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Saeed Chmagh was born on 1 January, 1967 in Iraq, is a Reuters Iraqi employee killed in 2007. Discover Saeed Chmagh's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 40 years old?
| Popular As |
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| Occupation |
Driver and camera assistant |
| Age |
40 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Capricorn |
| Born |
1 January, 1967 |
| Birthday |
1 January |
| Birthplace |
Iraq |
| Date of death |
2007 |
| Died Place |
Baghdad, Iraq |
| Nationality |
Iraq
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Saeed Chmagh Height, Weight & Measurements
At 40 years old, Saeed Chmagh height not available right now. We will update Saeed Chmagh's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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| Height |
Not Available |
| Weight |
Not Available |
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Not Available |
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
| Family |
| Parents |
Not Available |
| Wife |
Not Available |
| Sibling |
Not Available |
| Children |
4 |
Saeed Chmagh Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Saeed Chmagh worth at the age of 40 years old? Saeed Chmagh’s income source is mostly from being a successful Driver. He is from Iraq. We have estimated Saeed Chmagh's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
| House |
Not Available |
| Cars |
Not Available |
| Source of Income |
Driver |
Saeed Chmagh Social Network
Timeline
Saeed Chmagh (سعيد شماغ) (January 1, 1967 – July 12, 2007) was an Iraqi employed by Reuters news agency as a driver and camera assistant.
Chmagh was born January 1, 1967, in Iraq.
He joined Reuters before the United States-led invasion in 2003.
With 4 children of his own, he financially supported his family and another three through his work.
Chmagh also supported his sister's family after insurgents killed her husband.
Chris Helgren, then Reuters' chief photographer in the region, launched a plan to employ and train Iraqis, with more local knowledge and access to areas now perilous for Westerners.
Helgren said: "There are few 'good news' stories to be had in this war and wars by definition are tales of violence. And to get there, drivers like Saeed Chmagh are indispensable."
"Saeed had a reputation of being fiercely loyal and appeared fearless to me. If you ever needed to get quickly to a dangerous area, passing chicanes of barbed wire and boobytraps, Saeed was your man. But he also had a very quiet, loving side and spoke often of his kids."
Chmagh and Noor-Eldeen were the fifth and sixth Reuters employees killed in Iraq since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion began.
The Army's report includes pictures of various weapons found near the bodies at the scene.
After their deaths, Reuters screened a photographic tribute to Noor-Eldeen and Chmagh in New York City's Times Square and London's Canary Wharf.
He was killed, along with his colleague Namir Noor-Eldeen, by American military forces in the New Baghdad district of Baghdad, Iraq, during an airstrike on July 12, 2007.
On July 12, 2007, after several skirmishes in the area, two American AH-64 Apache helicopters observed a group of people milling around on a street in Baghdad.
Believing the group to be the armed Iraqi insurgents who earlier engaged U.S. soldiers nearby, the Apache fired on them.
About 5 minutes later an unmarked black van arrived, owned by a man who was taking his son to school.
Two other men arrived and assisted the severely-injured Chmagh (who was at that moment engaged in dragging himself over the ground in order to reach cover) and carried him to the van.
The observing helicopter crews requested and received permission to engage, before they opened fire on the van and its occupants.
Two young children in the van were severely wounded by the shooting.
Chmagh, and Reuters photojournalist, his long-time friend Namir Noor-Eldeen, were among those killed in the attacks.
Chmagh was 40 years old at the time of his death.
The shootings and their deaths are detailed in a 2009 non-fiction book by David Finkel, titled The Good Soldiers.
For more than three years after the shooting, Reuters and other organizations sought probes into the deaths of Noor-Eldeen and other journalists killed in Iraq, but the U.S. military withheld key information on the grounds that it was classified.
The military also refused to release a video taken from one of the gunships that captured the complete sequence and radio communication during the shootings.
On April 5, 2010, the video was released on the website WikiLeaks, which said it acquired the video from military whistle-blowers and viewed it after breaking the encryption code.
