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Gunmen Kill Iraqi Shiite Political Figure
Suspected followers of Saddam Hussein shot to death a representative of a major Shiite political party, a party official said Thursday. Muhannad al-Hakim, a member of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, was killed Wednesday morning while leaving his home in Baghdad, party official Latif al-Rubaie said. He blamed the killing on loyalists of the former dictator, who was captured Saturday.
Or it could be religious in-fighting.
More likely Sammy's hard boyz, I'd guess...
Al-Hakim, who is in his mid-30s and was head of security at the Education Ministry, was a cousin of Abdel-Aziz al-Hakim, who currently holds the rotating presidency of the U.S.-appointed Iraqi Governing Council. A funeral procession was held Thursday.
I’m sure there was a lot of the usual ranting and swearing of Dire Revenge(tm).
In August, Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, a top Shiite cleric and founder of the Supreme Council party, was killed in a car bombing in the southern city of Najaf that left at least 85 people dead in Najaf. He was a brother of Abdel-Aziz Al-Hakim.
Not been a good year for the al-Hakim family.
Posted by: Steve 2003-12-18
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