Paul Moran (photojournalist)
| Paul William Moran | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Paul William Moran 30 May 1963 Adelaide, Australia |
| Died | 22 March 2003 (aged 39) Gerdigo, Iraq |
| Cause of death | Suicide car bombing |
| Resting place | Brighton North Cemetery, Adelaide, Australia 35°00′08″S 138°31′10″E / 35.002353°S 138.519539°E |
| Citizenship | Australian |
| Alma mater | Sacred Heart College (Adelaide) |
| Occupation | Photojournalist |
| Employer | Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
| Home town | Adelaide, Australia |
| Spouse(s) | Ivana Rapajic |
| Children | Tara Alexandra |
| Parent(s) | Gerry & Kath Moran |
| Relatives | Three brothers |
Paul William Moran (30 May 1963 – 22 March 2003), was a freelance photojournalist for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and an experienced international journalist. Moran was killed by a suicide car bomb at a checkpoint just outside Khurmal, in northeast Iraq near the border with Iran during the Iraq War. He was the first international media casualty of the Iraq war. According to the Media Entertainment & Arts Alliance, Moran was one of three Australian cases where journalist(s) have been killed with impunity.
Paul Moran was the youngest in a family of four boys. He was born and raised in Adelaide to parents, Gerry and Kath Morgan. His alma mater was Sacred Heart College in Adelaide. In 1990, Moran moved to London, and it was here that he made his initial Middle East contacts. He was married to Ivana Rapajic and the couple had a daughter who was born one month before Moran's death at the age of 39.
Paul Moran was a freelance cameraman for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. He moved to London 1990 and it was there that he made his initial Middle East contacts which were to inspire his interest in this region. Moran's working relationship with the Rendon Group and the Iraqi National Congress (INC) led to a high-profile international news story that purported to document a covert Iraqi program to develop weapons of mass destruction prior to the Iraq War. Moran worked for the ABC as a cameraman in northern Iraq in 2003.
Moran worked for the ABC of Australia and he was travelling from Sulaymaniyah to a base that had been struck by US missiles and belonged to the Ansar al-Islam on 22 March 2003. His group just arrived at a check point and Moran was shooting video when a car bomb exploded in a passing taxi, killing Moran and injuring Eric Campbell. Three or four other people besides Moran died at the checkpoint in Khurmal and 23 others in addition to Campbell were injured. The Ansar al-Islam were accused of carrying out the car bomb attack in response to the earlier US attack.
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