– IRAQI JUDGES ESCAPED ASSASSINATION

 

Five Iraqi judges escaped assassination, on Monday 06/30/2008, in a series of small bomb attacks that police believe may be part of a Shiite campaign to force them to free jailed militants or reduce their sentences. Only one of the jurists was injured in the attacks, which happened four days after senior judge Kamil al-Showaili of the country’s Higher Judicial Council was assassinated while driving home in mostly Shiite east Baghdad.

Police said it was unclear whether al-Showaili’s slaying was related to the latest attacks, which also took place in east Baghdad.

 

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