2005-01-13 Iraq-Jordan
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Aide to revered cleric killed
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A REPRESENTATIVE of revered Iraqi Shiite cleric Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani has been assassinated along with his son and four bodyguards. "Sheikh Mahmud al-Madahaini, his son and four bodyguards were assassinated as they left night prayers in Salman Pak," a Sunni Muslim majority town some 20 kilometres (12 miles) southeast of Baghdad, an official in Sistani's office said said of the Wednesday night attack. Madahaini had been the target of several threats and attempted assassinations in the past, the official added. Salman Pak lies on the highway linking the capital with Kut, further to the southeast. It is a lawless area where armed men hijack trucks and carry out kidnappings. The killings come less than three weeks ahead of the first democratic elections in Iraq in half a century.
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