Pakistan was the most dangerous country for journalists last year according to a report detailing journalists killed since 1992.
Three journalists from Al Arabiya, the Arab satellite network, were abducted and killed Wednesday in Samarra, near the ruined shrine.
The first journalist killed in Iraq in 2008, Fartusi leaves behind his wife and two children, daughters ages 1 and 3.
The other day Musa Anter, 74 years old, became the ninth journalist killed since February.
Three journalists killed.
The two journalists killed, both of them television cameramen, were on balconies on the 14th and 15th floors, in rooms that were one above the other.
CPJ compiles an annual list all journalists killed in the line of duty around the world.
The three journalists killed this year also wrote about drug crimes and official corruption.
IPI also monitors journalists killed worldwide.
Quite a few journalists have disappeared or have been imprisoned, tortured and killed.
