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. He travelled all over the world to most areas of armed conflict to report for TV and make documentaries, among others Bosnia, Chechnya, Kosovo, Abkhazia, Rwanda, Cambodia, Somalia, Ethiopia. Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Latin script: Bosna i Hercegovina, Cyrillic script: Босна и Херцеговина is a country on the Balkan The Chechen Republic (ˈʧɛʧɨn rɪˈpʌblɨk Чече́нская Респу́блика Chechenskaya Respublika; Нохчийн Республика Noxçiyn Respublika Abkhazia (Аҧсны Apsny აფხაზეთი Apkhazeti or Abkhazeti Абха́зия Abhazia) is a De facto The Republic of Rwanda (ruːˈændə or /rəˈwɑːndə/ in English ɾwanda or in Kinyarwanda is a small Landlocked country in the The Kingdom of Cambodia ( formerly known as Kampuchea (, transliterated: Preăh Réachéanachâkr Kâmpŭchea) is a country in South East Somalia ( Soomaaliya; الصومال) officially the Somali Republic ( Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliya, جمهورية الصومال) and formerly known NOTE This intro is the result of careful NPOV work Please do not make potentially controversial edits to it without first discussing on the talk page Thanks to his excellent documentaries This is a Strange World he became one of the best-known reporters in Poland.
Death
On May 7th 2004 the car he was returning from Baghdad to the Polish base Camp Babilon. Baghdad (بغداد) is the Capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, with which it is also coterminous It is believed that their car was followed by a group of Iraqi assassins in another car. Milewicz's car was clearly marked with a 'press' sticker and despite that when the attackers caught up with it they opened machine gunfire. Milewicz was hit first and died instantly and another member of his crew, a Polish-Algerian Mounir Bouamrane, was killed on the site when he had left the vehicle. The crew cameraman, who was in the car, a Polish citizen Jerzy Ernst, was wounded in the arm by gunfire.
- Mission in Iraq was meant to be his last mission, because of his health problems.
Honours
Milewicz received many awards and prizes for his work, among the most important are: SAIS-Ciba Prize for Excellence in Journalism by Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore in 1995 for his work in Chechnya and in 2001 the Polish "Reporter of the Year Award". Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar.
External links
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