...except they say 'killed' in our liberal press ??
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The sister of the newly appointed Iraqi Vice-President, Tariq al-Hashemi, has been killed in a drive-by shooting in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. Meysoun al-Hashemi and her bodyguard were gunned down while travelling in her car through the Hay al-Ilam part of the city.
It follows the killing of one of Mr Hashemi's brothers on 13 April.
In a separate incident, at least four people were killed when a blast hit an Italian military convoy in Iraq.
Three Italian soldiers died in the roadside bomb attack, alongside one Romanian soldier.
The convoy was hit in the southern city of Nasiriya.
In other developments:
Newly-appointed Prime Minister Nouri Maliki is visiting Najaf to meet Iraq's senior Shia cleric, Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld expressed their confidence in Iraq's new government after meeting Mr Maliki and other officials.
Women's leader
Mr Hashemi, Iraq's most prominent Sunni Muslim, was elected on Saturday as part of efforts to form a unity government.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4949376.stm
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The sister of the newly appointed Iraqi Vice-President, Tariq al-Hashemi, has been killed in a drive-by shooting in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. Meysoun al-Hashemi and her bodyguard were gunned down while travelling in her car through the Hay al-Ilam part of the city.
It follows the killing of one of Mr Hashemi's brothers on 13 April.
In a separate incident, at least four people were killed when a blast hit an Italian military convoy in Iraq.
Three Italian soldiers died in the roadside bomb attack, alongside one Romanian soldier.
The convoy was hit in the southern city of Nasiriya.
In other developments:
Newly-appointed Prime Minister Nouri Maliki is visiting Najaf to meet Iraq's senior Shia cleric, Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld expressed their confidence in Iraq's new government after meeting Mr Maliki and other officials.
Women's leader
Mr Hashemi, Iraq's most prominent Sunni Muslim, was elected on Saturday as part of efforts to form a unity government.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4949376.stm