A memorial to fallen journalists killed during the war to remove Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq was inaugurated in the northern Iraqi city of Sulaymaniyah. The Garden of Truth, as the memorial is called, was opened last month by Qubad Talabani, the deputy prime minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government, in front of invited dignitaries and family members of those killed covering the conflict. The monument was built to “protect and keep alive the legacy of all journalists killed in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq,” Talabani said. The deputy prime minister added that he hoped no more names would be added, though acknowledged the continuing threat to journalists working in the region. In August, for example, two journalists were killed in a Turkish drone strike. Theirs were the last names added to the monument before its unveiling.
