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Christian Liebig, 35

German journalist Christian Liebig was killed on April 7 when the US troops with whom he was embedded were fired on by Iraqi missiles.

Liebig, who worked for Focus, a German weekly news magazine, was with the US 3rd Infantry Division at a base camp on the southern outskirts of Baghdad when the attack occurred.

He was one of the few German journalists embedded with coalition troops. A Spanish journalist, Julio Anguita Parrado, was also killed, along with two US soldiers. Another 15 people were wounded.

While studying at university, Liebig organised trips into conflict zones including East and West Slavonia and Croatia.

He worked for the Associated Press in Germany before moving to Focus in 1999. He left a partner, Beatrice von Keyserlingk.

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