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| Iraq |
| 5 judges attacked in Baghdad - Judiciary source |
| 2008-07-01 |
| (VOI) – Five judges from the Rusafa (eastern side of Baghdad) Court of Appeals' head committee were subjected to assassination attempts at different times today, the Supreme Judicial Council's spokesperson said on Monday. 'Five judges from the Rusafa Court of Appeals' head committee were subjected to terrorist aggressions in different locations throughout the eastern side of Baghdad,' Judge Abdul-Sattar al-Berqdar told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI). 'The attacks caused no injuries among the judges, however one of the judges' wives was wounded, in addition to damage caused to the judges' cars,' he said. 'The aggressions occurred using roadside bombs that targeted the five judges while they were en-route to work,' he explained. 'Chief Justice Medhat al-Mahmod, head of the Supreme Judiciary Council, sent messages to Premier Nouri al-Maliki, the ministers of defense and interior, and Baghdad Operations' commander, urging that security be provided for judges,' he noted. Earlier today, a court source said that two Iraqi judges of Baghdad al-Rasafa Court of Appeals were wounded in two separate improvised explosive device attacks in the eastern part of the Iraqi capital on Monday. 'An IED planted near the house of Judge Suleiman Abdullah on Falastine street, eastern Baghdad, went off today, wounding the judge, his wife, and one of his sons,' the source, who wished not to be named, told VOI. 'Also in eastern Baghdad, a sticky IED was planted inside Judge Ali al-Allaq's vehicle, wounding him,' the source added. Judges have recently been targets for attacks in Baghdad. Judge Kamil Abdul-Majid al-Shuweili, the president of the Rasafa Court of Appeals, was assassinated by unidentified gunmen on Thursday while on his way home in eastern Baghdad. |
| Posted by:Fred |