] Michael Kelly, 46, the Atlantic Monthly editor-at-large
] and Washington Post columnist who abandoned the safety of
] editorial offices to cover the war in Iraq, has been
] killed in a Humvee accident while traveling with the
] Army's 3rd Infantry Division.
]
] Kelly, the first American journalist killed in the war,
] had also served as editor of the New Republic and
] National Journal. But his decision to join up with U.S.
] forces marked a return to his reporting roots, since he
] covered the first Persian Gulf War as a magazine
] freelancer and turned his observations into a book,
] "Martyrs' Day."

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