Steven Vincent

I never heard of Steven before reading the news of his murder in Iraq.

Two things that really struck me by this event:

-  Steven is a remarkable man. He was an *art critic* who, upon witnessing the events of 9/11, resolved to try to do something to help, and became a war journalist. He headed to Iraq, wrote a book, maintained his blog, and published many articles in the mainstream media. He was 49 and happily married when he was killed.

- Steven was killed presumably for his exposes of corruption, not insurgency, in Iraq. Reminds me of that journalist from Forbes who wrote about corruption in Russia and got murdered.

A great tribute to Steven is here: Mudville Gazette, found via Instapundit.

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