BAGHDAD - Insurgents assassinated a Kurdish member of parliament. Faris Nasir Hussein, a member of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan party, was killed along with his brother, and their driver in an ambush 80 kilometers north of Baghdad. A second Kurdish lawmaker, Haidar Shanoun, was wounded in the attack near the town of Dujail.Police and PUK officials said the men were murdered on Saturday night as they drove to the capital for Sundayâs session of the legislature which signed off on minor amendments to the countryâs draft constitution and delivered it to the United Nations for printing. The UN will distribute 5 million copies in advance of the Oct. 15 referendum.
Lawmakers sat for a minute of silence to honour their dead comrade. âThe terrorists have launched a war of aggression against all Iraqis (but) we are up to it,â said Deputy Speaker Hussain Al Shahristani.