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Iraq-Jordan
Iraqi woman MP killed in Baghdad
2005-04-27
A Iraqi woman MP has been shot dead by suspected insurgents on the doorstep of her home in Baghdad. Lamiya Abed Khadawi, a member of former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's coalition, is the first MP killed since elections at the end of January. Police said gunmen knocked at her door and shot her when she answered it.
Bodyguards, people, bodyguards
The attack came as the chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff, Gen Richard Myers, warned that Iraqi militants remain as strong as a year ago. Gen Myers said that between 50 and 60 attacks are carried out across Iraq each day, the same number as during 2004. A BBC correspondent at the Pentagon says US optimism in the wake of Iraq's elections has now disappeared.
Of course the BBC would say that
The US has recently pressed Iraq's newly sworn-in leaders to end weeks of political deadlock with an official announcement of a new government.
Posted by:Steve

#5  Took me awhile MacNails. Finally got it. I wonder if the BBC has a plaid on Thursday thing going.
Posted by: Shipman   2005-04-27 7:22:34 PM  

#4  In the news business, this is called "sources close to my imagination"
Posted by: RMcLeod   2005-04-27 4:47:04 PM  

#3  The BBC are kinda like yer average gay friend who didnt come out of the closet for 30 years , but ya all know he's gay .

Weird analogy , I know :p
Posted by: MacNails   2005-04-27 3:17:46 PM  

#2  A BBC correspondent at the Pentagon says US optimism in the wake of Iraq's elections has now disappeared.

That's kind of an interesting twist. Instead of reporting based on an actual (or allegedly actual) source, the Beeb just reports its own thinking as fact. "After consulting with ourselves, we bring you the shocking news that Bush is bad."

Don't journalistic ethics require them to make up an unnamed source, like the NYT does?
Posted by: Matt   2005-04-27 3:13:25 PM  

#1  I keep hearing how dangerous it is there. And I'm sure it is. But it's not so dangerous that this lady was afraid to go to the door. She had to know she was a target. But she still just answered the door, like we would here.
Posted by: plainslow   2005-04-27 11:36:31 AM  

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