Gunmen Kill 2 Sunnis on Iraqi Constitution Panel
By KIRK SEMPLE, The New York Times, July 19, 2005
BAGHDAD, Iraq, July 19 - In a setback to Iraq's fledgling democratic process, two Sunni Arab participants in the committee mandated to draft Iraq's constitution were assassinated this afternoon on a busy street in central Baghdad, officials said.
Two Sunni Arab participants in the committee mandated to draft Iraq's constitution and a bodyguard were assassinated this afternoon on a busy street in central Baghdad.
Mejbil al-Sheikh Isa and Damin al-Obeidi were ambushed while they were riding in a car that was taking them from a meeting of committee members, officials said, adding that a bodyguard accompanying them, Aziz Ebrahim, was also killed in the attack.
BAGHDAD, Iraq, July 19 - In a setback to Iraq's fledgling democratic process, two Sunni Arab participants in the committee mandated to draft Iraq's constitution were assassinated this afternoon on a busy street in central Baghdad, officials said.
Two Sunni Arab participants in the committee mandated to draft Iraq's constitution and a bodyguard were assassinated this afternoon on a busy street in central Baghdad.
Mejbil al-Sheikh Isa and Damin al-Obeidi were ambushed while they were riding in a car that was taking them from a meeting of committee members, officials said, adding that a bodyguard accompanying them, Aziz Ebrahim, was also killed in the attack.
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