Leader of Iraq parliament’s Sunni Arab bloc assassinated
By Admin on June 12, 2009
A 15-year-old boy gunned down Harith Obeidi, who had just given a sermon at a Baghdad mosque. The teen also shot and killed four other people before being shot to death by guards.
The head of the Iraqi parliament’s largest Sunni Arab bloc was gunned down by a teenager today after delivering an afternoon prayer sermon. The killing raised fears the coming months will see a sharp rise in assassinations and other violence, as most American forces depart from Iraq and campaigning intensifies with national elections scheduled for January.
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