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To: American Spirit who wrote (41407)	4/11/2005 2:25:48 AM
From: geode00	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

It doesn't pay to be a politico in Iraq these days. Apparently the only reason US casualties are lower than before the election is that Iraqis politicos are being targeted instead. Gunmen assassinate local official in Iraq's Mosul Reuters News Services MOSUL, Iraq - A member of the provincial council in Mosul was shot dead by gunmen outside the city's main hospital, U.S. forces said today. Ajeel Mechisin Ajeel was in his car near Mosul General Hospital on Sunday when a group of armed men leapt from another car parked nearby and shot him. His driver was also killed. It was the second assassination of a provincial politician in the past three weeks. Last month, General Waleed Khasmoula, the director of the province's anti-corruption office, was killed in a suicide car bomb attack on his convoy. Insurgents in Iraq frequently target officials seen as collaborating with U.S. authorities or working with the U.S.-backed government. The governor of Mosul, also from the Kashmoula family, was assassinated in July last year. Mosul, about 400 km (290 miles) north of Baghdad, is Iraq's third largest city. It has experienced a surge in militant activity since November last year, when many insurgents are believed to have fled Falluja, west of Baghdad, ahead of a U.S. offensive and sought sanctuary in Mosul.