Iraqi Judge Assassinated in Baghdad

Gunmen assassinated an Iraqi judge as he was leaving his home in eastern Baghdad on Tuesday, police sources said. The judge, identified as Qais Hashim Shameri, was killed along with his son in a roadside ambush, the sources said. It was the latest killing in a campaign of attacks by insurgents seeking to disrupt elections set for Sunday. The shooting followed the Iraqi government's announcement on Monday of the capture of a senior aide to al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who tops the U.S. military's wanted list in Iraq and has declared all-out war on the elections. Insurgents have assassinated Baghdad's provincial governor and the capital's deputy police chief in recent weeks. [more]