Al Qaseera died suddenly , at age 42 . An Iraq native , he was a longtime member of CNN 's Baghdad bureau . He fled the country in 2006 after receiving death threats . He was just weeks away from American authorities .
Sarmad Qaseera died suddenly Monday at age 42 . An Iraq native , he was a longtime member of CNN 's Baghdad bureau . He fled the country in 2006 after getting death threats . He was just weeks away from American citizenship .