Sunni judge assassinated in Baghdad (AP)

By newscrape.com in World on January 14th, 2008

Shiite pilgrims attend evening prayers at the Imam Hussein shrine in Karbala, 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2008. Iraqi Shiites are celebrating the Festival of Muharram that commemorates the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Muhammad at the Battle of Karbala, Iraq, in the year A.D. 680. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Gunmen assassinated a Sunni judge as he headed to work in Baghdad on Monday, while to the north, a booby-trapped house exploded as Iraqi police searched the building, killing at least two officers and trapping five beneath the rubble, authorities said.


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