Namir Noor-Eldeen ( ) ( September 1 , 1984 – July 12 , 2007 ) was an Iraqi freelance photojournalist . Noor-Eldeen , his assistant , Saeed Chmagh , and eight others were fired upon by U.S. military forces in the New Baghdad district of Baghdad , Iraq , during an airstrike on July 12 , 2007 . It is claimed in an official report from the US Department of the Army that the group of ten was carrying at least one RPG-7 and one AK-47 ; and that Noor-Eldeen 's camera and attached zoom lens may have been mistaken for an additional RPG . Noor-Eldeen and seven others were killed during the first strike
an airstrike on July 12 , 2007
July 12, 2007, Baghdad airstrike
Namir Noor-Eldeen