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Judge assassinated in eastern Baghdad
posted 5:28 am Fri June 27, 2008 - BAGHDAD
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Iraq (web|news) 's Higher Judicial Council says a senior judge has been assassinated while he was headed home in Baghdad.Spokesman Abdul-Sattar Bayrkdar says masked drive-by shooters shot and killed Judge Kamil al-Showaili Thursday afternoon on eastern Baghdad's Canal Highway.
Bayrkdar says al-Showaili was the head of one of Baghdad's two appeals courts. The spokesman has not identified any particular group as responsible for the slaying.
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