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June 27, 2008

Gunmen Assassinate Leading Iraqi Judge in Eastern Baghdad 
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Court spokesman says Judge Kamil al-Showaili was assassinated Friday as
he was driving home 
Officials in Iraq say gunmen have shot and killed a senior judge in
eastern Baghdad.A court spokesman says Judge Kamil al-Showaili was
assassinated Friday as he was driving home. The unidentified assailants
were also in a car.Showaili was the head of one of Baghdad's two appeals
courts.In a separate development, the U.S. military says it will delay
handing security control of Anbar province to Iraqi forces on Saturday
because of weather concerns.The military Friday said a forecasted
sandstorm could prevent U.S. and Iraqi officials from attending a
ceremony marking the transfer of power.A U.S. spokesman said the delay
is not related to a suicide bomb attack that occurred Thursday at a
municipal office in Anbar.The blast killed 23 people at a meeting
between local officials and a group of tribesmen opposed to
al-Qaida.Anbar is set to become the 10th province to revert to Iraqi
control after the region experienced a sharp drop in violence since
2006.

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