Not surprising but worth noting:

BRUSSELS, Feb. 25, 2008 (IFJ) – The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has expressed outrage over the shooting this morning of the President of the Iraqi Union of Journalists in Baghdad.
The IUJ President, Shihab Al-Timimi, 75, is in hospital in critical but stable condition after his car was hit by a hail of bullets in a targeted attack following a meeting of the union leadership in the Al Wazeiriyah district in the centre of the city. He sustained bullet wounds to the stomach, shoulder and face. Al-Tamimi’s son Rabei was also in the car and was slightly injured in the attack.
“This shocking outrage will be condemned by journalists all around the world,” said Aidan White, IFJ General Secretary. “It exposes in the most dramatic and painful way how journalists and their leaders are at risk. We demand that the Iraqi government investigates and finds who is responsible.”
The attack comes as no surprise to the union of journalists. Both Timimi and the union’s secretary general, Moaid Al-Lami, have been warned that their lives are threatened because of their criticism of attacks on media by political extremists.