Shi'a official gunned down in Baquba 'ambush'

[dArKeR]

Baquba - A Shi'a political official, his son and their driver were assassinated in the north-eastern city of Baquba on Wednesday afternoon. Six gunmen cut off their car and shot them at point blank range, the slain man's brother said.

Abdel Ghani Mijbas, a member of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, a nationwide Shi'a political party, was travelling with his teenage son at 1pm when two vehicles gave chase and lobbed grenades at their vehicle, his brother, Nadem Mijbas, told reporters.

The six gunmen stepped out of their cars and shot the pair and their driver dead.

Abdel Ghani headed the local branch of SCIRI's science and culture committee.

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=3&art_id=qw1096464601706B262

[jmcgowanjm]

1. SCIRI's not very popular w/ the Resistance

along with Badr Brigades.

[bemildred]

2. Another "Iran go home" message, I would think. nt