The teenage son of the Palestinian cultural attache to Iraq was shot dead hours before the onset of the New Year, the Palestinian embassy said on Sunday. Azam Ibrahim Muhsin, 17, was killed on Saturday night as he sat in a car listening to music in the west of the city. "The embassy demands an investigation into this killing," acting Palestinian ambassador Dalil al-Qusus told Reuters.
Al Qaeda militants in Iraq have often targeted staff from embassies of Muslim countries in an effort to stop them from recognising Iraq's U.S.-backed government.
| Don't discount the possibility that a local Iraqi group whacked him because he's a Paleo and his dad is a Paleo operative. |
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