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Iraq
Gunmen Kill Iraqi Shiite Political Figure
2003-12-18
Suspected followers of Saddam Hussein shot to death a representative of a major Shiite political party, a party official said Thursday. Muhannad al-Hakim, a member of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, was killed Wednesday morning while leaving his home in Baghdad, party official Latif al-Rubaie said. He blamed the killing on loyalists of the former dictator, who was captured Saturday.
Or it could be religious in-fighting.
More likely Sammy's hard boyz, I'd guess...
Al-Hakim, who is in his mid-30s and was head of security at the Education Ministry, was a cousin of Abdel-Aziz al-Hakim, who currently holds the rotating presidency of the U.S.-appointed Iraqi Governing Council. A funeral procession was held Thursday.
I’m sure there was a lot of the usual ranting and swearing of Dire Revenge(tm).
In August, Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, a top Shiite cleric and founder of the Supreme Council party, was killed in a car bombing in the southern city of Najaf that left at least 85 people dead in Najaf. He was a brother of Abdel-Aziz Al-Hakim.
Not been a good year for the al-Hakim family.
Posted by:Steve

#2  "People surrounded him with guns, and proceeded to shoot ..." Vision of the old un-PC diagram of the Polish ... no Italian ... no French(!?) firing squad. Couldn't resist.
Posted by: Glenn (not Reynolds)   2003-12-18 7:32:15 PM  

#1  Tidbit from Rooters: A representative of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) said Muhannad al-Hakim had been shot dead near his home in Baghdad's Amil district, after receiving death threats from Saddam supporters.
The SCIRI official added that in a separate incident, an angry crowd in the southern city of Najaf had attacked and killed Ali al-Zalimi, an official of Saddam's Baath party who played a role in crushing an uprising by Iraqi Shi'ites after the 1991 Gulf War. "People surrounded him with guns, and proceeded to shoot and beat him," the official said, calling the killers: "residents of Najaf who recognised this criminal".

No trial for you, Ali.
Posted by: Steve   2003-12-18 12:29:43 PM  

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